[K3CAL] Travel trailer mobile install

[Dale Sollars]

Hi Dave.  The fiberglass pole is a Jackite 31 foot expanding mast.  It gets
pretty slim near the top so I expand it to only 21 feet and use the
two-piece 10 foot Diamond 300 antenna mounted on top to give me 30 foot
total.  I've keyed repeaters in Greenbelt and Bladensburg 23 miles away.
Sometimes I can hear the Warrenton repeater 63 miles away.  It's always
very clear with little rf background noise.

I mounted an adjustable clamp above the bottom tube holder to further
support the mast.  The photo is the attachment below.  Even in a severe
wind I get very little movement at the top of the antenna tip.

Very happy with it and I'll probably add another-like mast to attach a 10
meter antenna. I'm just looking for the right antenna without the long
wires to make it more convenient.  Any ideas?

Thanks, Dale

On Thu, May 6, 2021 at 5:27 AM Dave via K3CAL <k3cal at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

> Give me a short write-up about the details of this install and I'll post
> it to the club webpage.  I like that mounted socket(?) at the bottom.
> Looks pretty sturdy.  I had an aluminum mast support that fit into a tow
> socket that I could add antennae to but I backed up into trees in
> campsites and bent then broke it.  Haven't repaired it yet and it's
> unusable in my garage for now.  Using a clamp-on on the rear door of my
> campervan for now and using HamStick type antennae.  Oh, and ground mounted
> masts and stuff thrown up in trees.
>
> Dave
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dale Sollars <dsollars21 at gmail.com>
> To: Calvert Amateur Radio Association - K3CAL <k3cal at mailman.qth.net>;
> Dale Sollars <dsollars21 at gmail.com>
> Sent: Wed, May 5, 2021 10:11 pm
> Subject: [K3CAL] Travel trailer mobile install
>
> Here are a few pictures of my new install on my travel trailer.  Seems to
> work real well.
>
> Feel free to post them if you like.  Thanks, Dale
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