[Elecraft] telescoping poles

A good base for a portable antenna using telescoping poles is a surf fisherman's sand spike...It is a tube with a spike on one end that one inserts into the sand to hold an unattended fishing pole upright...Google it... I have been very pleased with my MFJ 33' mast. Easy to setup and takedown.

Re: [Elecraft] telescoping poles

Hi, Jerry et al, It is a tube with a spike on one end Or homebrew your own sand spike like I did. 1 or 2 feet of 3/4 PVC pipe, an pipe end, 3 stainless steel rods and a couple of jubilee clips (hose clamps). Attach the pipe end piece to the pipe. It is probably slightly thicker than the

Re: [Elecraft] telescoping poles

Martin Gillen wrote: Or homebrew your own sand spike like I did. 1 or 2 feet of 3/4 PVC pipe, an pipe end, 3 stainless steel rods and a couple of jubilee clips (hose clamps). I made one simply by drilling a hole in the center of a PVC pipe cap and putting a long bolt (about 4 inches -- 10

Re: [Elecraft] telescoping poles

Hi, Vic. Of course the pole has to be guyed as well. I should have mentioned that using the short pipe with 3 steel rods (about 1 foot each extends into the ground), there is enough stability to support a 20 foot fiberglass fishing pole and a #26AWG 88ft dipole fed with radio shack twinlead

Re: [Elecraft] telescoping poles

16:45 UTC Subject: [Elecraft] telescoping poles A good base for a portable antenna using telescoping poles is a surf fisherman's sand spike...It is a tube with a spike on one end that one inserts into the sand to hold an unattended fishing pole upright...Google it... I have been very pleased