[Elecraft] Care and feeding of the AXB1 Whip BiPod

[Bill Frantz]

I found that the legs on my AXB1 whip bipod weren't locking into 
place well enough to keep the antenna vertical in what I though 
was a mile breeze. So I took it apart to see what was going on. 
It is a rather clever assembly of standard hardware.

There is a plastic clip that goes around a standard BNC right 
angle adapter. A phillips head screw goes through the clip and 
is used to hold the legs. There is a small nut on the screw 
which should be tightened to hold the screw firmly in place.

Over the small nut is an internal lock washer, which just fits. 
The nut keeps it from turning and it in turn holds the legs in 
place. One leg goes on the inside of the lock washer and the 
other goes on the outside. Finally there is the locking knob.

With this assembly, it is essential to loosen the locking knob 
whenever adjusting the legs. If you just pull the legs, it is 
quite easy to turn the nut and loosen it. If it is loose, it 
will turn and the legs will turn with it.

73 Bill AE6JV

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