{"id":927,"date":"2016-11-01T08:08:16","date_gmt":"2016-11-01T08:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ava.upuaut.net\/?p=927"},"modified":"2017-09-29T12:41:46","modified_gmt":"2017-09-29T12:41:46","slug":"mounting-uputronics-lnas-on-the-mast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ava.upuaut.net\/?p=927","title":{"rendered":"Mounting Uputronics LNA&#8217;s on the mast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One question we get asked at <a href=\"https:\/\/store.uputronics.com\">Uputronics<\/a> is do you offer a mast head enclosure for your amps ? Well unfortunately not the current case design doesn&#8217;t lend itself to being mast mounted. However you can utilise one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/store.uputronics.com\/index.php?route=product\/product&amp;path=63&amp;product_id=101\">mast mount cases<\/a> sold by Uputronics to mount the <a href=\"https:\/\/store.uputronics.com\/index.php?route=product\/category&amp;path=59\">Uputronics LNA<\/a>&#8216;s on the mast. Here I&#8217;ve mounted a pair of LNA&#8217;s in one enclosure:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ava.upuaut.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_0262.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-928 size-large\" src=\"\/\/ava.upuaut.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_0262-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ava.upuaut.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_0262-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ava.upuaut.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_0262-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ava.upuaut.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_0262.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The cases are supplied with a blank plate so you can drill to your own requirements. I removed the ends from two Uputronics LNA&#8217;s and used the end plates as templates (be careful the endplates are asymetric so make sure you copy the right side or the screws won&#8217;t mount).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ava.upuaut.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/2016-10-19-15.30.02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-929\" src=\"\/\/ava.upuaut.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/2016-10-19-15.30.02-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"2016-10-19-15-30-02\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ava.upuaut.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/2016-10-19-15.30.02-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ava.upuaut.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/2016-10-19-15.30.02-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ava.upuaut.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/2016-10-19-15.30.02-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ava.upuaut.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/2016-10-19-15.30.02.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Drill the holes (SMA&#8217;s ~ 6.5mm and the screws are ~ 3.5mm).<br \/>\nMount the LNA&#8217;s on the plates using the original screws. Use some 15 cms SMA 90&#8242; to SMA panel to bring the output back out to the plate:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ava.upuaut.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/2016-10-19-19.20.16.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-930\" src=\"\/\/ava.upuaut.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/2016-10-19-19.20.16-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"2016-10-19-19-20-16\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ava.upuaut.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/2016-10-19-19.20.16-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ava.upuaut.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/2016-10-19-19.20.16-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ava.upuaut.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/2016-10-19-19.20.16-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ava.upuaut.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/2016-10-19-19.20.16.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stick it all back together and mount it on the mast. Obviously this setup assumes you are using bias tee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One question we get asked at Uputronics is do you offer a mast head enclosure for your amps ? Well unfortunately not the current case design doesn&#8217;t lend itself to being mast mounted. 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