protecting my stubby

MikeyH · Post by **MikeyH** » Thu Dec 01, 2022 12:03 am

mmm-five wrote: ↑Wed Nov 30, 2022 8:10 pm How about engineering the f**k out of it and using a hinge with neodymium magnets, so you can flick it up & down as you need.

Maybe take it even further and invent some method of retracting it into the wing on ignition off?

Sounds ace but what the hell is a ‘neodymium magnet ‘?

MikeyH · Post by **MikeyH** » Thu Dec 01, 2022 12:07 am

Perhaps if you turned the car upside down and put the cover over the underside, now the top, there wouldn’t be a problem as now the aerial is underneath and now protected. Job done

mmm-five · Post by **mmm-five** » Thu Dec 01, 2022 4:52 pm

MikeyH wrote: ↑Thu Dec 01, 2022 12:03 am
mmm-five wrote: ↑Wed Nov 30, 2022 8:10 pm How about engineering the f**k out of it and using a hinge with neodymium magnets, so you can flick it up & down as you need.

Maybe take it even further and invent some method of retracting it into the wing on ignition off?
Sounds ace but what the hell is a ‘neodymium magnet ‘?

It's a very strong rare-earth magnet, so you only need a small one to do the work of an old iron one. Can be bought online, or can also be found (in strange shapes) in HDDs.

It's what they use (in much larger sizes) for 'scrap fishing' in canals to lift out 100kg loads.

Just don't let them snap together as they'll shatter, or get your skin caught between two as you'll draw blood.

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Sidewaze Samm · Post by **Sidewaze Samm** » Thu Dec 01, 2022 5:17 pm

Yes, unscrewing it is the obvious option. But it is very tight and I have tried - but I daren't try any harder. What I meant by saying faffing around really - probably should have been more specific.
But thanks for the suggestions and I'll look at the tap cover, though suspect it's a bit on the large side. I've only got a small one

enuff_zed · Post by **enuff_zed** » Thu Dec 01, 2022 5:39 pm

Sidewaze Samm wrote: ↑Thu Dec 01, 2022 5:17 pm Yes, unscrewing it is the obvious option. But it is very tight and I have tried - but I daren't try any harder. What I meant by saying faffing around really - probably should have been more specific.
But thanks for the suggestions and I'll look at the tap cover, though suspect it's a bit on the large side. I've only got a small one

Ah fair enough.
Could have saved two pages of people saying unscrew it.

MikeyH · Post by **MikeyH** » Thu Dec 01, 2022 6:37 pm

enuff_zed wrote: ↑Thu Dec 01, 2022 5:39 pm
Sidewaze Samm wrote: ↑Thu Dec 01, 2022 5:17 pm Yes, unscrewing it is the obvious option. But it is very tight and I have tried - but I daren't try any harder. What I meant by saying faffing around really - probably should have been more specific.
But thanks for the suggestions and I'll look at the tap cover, though suspect it's a bit on the large side. I've only got a small one
Ah fair enough.
Could have saved two pages of people saying unscrew it.

Sidewaze Samm · Post by **Sidewaze Samm** » Fri Dec 02, 2022 8:38 pm

MikeyH wrote: ↑Thu Dec 01, 2022 6:37 pm Could have saved two pages of people saying unscrew it.

but then we wouldn't have learned about neodymium magnets...

Griffo46 · Post by **Griffo46** » Fri Dec 02, 2022 10:05 pm

Get a ping pong ball or tennis ball, drill a hole and pop it on over the aerial. Or just take it off.

mmm-five · Post by **mmm-five** » Sat Dec 03, 2022 12:05 pm

Anyway, I'm surprised no-one else has mentioned that their stubby auto-retracts when it gets cold

DMike · Post by **DMike** » Sat Dec 03, 2022 5:19 pm

mmm-five wrote: ↑Sat Dec 03, 2022 12:05 pm Anyway, I'm surprised no-one else has mentioned that their stubby auto-retracts when it gets cold

Once you made that analogy, unlike the exhibitionistic approaches suggested, wouldn’t a floppy stubby solve the problem of stubby poking?

mmm-five · Post by **mmm-five** » Sat Dec 03, 2022 5:48 pm

DMike wrote: ↑Sat Dec 03, 2022 5:19 pm
mmm-five wrote: ↑Sat Dec 03, 2022 12:05 pm Anyway, I'm surprised no-one else has mentioned that their stubby auto-retracts when it gets cold
Once you made that analogy, unlike the exhibitionistic approaches suggested, wouldn’t a floppy stubby solve the problem of stubby poking?

It would indeed. Just have to find a stubby antenna made out of material that shrinks when cold!

MikeyH · Post by **MikeyH** » Sat Dec 03, 2022 7:02 pm

Or go back to one of the retractable electric ones of old.

ronk · Post by **ronk** » Sat Dec 03, 2022 7:56 pm

Go to a Building Site and get a 150mm length if scaffolding protector tube and just slip it over the stump.

Can’t see anything more simple or cheaper!

Post by **sp3ctre** » Sat Dec 03, 2022 8:27 pm

How's about this?

MikeyH · Post by **MikeyH** » Sun Dec 04, 2022 12:18 am

Get some playdoe, they sell it on Amazon in tubs. Take off the lid, empty the contents, make a little sculpture out of it or throw it in the bin. Whatever. Then turn the tub upside down and put it over the aerial. Hey presto, job done.

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