{"id":184,"date":"2021-02-17T20:46:31","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T20:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bongo.knipmeyer.co.uk\/?p=184"},"modified":"2021-02-17T20:46:32","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T20:46:32","slug":"checking-the-aft-for-fitting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bongo.knipmeyer.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/02\/17\/checking-the-aft-for-fitting\/","title":{"rendered":"Checking the AFT for fitting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>So I had time enough today to check the Auto Free Top (AFT) for fitting the metal plate (which is en-route).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/bongo.knipmeyer.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/E634274E-3013-45EA-A495-9DB04E27AB9D_1_105_c.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"178\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/bongo.knipmeyer.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/E634274E-3013-45EA-A495-9DB04E27AB9D_1_105_c.jpeg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/bongo.knipmeyer.co.uk\/e634274e-3013-45ea-a495-9db04e27ab9d_1_105_c\/\" class=\"wp-image-178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bongo.knipmeyer.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/E634274E-3013-45EA-A495-9DB04E27AB9D_1_105_c.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/bongo.knipmeyer.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/E634274E-3013-45EA-A495-9DB04E27AB9D_1_105_c-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">front drivers side<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/bongo.knipmeyer.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/AAE3C209-773A-4190-AF71-D3B9E28A3B28_1_105_c.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"179\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/bongo.knipmeyer.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/AAE3C209-773A-4190-AF71-D3B9E28A3B28_1_105_c.jpeg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/bongo.knipmeyer.co.uk\/aae3c209-773a-4190-af71-d3b9e28a3b28_1_105_c\/\" class=\"wp-image-179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bongo.knipmeyer.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/AAE3C209-773A-4190-AF71-D3B9E28A3B28_1_105_c.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/bongo.knipmeyer.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/AAE3C209-773A-4190-AF71-D3B9E28A3B28_1_105_c-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/bongo.knipmeyer.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/AAE3C209-773A-4190-AF71-D3B9E28A3B28_1_105_c-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">neesd a good clean<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/bongo.knipmeyer.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/F0EE250F-C8D2-421C-B8F4-C2B4E572B6C5_1_105_c.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"182\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/bongo.knipmeyer.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/F0EE250F-C8D2-421C-B8F4-C2B4E572B6C5_1_105_c.jpeg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/bongo.knipmeyer.co.uk\/f0ee250f-c8d2-421c-b8f4-c2b4e572b6c5_1_105_c\/\" class=\"wp-image-182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bongo.knipmeyer.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/F0EE250F-C8D2-421C-B8F4-C2B4E572B6C5_1_105_c.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/bongo.knipmeyer.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/F0EE250F-C8D2-421C-B8F4-C2B4E572B6C5_1_105_c-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">existing solar panel<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/bongo.knipmeyer.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2BC4671B-69C7-47B8-898A-323D33BCCB09_1_105_c.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"181\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/bongo.knipmeyer.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2BC4671B-69C7-47B8-898A-323D33BCCB09_1_105_c.jpeg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/bongo.knipmeyer.co.uk\/2bc4671b-69c7-47b8-898a-323d33bccb09_1_105_c\/\" class=\"wp-image-181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bongo.knipmeyer.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2BC4671B-69C7-47B8-898A-323D33BCCB09_1_105_c.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/bongo.knipmeyer.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2BC4671B-69C7-47B8-898A-323D33BCCB09_1_105_c-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">panel fixture method<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">survey the bongo roof<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Asides needing a good clean, was good to see the bolts are in place (its suprising that some bongos are missing these !).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I took some zoom shots of the existing solar panel to see how that is attached. looks fairly straight forward bolt\/washer\/plate. As I&#8217;m only attaching a strip of slim metal, I think i can hold it in place with the bolt and wash combo, ensuring there is enough metal for the mag-mount to attach to. I will need to do then is use a small set of steps to put the mast on when I&#8217;m ready to get on the air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hopefully the rest of the parts will arrive soon. As is with lockdown i cant go out in the Bongo for recreation, but do want to give it plenty of tryouts before using it truly \/M.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So I had time enough today to check the Auto Free Top (AFT) for fitting the metal plate (which is<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-amateur-radio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bongo.knipmeyer.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bongo.knipmeyer.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bongo.knipmeyer.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongo.knipmeyer.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongo.knipmeyer.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bongo.knipmeyer.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":185,"href":"https:\/\/bongo.knipmeyer.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184\/revisions\/185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bongo.knipmeyer.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongo.knipmeyer.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongo.knipmeyer.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}