[Rover] K9ZF Rover After Action Report (very long!)

[Dan Evans]

Hi Steve,

I have a couple actually.  The first one I homebrewed from several different
sizes of EMT conduit.  Kinda heavy, and a little wobbly, but was a
reasonably good antennas support and 27' tall!

The new one I have now I bought off Ebay.  There is a fella that has them
there, I've seen them several times.  I can't remember exactly how much I
paid, but I think it was around $30.  Collapsed, it's about 6' and fully
extended it's around 18', I think.  Not as tall as my homebrewed mast, but
much more sturdy.  It's also lighter and easier to handle for a solo Rover
like myself.  After this last contest, I highly recommend them, they work
great.  Mine is also open in the top, so I'm thinking of adding a piece of
3/4" conduit to the top to extend it another 5 or 6 feet.  This would help
when I finally get my forth band active and need another yagi on the mast.

I mount the yagis at the top of each section.  So when I get to a new site,
I stop and raise the mast, and then I'm ready.  When it's time to move, I
just lower the mast and go.  The yagis stay fixed in place.  Hope this makes
since.  It's easier to do than to explain, hi hi.

73
Dan
Dan Evans K9ZF
Scottsburg, IN 47170
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K9ZF /R no budget Rover
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Meuse" <smeuse at mara.org>
To: "Rover for county hunters and mobiles" <rover at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 7:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Rover] K9ZF Rover After Action Report (very long!)


> At 04:08 PM 6/22/2004 -0500, Dan Evans wrote:
>
>
> >After nearly a year of planning, two weeks before the contest it was
clear
> >that most of my plans were going to have to be scrapped. Seemingly
countless
> >60 to 70 hour weeks at work had left me almost no time to prepare for the
> >huge Rover trip I was planning. I had no time to:
> >
> >
> >Test new push up mast and determine antenna placement.
>
>
> I'm curious to see what you and other folks are using for push up masts.
My
> rover setup worked fairly well, but I would love to be able to get the
> antennas up another 10'.
>
> So, what did/do you use?
>
> -Steve
> N1JFU
>
>
>
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