Layer Separation Using The New Direct Drive. This Is A New Learning Curve And I May Have To Change Some

I'm not a man of great means, so when I look at antennas, like my purchase of the Moonraker GPA-80, I need it to be versatile so I can take it to the field if needed and collapse it relatively fast if needed. I've been eyeballing alot of these telescopic masts but most won't work with the Moonraker, but I still have the field expedient 1/4 wave 40m I made that I could run up a crappie rod which is relatively cheap. If anyone wants to take a look at the source for the one in the picture, the link is below.

All parts printed and assembled to check for accuracy. Again, there's no license required for this one. Stay tuned!

I crimped thr coupler over the main element and the contact of the SO-239 connector before using some heat shrink for a bit of added structural support. I'm not like all the other high class and fanciful hams, so I used my daughter's hair dryer on high heat to shrink the heat shrink. It worked like a charm!

The military knew the piezoelectric qualities of quartz crystal back in the 1960’s 🤔

Had to meet a client the other day and when we were done talking about work he asked me if I like my mobile radio. The next 50 minutes went pretty fast, talking about antennas.

Everything packed in but still getting too much pressure against the reset button, so that will need elevated before I can tighten the housing down

Once I got the radial elements reattached I weaved some electrical tape around them and the main element for added stability before wrapping the main element with some coax-seal. I remounted the antenna back onto the mast and called for a radio check. Not getting a reply, I keyed up a couple of repeaters, so at least I know I'm putting out a signal.

I removed the other shelf thinking that it would relieve the pressure on the power and reset buttons, but this turned out to be wrong.

All done printing the faceplates!