[Boatanchors] Yaesu FRG-7

[rbethman]

All,

I really don't have a way of putting one of these up.

I do have boxes to build in, don't know if I have one that is watertight.

The only possible location would be on the same mount as the satellite dish.

I would expect that this would interfere with the Active antenna.

The dish isn't exactly small.  Additionally, I'm looking at replacing 
the current dish and LNB/LNBs with another dish that is bigger, and has 
multiple satellite capability.

The neighbor across the street had two of them on the fence, don't use 
them, and when I asked, he said, "Go ahead and take them!  I've been 
meaning to remove them!"

So as soon as the temps get a good bit lower, this bigger dish and 
multiple LNBs is going up!

Yes, I do have a Swiss made instrument that you simply place in-line, 
and you point the dish for the highest signal.  I've had it since at 
least 2000.

I have kept it.  It is a very useful device.  I used it when the roofing 
morons trashed the original dish.  They tried to claim that I trashed 
it!  The same old nonsense!

Bob*
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Bob - N0DGN Sarge/Chief Old cantankerous goat! Non PC and General 
Nuisance! *

On 9/2/2014 12:56 PM, Charlie , W5COV wrote:
> I have a Yaesu receiver out in my outdoor shop for listening and don't 
> remember the model number off hand, but an older one. In the shack I 
> have an Icom R-75 for SWL.
>
> I have two different antennas for each of them. One is just a single 
> long wire about 80 or so feet just strung around the property roughly 
> 10 foot off the ground. I also have a homebrew e-probe for each of 
> them, since I also enjoy MF and LF listening. The e-probe is about 10 
> foot off the ground for one and 20 foot off the ground for the 
> receiver here in the shack. The e-probe / active antenna, almost 
> always performs at least as well and usually better than the long 
> wire, from 20 kHz. to 30 MHz.
>
> Here is a link to the antenna that I like best. Simple cheap and easy 
> to build, package and install and works GREAT !!
>
> http://www.techlib.com/electronics/antennas.html#Improved Active Antenna
>
> Charlie, W5COV

*-- Bob - N0DGN Sarge/Chief Old cantankerous goat! Non PC and General 
Nuisance! *