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Old 23rd Jul 2017, 15:25
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Warmtoast
 
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Danny
Reference nice pic on #11049: our younger readers may not know that the "Xs" on the cab windows are no part of an aerial array, but sticky tape stuck on the inside to limit injury from flying glass from a bomb blast. Householders were urged to do the same in 1939. Old uncle (ex-trenches WWI) caustically remarked: "It's not flying glass you need to worry about , but flying scrap iron!"
After I'd painted it (with a 3-ins paintbrush!) it looked much better - and no XX's on the windows!




MPN11
Warmtoast, Sir. On the premise that the mobile DF didn't double up on snow-clearance, what's the (unidirectional?) array over the driver's cab about?
Antenna array folds down into this when the RV105 is driven around. ricardan's oririnal post shows what looks like the box that holds the rotating antenna shaft with the clamp that holds it upright at the top.


PS. Photobucket's playing up - i'll be back.
WT

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