I have just finished and fine tuned my 16 element coco antenna, it is currently on a dodgy rigged mast and is about 3 metres of the ground at the base of the array. As the landlord lives upstairs putting it on the roof is not an option.
My idea is to fill a drum with concrete with a pipe in the middle and 3 tie points then slide another 7 metre pipe into it with a guy plate to tie back just below the top of the same pipe and also support the riser for the array. Then there are three options
1. A 15 metre run of cable to the pi and dongle.
2 Put the dongle up there and run an active USB cable to it.
3 Build an enclosure and put all the parts up there and just run the power to it.
My current array is made of RG 6 quad 75 ohm which is connected to a 5 metre run of the same RG6, it is then strip tied into 30 centimetres of RG 58 50 ohm that has an MCX on the end of it going into the dongle from jetvision. The reception is far superior to the internal antenna supplied with the dongle with many more hits per day. There was only one place in Brisbane that I could find MCX connectors a specialist Antenna shop and he suggested I make the array and feeder cable from from RG 58. I also wondered what you are all using to amplify and filter your signals.
Thanks and I know this is one of those questions that probably crops up all the time, but it is a good opportunity to listen to the words of wisdom from all of you.
My idea is to fill a drum with concrete with a pipe in the middle and 3 tie points then slide another 7 metre pipe into it with a guy plate to tie back just below the top of the same pipe and also support the riser for the array. Then there are three options
1. A 15 metre run of cable to the pi and dongle.
2 Put the dongle up there and run an active USB cable to it.
3 Build an enclosure and put all the parts up there and just run the power to it.
My current array is made of RG 6 quad 75 ohm which is connected to a 5 metre run of the same RG6, it is then strip tied into 30 centimetres of RG 58 50 ohm that has an MCX on the end of it going into the dongle from jetvision. The reception is far superior to the internal antenna supplied with the dongle with many more hits per day. There was only one place in Brisbane that I could find MCX connectors a specialist Antenna shop and he suggested I make the array and feeder cable from from RG 58. I also wondered what you are all using to amplify and filter your signals.
Thanks and I know this is one of those questions that probably crops up all the time, but it is a good opportunity to listen to the words of wisdom from all of you.
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