[time-nuts] Lucent 40 dB Antenna

[Steve Krull]

Too bad there wasn't an amateur radio allocation at 902 MHz in the early 
1970's - the troposcatter stations I serviced would have been awesome - 
2x 10Kw into paired 60' dishes, but no az or el control!
73,
Steve


On 4/13/2012 7:50 PM, paul swed wrote:
> Hmmm nat hist. Makes for a good challenge.
> I was successful in the Navy at hiding antennas on the ships mast and
> barracks.
> Suspect I could have had a bit more trouble as I think about it these days.
> Regards
> Paul
>
> On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 8:31 PM, Steve<steve-krull at cox.net>  wrote:
>
>> Paul,
>>
>> I believe I read in an earlier post that someone was using one of these
>> with a Tbolt, which is 5 volts to the antenna. Hope I'm not mistaken! I
>> didn't hear any rattles when I shook the unit so I'm keeping my fingers
>> crossed. They do appear to be pretty rugged so I'm hoping for the best. The
>> reply from the seller ignored my poor packing complaint and said "this is
>> used, it can not all are the same. our guaranteed is you can ask for refund
>> if it can not works." I assume they have a boatload of them bought very
>> cheaply and they are playing the odds that they will make more from
>> replacing a few that don't survive shipping than they would if they spent a
>> bit more on packing material for all shipments.
>>
>> We live in a National Historic District so no outdoor antennas here. My
>> antennas are in the attic above the third floor, putting them about 40 ft
>> AGL. So far the shingled roof hasn't been a major obstacle and the GPS
>> antennas are above the HVAC ductwork. I'll see if there's any difference
>> between this antenna and the HP that's on the Z3816 now.
>>
>> 73,
>> Steve
>> WB0DBS
>>
>>
>> On Apr 13, 2012, at 1:52 PM, paul swed<paulswedb at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>
>>> Steve will be interesting to hear how it goes. Thats a reasonable price
>> it
>>> seems and the antenna looks like it could handle abuse pretty well. Any
>>> idea if its a 5 volt unit or actually any other detail?
>>> Regards
>>> Paul
>>> WB8TSL
>>>
>>> On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 2:39 PM, Steve Krull<steve-krull at cox.net>
>> wrote:
>>>> Just got mine, from "Just_for_survive" on eBay. Poorest packing job I've
>>>> ever seen for an international package. Three wraps of newsprint and a
>> thin
>>>> padded envelope. I'll know this weekend if its operational.
>>>>
>>>> Steve
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 11:14 PM, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R wrote:
>>>>
>>>> My Lucent antenna arrived today.  I scrounged some adapters
>>>>> and connected it to my Thunderbolt.  Two birds were visible
>>>>> with AMU>  4 when I held the antenna.  My Droid 3 could not
>>>>> see any birds through the wet roof.
>>>>>
>>>>> The unit has some dings and scrapes but no visible corrosion.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am tempted to take it apart but don't wish to break a unit
>>>>> which seems to be working well.
>>>>>
>>>>> Has anyone compared this antenna with the mushroom that
>>>>> came from China with the used Thunderbolts???
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R     caf at omen.com   www.omen.com
>>>>> Developer of Industrial ZMODEM(Tm) for Embedded Applications
>>>>> Omen Technology Inc      "The High Reliability Software"
>>>>> 10255 NW Old Cornelius Pass Portland OR 97231   503-614-0430
>>>>>
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