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Alternative Antenna
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Would love to refit the original at a more reclined angle.
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TaterTot wrote: Does the original antenna seal the hole, so no water gets into the unit?
With any mounted aerial such as that, you could always do what we do on aircraft aerials, and that is, mask-off around the base of the fitted aerial with some decent tape such as Frog Tape and seal the joint with Polyurethane sealant
You can find it cheaper than that illustration on places like Amazon. I've used it to bond aluminium strengthening plates to the mounting points on aluminium vintage car mudguards.
Don't be tempted to use silicone sealant - it gives up the ghost after a while.
IF IT AINT BROKE, KEEP FIXING IT UNTIL IT IS
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Max Headroom wrote:
TaterTot wrote: Does the original antenna seal the hole, so no water gets into the unit?
With any mounted aerial such as that, you could always do what we do on aircraft aerials, and that is, mask-off around the base of the fitted aerial with some decent tape such as Frog Tape and seal the joint with Polyurethane sealant
You can find it cheaper than that illustration on places like Amazon. I've used it to bond aluminium strengthening plates to the mounting points on aluminium vintage car mudguards.
Don't be tempted to use silicone sealant - it gives up the ghost after a while.
Those are pretty good suggestions. All depending on how permanent the installation is, I've done the same.
Can we get a closeup of the original antenna, and the hole in the socket/foot?
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Take the joint from a kit like that, and you can lay the antenna pretty flat.
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