[time-nuts] Lucent 40 dB Antenna

paul swed paulswedb at gmail.com
Sat Apr 14 00:50:08 UTC 2012


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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