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Old 08-20-2015, 06:49 PM   #21 (permalink)
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Do you tighten down on the three tabs by gripping the whole assemble at it's base or the tip of the antenna through the hole in the top? (And how would that work with the weathervaning?)

Because it is normal to the antenna, not horizontal. If you could enclose the top, there's a bit of a shark-fin opportunity there.

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Old 08-21-2015, 04:49 AM   #22 (permalink)
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I made a hole in each tab, they fold over the antenna's bolt end and get locked when I screw that in.

Which was quite fiddly as it rotates all the way until it reaches base tight position, so I had to redo it a few times to get it tight while pointed in the right direction.
Wouldn't help much when the direction is 90° out

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Old 08-22-2015, 01:27 PM   #23 (permalink)
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The same technique may work on the spokes of a cycle wheel.

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