This is the one I have been using hooked up to my gao
Works pretty good for $6
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Magnetic-Vehi...SwAL9Ucv2h
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Did yours come with the "magnet sucker" as well?
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Check Gumtree, there is one on there right now.
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You could always try building a collinear coax antenna, bung it in a length of old conduit seal it with silicone and she's good to go.
Ive built a few, they work well.
http://www.rason.org/Projects/collant/collant.htm
Oh and in that article where it goes on about such and such torroids, just rip a couple out of an old switching PSU like an old computer one, they'll work fine.
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yer magnetic base on the little $6 twanga but no base on the new one - I will have to build something to hold it up
My current antenna is ok, my problem is in the coax or connections but I cant work out why - should all be ok
So a pre-made, pre-tuned set up is going to be the easiest way to make sure I have good connections
and with 5m of coax I should be able to get it nice and high (not the
kind) and should work ok
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No worries there
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Get yourself set up and working first, then you can experiment and make stuff later.
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I just updated the old Moxon page with some close up's of how the coax joins. (aka terminates)
I'm gonna dig out my old Moxon later and add some plastic cutting board strips
and such to harden my wobbly one up.
http://www.goldcoastcb.com/forum/index.p...en#msg3228
The vertical you're getting
even: will still be better as they are 360 degree's (good for simplex)
where as the Moxon's are slightly directional.
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Here is the base I made out of a bolt and some tape - looks beautiful doesnt it....
Seems it does work after all but I want to get it a bit higher when I can be bothered
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Bloody hell, that home made thing look whacked out.
eBay is cheaper, but it even Supercheap have the proper thing.
http://www.supercheapauto.com.au/Product...BL2/291830