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The opposite photo shows the inside of the Icom 130 automatic antenna tuner.













This morning I cut one of the standard air vanes and the light air air vane to clear the davits cross pipe.

The opposite photo shows the standard air vane after being trimmed with the jig saw. The light air vane is marked for cutting. I will remove the electrical tape covering the edges of the section to be cut out, then cover the cut with matching electrical tape.










The bottom two photos show the finished product with the cut out section placed loosely on top of them.


My guess is that I will use the cut-down light air vane all of the time, since its greater width will more than compensate for the area lost from the standard air vane.

Also, I have been advised to use these as a template and cut out some spares out of ply board. (Until recently the Monitor air vanes were made of ply board.)