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M1117 Third Antenna Mount
corsutton
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Oklahoma, United States
Joined: June 17, 2005
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Posted: Thursday, January 28, 2010 - 10:33 AM UTC
Does anyone have any other views of this third antenna mount? It looks as if the top and back side (side towards the rear of the vehicle) of the box are open. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

sopmod6
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Tokyo-to, Japan / 日本
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Posted: Thursday, January 28, 2010 - 10:58 AM UTC
That three sided box contains the BFT, or Blue Force Tracker. The antenna mount on its side is bolted to the BFT cover. Nothing special about it as its just a piece of metal bent into squarish "u" shape.
corsutton
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Posted: Thursday, January 28, 2010 - 02:26 PM UTC
Great, thanks for the info. Time to do a little scratching then.
corsutton
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Posted: Sunday, January 31, 2010 - 06:00 AM UTC
Ok here is my attempt at scratching the BFT mount and antenna. I am also including my scratch Duke Antenna, but I messed up the number of bolts so I will make another one now. Anyway here you go, let me know what you think.

An overview of the BFT


Another view of the BFT


The Duke that will be replaced


More of the Duke. I just needed to trim back the last row of bolts on this one but again, I have the wrong number of bolts so.......


Again let me know what you think. I believe it will work, especially the BFT. I can make another Duke, it didn't take that long to make this one. Thanks again for the help.
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