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GeorgeC wrote: Good to see the photos! To me, the antenna looks multi band. One more photo showing the thread of the antenna would be good. Is that a nut around the base thread that can be released and the antenna angle adjusted?
Try searching for a Quick Release fitting, there may also be some BNC adaptors. 3/16BSF is 32TPI, that may help.
Yes, it is "multi-band", just as an antenna on a regular VHF-hand radio is. Most of them are VHF and UHF. It's just it's length that decides which frequencies it works with.
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Soeley wrote: A quick google (first chance I've had) and the Ignis base looks promising.
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That looks like an FM only antenna, its for the old Ignis.
Yes, now I have looked into it, it is for the old Ignis. Thanks.
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Soeley wrote: Thanks everyone for there help, I had no idea car aerials were so involved. Whatever happend to the wire coat hanger?
They became plastic
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TaterTot wrote: I would suggest you get some contact Vaseline, so moisture can't get in there.
Vaseline is petroleum based and would preobably do, but I used that red battery terminal grease, simply because it's deemed to be an electrically conductive grease that keeps metals free from rust and corrosion, but any decent dielectric grease should suffice. Example here
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TaterTot wrote: I would suggest you get some contact Vaseline, so moisture can't get in there.
Vaseline is petroleum based and would preobably do, but I used that red battery terminal grease, simply because it's deemed to be an electrically conductive grease that keeps metals free from rust and corrosion, but any decent dielectric grease should suffice. Example here
Would copper grease, work just as well? I have tin of that in the garage.
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Soeley wrote:
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TaterTot wrote: I would suggest you get some contact Vaseline, so moisture can't get in there.
Vaseline is petroleum based and would preobably do, but I used that red battery terminal grease, simply because it's deemed to be an electrically conductive grease that keeps metals free from rust and corrosion, but any decent dielectric grease should suffice. Example here
Would copper grease, work just as well? I have tin of that in the garage.
No, please don't do that. This compound has a lot of nick names. uk.farnell.com/dowsil-formerly-dow-corni...-tube-100g/dp/537019 is a good option. Works pretty much like grease. It's hydrophobic, so water doesn't get into it. It also is dielectric, so no shorts. A little bead of that stuff will keep the elements away from the connection.
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No - don't use copper grease.
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