[Elecraft] Very cool Earth Screw at Lee Valley Tools... Just a tadO/T

[David Cutter]

I suggest you use my pivot idea, it's too much leverage to directly fit the 
f/g pole directly into the screw anchor:  cut a short length of 3" drain 
pipe and cross drill with holes for the pivot near one end.  Fix 2 ground 
anchors about 4" apart (edge to edge) or closer and fit the metal tube 
between the 2.  A detachable handle is supplied with the anchor and this I 
use as the pivot.  Put the f/g pole into the 3" tube and raise against 2 
fixed guys, front and back; the pivot restricts movement on that axis.  If 
it's really windy, fix another couple of guys.  I use 2mm poly rope.  The 
whole thing is strong and lightweight.  Mine is the DuoFix and they are 
all-plastic.

73

David
G3UNA




Thanks, I'm looking for something my DK9SQ mast might stand upright in 
without much need for guying and I want to be able to take it out of the 
ground again. The firreglasee telescopic mast has a 55mm bottonm section 
dia.
73 de M0XDF

-- > I've picked up several types over the years.  A couple are all-metal. 
The
> ones I got last summer are called pole anchors, from Lidl, but they only
> stock things for a very short time.  I've seen ground anchors, ground
> screws, etc.  Used also for tent posts, wind break posts (see Ebay for
> cheap, small diameter ones called windbreak steel screw in ground anchor
> tube).
>
> Try this one  http://www.pozitube.com/poleanchors/  it's very similar, an
> update on mine.
>
> 73
> David
> G3UNA
>