[Elecraft] Antennas for K1 field use

[Craig D. Smith]

<> Jackite has a ground mount for the Jackite 28-foot and 31-foot poles:

These are excellent and well worth the $.  Very nicely made and sturdy
enough to drive into the ground.  Make sure you get the foam rings matched
to your mast.  This ring surrounds the mast and makes a snug fit into the
mount and prevents a stress concentration between the mount and mast - very
nice.  I have 3 of these and use them constantly.

Their so-called "Ladder-mount" is also useful.  I found by accident that it
will conveniently fit one of the green/yellow 5 foot steel fence posts that
you can find at any hardware or garden store.  Not sure what the proper name
for them is. They are made from steel sheet, kind of U shape cross section
and metal tabs on one side for attaching fence wire.  Put bolts through the
holes in the ladder mount then slip over the top of the fence post so that
the lower mounting tab of the mount rests against one of the tabs on the
fence post.  Hard to describe in words, but if you get the pieces in front
of you it will become obvious.  The benefit of all this is that your 31 ft
Jackite pole now essentially becomes 35 feet!  What ham could resist that???

       73       Craig   AC0DS