That ‘tetherball’ base idea is getting my creative juices flowing. Now I have an idea for a vertical my wife “might” not be mad about. Thanks.
Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 30, 2022, at 15:38, JP Pritchard via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Jeff > If you haven't seen it, here's a very good implemation of combining steel > fencing polls and a fiberglass in a crank up configuration that would be > totally invisible if left in the down position during the day. It's a very > clear explanation of his design. > > JP. k5JPP > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mynik3R4ySU > >> On 03/30/2022 3:01 PM Jeff Greer via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> Hi, BVARC! >> >> I'm curious as to what others are doing for masts/towers. I'm in an HOA >> ("no antennas") with a tiny little yard. Nobody has complained so far about >> my homebrew "DX Commander" style fan vertical, which looks like a 31' >> jackite pole (because that's pretty much what it is, with some 3d-printed >> wire spreaders). I was holding that up w/ a 5' piece of 3/4 copper water >> pipe driven halfway into the ground. Worked for several months, but the >> wind finally bent the pipe. I have some 5' electrical conduit that looks a >> little tougher, but I may resort to guying. The metal inside the bottom of >> the fiberglass pole, I suspect, interferes with my 10m element, anyway... >> >> I'm also wanting to put my Ed Fong DBJ-1 (which looks like a 5' PVC pipe) up >> with the feedpoint 25-30'. I picked up a couple of old tires, and I'm >> thinking of filling one with concrete (think tetherball pole) and mounting a >> couple of pieces of angle iron in the concrete, so I can drill holes, put >> some sort of mast between them, and make a "tilt over" base/hinge for the >> mast. Has anybody built a self-supporting (non-guyed) 30 foot mast out of, >> say, some sort of stock from Home Depot/Lowe's? The internet has lots of >> stories about using chain link fence top rail (10' sections), but most say >> that 2 of those (20') is all you join before it gets super wobbly. Would >> love to use some sort of square tube - maybe nesting sections - but not sure >> where to get 10' sections, and not sure aluminum would be strong enough or >> steel would be light enough... >> >> Anyway, that's where I am. I thought I'd float this out there to benefit >> from the experience of those who have been there and done that. Hope y'all >> can help me come up with something that will work while avoiding poor >> choices that could cause damage or hurt somebody. >> >> Thanks! >> >> -Jeff, W5JEF >> ________________________________________________ >> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >> >> BVARC mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> Publicly available archives are available here: >> https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
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