Bill,
Take a look at HRO. Iron;works CQ-1 it is on Page 85 lower right corner if
you have the cataloge.
Can any one give me input if this a good or bad choice.
Dave N3XUD/R FM19rw
n3xudfm19@gmail.com
On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 4:10 AM, <kb7dqh@donobi.net> wrote:
> Guess it depends if the antennae are to be mounted to the vehicle and used
> while in motion or if one needs to assemble the station at a fixed
> location, then pack it all up and move somewhere else.
>
> I "hambrewed" a tilt-over crankup tower and welded the the hinge to my
> first
> "rover" vehicle's sheetmeteal! The antenna mast slipped over a short
> pipe clamped into the rotator, and was locked into position with a
> hitchpin.
> Antennas were fastened to the mast with more "hambrewed" quick-connect
> clamps, fabricated out of "vise-grip" pliers and angle-iron, these "u"
> bolted to the mast. The clamps weighed more than the antennas they
> supported with the possible exception of my 6 meter Yagi, six elements on
> 20 feet of boom, which also came apart in three sections and was held
> together with hitchpins. The Whole mess, all five bands worth, could be
> put
> on the air from setting the parking brake to first QSO in less than an
> hour!
>
> Then I wanted the same gain in a "run-and-gun" configuration, so changed
> everything!
>
> Then I bought a "real rover vehicle" which can run four stations
> simultaneously in "run-and-gun" as well as "operationally fixed",
>
> and everything changed again. Other than running masts through the roof
> of the vehicle, the antenna hardware used is typical of "base station"
> assemblies.
>
> Look me up on Youtube and view the videos posted by VE7DXG!
>
> Eric
> KB7DQH
>
>
>
> > The Jitney is put together with standard (and non-standard, i.e.
> > "whatever fits") hardware in the usual fashion. I've got quite a bit
> > more metal than most rovers, with a fixed rotatable mast on the front
> > with (from the top) a 6M moxon, 2 and 222 yagis and a pair of 432
> > yagis, and then another crank-up rotatable mast on the rear with an
> > H-frame with 903, 1.2, 2.3, 3.4 and a 2' dish for 5/10 in the middle
> > of the H, and a long 2M yagi above the H. Running height is just under
> > 12ft ..
> >
> > de w1rt/john
> >
> > On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 1:58 AM, n3_kkm <n3_kkm@embarqmail.com> wrote:
> >> For those of you who rove with beam antennas I'm interested to know if
> >> you use the standard antenna mounting hardware (U bolts, Nuts, Wrenches,
> >> etc.) or is there another technique that's quicker/easier?
> >>
> >> Bill- N3KKM
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