[Elecraft] telescoping poles

[Martin Gillen]

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 without any guying, in low or moderate wind conditions.

Of course the ends of the dipole act as guys to some extent.

I use 6ft tall fiberglass driveway markers for my inverted vee ends.

Views of the whole antenna:

http://www.sunim.plus.com/maple/images/martin_ant.jpg

http://www.sunim.plus.com/maple/images/naqccsprint_pole.jpg

- Martin.


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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 cm) through it. Then I
ground a point on the end of the bolt. Of course the pole has to be
guyed as well.

--
73,
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco