Thread: Antenna mount
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Old 10-22-2016, 08:38 AM   #3
N3LYT
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I call it a "ground loss eliminator" Each leg is 5' being cheap I only bought 2 sticks of EMT. so 1 1/2 for the legs what was left I used for the mounting legs they are 5 1/2" tall welded (no loss of connection) to the legs with a carriage bolt through the center held to the aluminum plate with wing nuts they are welded also. It is very light and comes apart so it takes up little space. The whip is 6' it was a 8' whip but storage in the camper is only about 7' 6" bottom line the whip could be 12' tall it still would tune fine. It probably would not tune on 6 meters but it's not some thing I use portable. The antenna is stored in a custom frame so the plate and the High Sierra mount don't take up much space. The HS antenna uses a strange mounting so it has to have it's mount and not a 3/8" stud which would have been a good bit easier
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