TNFrank Posted January 3 Posted January 3 I want to get my 10M Inverted V antenna higher and saw this tripod on Amazon. Would aluminum be ok or does it have to be a non-conductive martial? https://www.amazon.com/Kate-Heavy-Light-Stand-Tripod/dp/B0F8B71P6R WSJL698 1 Quote
0 WRYZ926 Posted January 3 Posted January 3 Aluminum won't hurt at all with an inverted v dipole. I have mine hanging off a steel mast made from 1 5/8" fence posts. TNFrank 1 Quote
0 WRUE951 Posted January 4 Posted January 4 Aluminum is fine, give it a shot. it's cheap enough. TNFrank 1 Quote
0 TNFrank Posted January 4 Author Posted January 4 Sounds good, looks like I'm getting a new tripod. RoadApple 1 Quote
0 tcp2525 Posted January 4 Posted January 4 I am assuming you are using this outside on a flat surface temporarily? Being aluminum is perfect for your needs. If you want something more permanent and less expensive use the fence post pushed into the ground. I'm using a light stand for my discone, which is indoors. Quote
0 TNFrank Posted January 4 Author Posted January 4 31 minutes ago, tcp2525 said: I am assuming you are using this outside on a flat surface temporarily? Being aluminum is perfect for your needs. If you want something more permanent and less expensive use the fence post pushed into the ground. I'm using a light stand for my discone, which is indoors. Yep, backyard, set up for the day then back inside at night. Also I'm not sure if the HOA would allow anything permanent so this'll work out great. RoadApple 1 Quote
0 WRYZ926 Posted January 4 Posted January 4 @TNFrank are you allowed to have a flagpole in your yard? If so, set one up and you can run the dipole up to the top when you want to use it. Quote
0 TNFrank Posted January 4 Author Posted January 4 Not sure if we can put a flag poll in the backyard or not. From what I'm seen they're more expensive than the tripod and wouldn't be portable. This will be something I can move around and even take with me if I wanted to. WRYZ926 and RoadApple 2 Quote
0 WRYZ926 Posted January 4 Posted January 4 Nothing wrong with a portable setup. I only mentioned a flagpole for a possible permanent solution, TNFrank and RoadApple 2 Quote
0 Lscott Posted January 4 Posted January 4 6 hours ago, TNFrank said: Not sure if we can put a flag poll in the backyard or not. From what I'm seen they're more expensive than the tripod and wouldn't be portable. This will be something I can move around and even take with me if I wanted to. Yeah, something like this. SteveShannon and RoadApple 2 Quote
0 WRYZ926 Posted January 4 Posted January 4 Where there is a will, there is a way. And it is pretty easy to get around HOA restrictions to get an antenna up. @TNFrank that tripod mast you linked will work great for several types of antennas. It will work fine for different types of dipoles along with sloper EFHW/Random wire antennas. small horizontally polarized Yagi antennas, etc. About the only types of antennas it will cause issues with are vertical wire antennas. The metal mast will interact with the antenna causing either a change in resonance/SWR or make the antenna hard to tune at all. Added info. Don't use metal masts for mounting vertical Yagi antennas as the mast will interact with them too. RoadApple 1 Quote
0 TNFrank Posted January 4 Author Posted January 4 Yep, that's why I made up a PVC mast for my 2M/70cm vertical and the mast I'm currently using was PVC on the top part for a 70cm Yagi. This aluminum tripod mast will be for my inverted V dipole HF 10M antenna and later when I get my General license for a 12M inverted V. RoadApple, WRYZ926 and SteveShannon 3 Quote
0 WRUE951 Posted January 4 Posted January 4 26 minutes ago, TNFrank said: Yep, that's why I made up a PVC mast for my 2M/70cm vertical and the mast I'm currently using was PVC on the top part for a 70cm Yagi. This aluminum tripod mast will be for my inverted V dipole HF 10M antenna and later when I get my General license for a 12M inverted V. make sure to let us know how it works out.. I'm curious. RoadApple and SteveShannon 2 Quote
0 TNFrank Posted January 4 Author Posted January 4 44 minutes ago, WRUE951 said: make sure to let us know how it works out.. I'm curious. Will do. WRUE951, SteveShannon and RoadApple 3 Quote
0 TNFrank Posted January 7 Author Posted January 7 I got the tripod today and man is it tall. Should work pretty well for me inverted V dipole and I'll use it as the far end of the EFHW I'm going to make. I'll pug the 64:1 Balun on the 8' ring on the porch then run the wire out to the tripod so it'll be above ground on both ends but also a sloper. I'm going to use 14 gauge wire for it. If anyone is looking for a decent tripod then for $80 bucks this is a pretty good one. WRUE951 1 Quote
0 WRUE951 Posted January 7 Posted January 7 2 hours ago, TNFrank said: I got the tripod today and man is it tall. Should work pretty well for me inverted V dipole and I'll use it as the far end of the EFHW I'm going to make. I'll pug the 64:1 Balun on the 8' ring on the porch then run the wire out to the tripod so it'll be above ground on both ends but also a sloper. I'm going to use 14 gauge wire for it. If anyone is looking for a decent tripod then for $80 bucks this is a pretty good one. that's great, sounds like its going to work out.. SteveShannon 1 Quote
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I want to get my 10M Inverted V antenna higher and saw this tripod on Amazon. Would aluminum be ok or does it have to be a non-conductive martial?
https://www.amazon.com/Kate-Heavy-Light-Stand-Tripod/dp/B0F8B71P6R
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