[MLB-WIRELESS] Waterproof casing advice...

[Dan Flett]

> > Good idea... I didn't think of that. How would the little minitar
omni
> > hold up against the weather?  Should I put it in heatshrink? Is it
OK
> > for the aerial to point down, reducing the chance of water getting
in,
> > or does it need to point up?
> 
> The Minitar omni is about 2dB gain - that means it radiates pretty
well
> in almost every direction except straight up and straight down.  You'd
> be pretty safe to use it upside down I think.  Glue heatshrink will do
a
> pretty good job of keeping the water out - it's not really watertight
> and I imagine water would get in and corrode the radiating elements
> inside the plastic. 

Just thought I'd correct my own poor grammar here: The glue heatshrink
*is*  quite waterproof, the Minitar omni antenna is not really
waterproof.

Dan

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