Jardue
Junior Member
I was thinking of using CAT5 to extend the wand. (Have a spindle of it here in my office.) How long would be too long?
The start of my HF Cen-Tech hack..I mean mod
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Gauntlet
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Well, that would be up to your personal preference. I was meaning those I'd posted would be too long for me. Since it will mount to the detectors shaft, and my detector is seldom far from the hole, I figured 24-30" would be plenty for me (and probably closer to the 24").
However, if you plan to belt/pouch carry it, you'd likely need more length.
Jardue
Junior Member
Ok, I thought it was a prefence but had to make sure.
shinerod
New Member
I liked mine for a few hours, but now I've come to realize that Harbor Freight=POOP. Uncooked poop, at that. I have to blow into the button to get it to work at all, and I'm lucky if that works once out of 10 attempts. Steer clear of Harbor Freight and their Chinese garbage.
I liked mine for a few hours, but now I've come to realize that Harbor Freight=POOP. Uncooked poop, at that. I have to blow into the button to get it to work at all, and I'm lucky if that works once out of 10 attempts. Steer clear of Harbor Freight and their Chinese garbage.
That's not very friendly. The Harbor Freight pinpointer, was actually intended as more of a stud finder. Just lucky that for $16, people can get a decent pinpointer to help while detecting. What do you really expect, for $16 these days? Yeah, it's cheaply built, and the price reflects that, but it's simple to improve, even with minimal tools and skills. Not a huge loss, if you break it, or leave it behind on a hunt, or totally mess one up modifying it. Really a decent, fun little tool to mess with. You can always buy a $237.50 Garrett ProPointer, and be happy that they will pretty much keep it working for life, just the cost of shipping it back to them for repairs, which is about the same as buying a Harbor Freight...
Steffen70
Forum Supporter
You are extending an antenna - Cat5 cable is not the way to go - Coax is!
The loss and the interference on the cat5 cable is just too high.
Before you are moding your antenna, you need to know the frequency, the signal strength and I think that a HAM radio forum would be the place to ask for the specs on the cable type etc.
Fun project - tell us how it works out!
GL on the project
/Steffen
I have to tend to agree. BNC would be best and at the least Shielded twisted pair.
