ituner-HF
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- First Name
- Andrei
- Joined
- Feb 1, 2021
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- Location
- Pleasanton, CA
- Vehicles
- S, X and 3, Waiting for Cybertruck
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- #16
>I'm curious what were the main considerations with regard to deciding upon a left or right side >mount.I wonder if Elon's mind is so bored without new things to focus on that he has designed the Cybertruck to multi-function as the perfect land-based version of AWACS, like a remote electronic surveillance platform.
Probably just a happy result of the other design considerations (like corrosion resistance).
I'm curious what were the main considerations with regard to deciding upon a left or right side mount.
Also curious why all the lines appear to terminate somewhere Vancouver, BC. while your profile says you live in California.
I clipped two antenna lip-mounts on both sides, the left side is for HF, the right side is VHF/UHF. My main consideration was to avoid the HV cables as much as possible (right side = better, away from HV charger inlet). See attached pictures of Cybertruck wire harness before final assembly, missing the orange HV cables, they are on the right side. In retrospect don't think it matters.
As far as Canada-California using mobile HF -- it is almost impossible to predict ionospheric propagation conditions and to add to the mix, the truck orientation. However mobile HF antennas are excellent for NVIS (near-vertical incidence communication) with little signal degradation at 0-500km. VHF/UHF is for line of sight (0-50miles).
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