[time-nuts] GPS Antennas

[Denny Page]

Could be. They sell a aluminum mounting rod for use with a magnetic base which mates with the unit perfectly, so I sorta assumed it was intentional. Tapering helps prevents over tightening / over extension which could damage the casing.

Denny


> On Aug 30, 2019, at 10:49, Bryan _ <bpl521 at outlook.com> wrote:
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> Or a mfg. defect and thus why on the surplus market.
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> -=Bryan=-
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> From: time-nuts <time-nuts-bounces at lists.febo.com> on behalf of Denny Page via time-nuts <time-nuts at lists.febo.com>
> Sent: August 29, 2019 7:39 PM
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> Cc: Denny Page <dennypage at me.com>
> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] GPS Antennas
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> I think several people have run into that issue, including myself. It seems designed for a slightly tapered rod. Easy to fix with the right tool.
> 
> Denny
> 
>> On Aug 29, 2019, at 16:41, Ben Hall <kd5byb at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Only issue with mine was that the thread wasn't fully cut, so I modified an old taper tap to be a bottoming tap with the bench grinder and finished tapping the hole to the bottom.