What I am wondering is if you are doing more antenna videos lately Michael ??? I look forward to see more great videos that extend the range of the antenna Sir. Great video and good luck to your future Sir too. vf
Elegant solution. I have always wondered why they don't just loop the wire completely around the screw one time. It is not going to come off then. Probably doesn't look any better, but I'd rather be secure knowing that it is not going to come off when I have gone to the effort of putting the antenna in my attic (where I don't care what it looks like). For that matter, loop the whiskers around the screws, too. Also, in your example, why not put the wires under the larger washer so that the setup has a bigger set of pinchers, if you will? That little washer just doesn't look like it has enough leverage. With a bigger washer, the wire will likely embed itself in the wood (if it is pine).
In another video I discuss "Planes" or flatness of the entire antenna. The entire bowtie antenna, except the phase lines must be aligned within the same flat plane or very slight phase distortions will appear as flash type interference or frame skipping on the tv as signals clash on the wires. Straight flat bow wires produce even reception without interference created by the antenna. Don't let the phase wire to embed in the backbone material, it keeps going into the material making good contact difficult. This solution to the phase wire loop issue has solved many annoying standing wave and phase issues that arise from out of phase signals conflicting on the wire surfaces. An antenna should flow the signals not create a difficult path with obstructions. Good building
Hello, and that you for all the great information contained in your videos. I came up with a slightly different approach that help with this issue but may create one that I haven't thought of so I'm looking for input. I use a Allen head bolt 6 washers 4 nuts and loctite blue. I drill a hole clear through my insulating block. Then countersink both side so both the bolt head and first nut are below the surface loctit red if never coming apart or blue otherwise, then my first washer, module connection wire washer loctit lastly washer wisker washer loctit nut Drawbacks. It is at least 3 times taller than yours, and 3 times heavier, far more costly. I do not have the ability to determine the amount of db loss via the wisker to let's call it the bus and the db loss without the washers . Pros. Makes it easier to get very uniform alignment for the bus wires then once set you don't ever adjust or disturb that again. Makes changing the wiskers a breeze. Using a depth stop on a drill press when. counter sinking the holes a exact bolt length can be determined and then I cut the bolts all the same to the exact length so no excess bolts are exposed. A note if u may use a thicker wisker at any point cut bolt to that length. Not necessary only visual and if your the guy selling a few antennas details make the product imo
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What I am wondering is if you are doing more antenna videos lately Michael ??? I look forward to see more great videos that extend the range of the antenna Sir. Great video and good luck to your future Sir too. vf
Elegant solution. I have always wondered why they don't just loop the wire completely around the screw one time. It is not going to come off then. Probably doesn't look any better, but I'd rather be secure knowing that it is not going to come off when I have gone to the effort of putting the antenna in my attic (where I don't care what it looks like). For that matter, loop the whiskers around the screws, too.
Also, in your example, why not put the wires under the larger washer so that the setup has a bigger set of pinchers, if you will? That little washer just doesn't look like it has enough leverage. With a bigger washer, the wire will likely embed itself in the wood (if it is pine).
In another video I discuss "Planes" or flatness of the entire antenna. The entire bowtie antenna, except the phase lines must be aligned within the same flat plane or very slight phase distortions will appear as flash type interference or frame skipping on the tv as signals clash on the wires.
Straight flat bow wires produce even reception without interference created by the antenna.
Don't let the phase wire to embed in the backbone material, it keeps going into the material making good contact difficult.
This solution to the phase wire loop issue has solved many annoying standing wave and phase issues that arise from out of phase signals conflicting on the wire surfaces.
An antenna should flow the signals not create a difficult path with obstructions.
Good building
Hello, and that you for all the great information contained in your videos. I came up with a slightly different approach that help with this issue but may create one that I haven't thought of so I'm looking for input.
I use a Allen head bolt 6 washers 4 nuts and loctite blue.
I drill a hole clear through my insulating block. Then countersink both side so both the bolt head and first nut are below the surface loctit red if never coming apart or blue otherwise, then my first washer, module connection wire washer loctit lastly washer wisker washer loctit nut
Drawbacks. It is at least 3 times taller than yours, and 3 times heavier, far more costly.
I do not have the ability to determine the amount of db loss via the wisker to let's call it the bus and the db loss without the washers .
Pros. Makes it easier to get very uniform alignment for the bus wires then once set you don't ever adjust or disturb that again.
Makes changing the wiskers a breeze.
Using a depth stop on a drill press when. counter sinking the holes a exact bolt length can be determined and then I cut the bolts all the same to the exact length so no excess bolts are exposed. A note if u may use a thicker wisker at any point cut bolt to that length. Not necessary only visual and if your the guy selling a few antennas details make the product imo
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I would like to see how you built yours.
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