Glue antenna????

[dhmann1811]

I am not an antenna expert so forgive me for this question. I have a discone ant. in the attic of my house. One of the eight rods has come out of the center housing case and will not stay in. I think I can glue it in to secure it. Has anyone ever done this? Would it greatly reduce my reception? I would appreciate any thoughts or comments.
Thanks,
David

 

[flyingwolf]

Well since the glue would most likely be a nice insulator that particular rod might as well be off there.


To be honest the best thing to do would to be to solder it back in use a nice eletrical grade solder.

 

[dhmann1811]

Thanks! Makes sense!

 

[FreqMgr]

I have a Diamond 130NJ with one of the vertical elements (of which there are 8) working loose because of a set screw I hadn't tightened enough. To make matters worse, I dropped the set screw in the grass when I was replacing the rod. So I just glued the rod in with Gorilla glue. I can't see how such a repair is going to have any significant effect on reception, and if it does, it's certainly not going to be of noticeable magnitude. My reception of freqs throughout the antenna's range is just fine, just as it was before I applied the Gorilla glue.

 

[Al42]

I can't see how such a repair is going to have any significant effect on reception

It'll make the antenna a bit directional, since it's missing one of the rods. (Electrically the rod isn't there.) It's not that difficult to find a screw of the correct size and thread.

 

[TeRayCodA]

Well since the glue would most likely be a nice insulator that particular rod might as well be off there.


To be honest the best thing to do would to be to solder it back in use a nice eletrical grade solder.

It would be difficult if not impossible to solder that element with a household,lightweight soldering iron,because it is stainless steel tubing.(would require lots of heat) besides,these are crimped together.

Get out the ohmmeter,glue the element,testing continuity,while twisting the element screw and element while the glue is still wet.Once you find continuity,let the glue set,should be fine.

 

[flyingwolf]

I was actually thinking a quick touch with a torch as in plumbing. Should work nicely.

But then again. Its not that difficult to head up to the local hardware store and pick up a setscrew of the correct type needed.
That would also ensure that at a later date you would be able to remove the element if needed for moving or relocation.