2cvbloke
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- My Satellite Setup
- No satellite stuff for the moment (aside from a 43cm minidish that was on the house already), Samsung SyncMaster T27B550 Smart TV & Monitor, and a few computers...
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- Near Pontop Pike, Co. Durham
Just moving my post here before I get told off....
I was looking through the wardrobe of junk last night and I found the original cable from my Magmount (still with the giant screw-on plug), I guess I could use that then? So, I'd have to putthe cable Outdoors then, or could I get away with what I used to do and have it indoors from the highest ceiling in my house (which incidentally is just under the roof)?
So each section of cable needs to be about 2.25M long (give or take a few CM's for the SWR trimming) and fitted basically hanging (not literally, but for arguments sake), but which bit goes on the top half (shielding or Core)?
Also, I need to dig out one of my 2 CB's, hope I find the one which I covered with Blue Vinyl stuff (used for signwriting on Vans etc), I salvaged that from a scrapyard, I can't believe some numpty would leave such a nice CB in a scrapper!!!
Lancelot said:Sat coax is 75ohm and the rear end of a CB is 50ohm IIRC, so you are looking at an impedance mismatch before you even try to get the antenna length correct.
Just get some RG58 and use that instead and split it into shield and centre conductor outside the window, each side being a quarter wave length in the 11mtr band so you end up with a half wave dipole cable clipped to your wall vertically. Make it slightly (4 or 5 inches) too long, then SWR it with a pair of wire cutters.
Simple huh ???
L.
I was looking through the wardrobe of junk last night and I found the original cable from my Magmount (still with the giant screw-on plug), I guess I could use that then? So, I'd have to putthe cable Outdoors then, or could I get away with what I used to do and have it indoors from the highest ceiling in my house (which incidentally is just under the roof)?
So each section of cable needs to be about 2.25M long (give or take a few CM's for the SWR trimming) and fitted basically hanging (not literally, but for arguments sake), but which bit goes on the top half (shielding or Core)?
Also, I need to dig out one of my 2 CB's, hope I find the one which I covered with Blue Vinyl stuff (used for signwriting on Vans etc), I salvaged that from a scrapyard, I can't believe some numpty would leave such a nice CB in a scrapper!!!