Duct Tape and an Ol...
 
Notifications
Clear all

Duct Tape and an Old Rod

9 Posts
8 Users
0 Reactions
7 Views
(@bushaxe)
Posts: 645
Registered
Topic starter
 

.... make for a 16-Ft Radio Antenna.

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

 
Posted : August 26, 2017 7:26 am
(@mark-silver)
Posts: 713
Registered
 

Checkout Mr. Longarm ProLock 23' at Home Depot [ here ].

I can send you an 'extra' plastic rectangle thingy (like the one you have) and you can drill out the 5/8" hole so it will slide down on Mr. Longarm. I just epoxied mine to the rod... But Duct tape would be more excellent and you certainly will get more Red-Green points. 🙂

BTW: I have a picture of Red Green and I hanging out together in the lodge from 20 years ago. I had hair and even my mustache was black!

 
Posted : August 26, 2017 8:59 am
(@loyal)
Posts: 3735
Registered
 

Mark Silver, post: 443381, member: 1087 wrote: Checkout Mr. Longarm ProLock 23' at Home Depot [ here ].

I can send you an 'extra' plastic rectangle thingy (like the one you have) and you can drill out the 5/8" hole so it will slide down on Mr. Longarm. I just epoxied mine to the rod... But Duct tape would be more excellent and you certainly will get more Red-Green points. 🙂

BTW: I have a picture of Red Green and I hanging out together in the lodge from 20 years ago. I had hair and even my mustache was black!

I though that YOU WERE Red Green!

😉

 
Posted : August 26, 2017 9:30 am
(@stlsurveyor)
Posts: 2490
Registered
 

Here is a basestation...completely ridiculous, but I'm actually jealous.

 
Posted : August 26, 2017 11:58 am
(@nate-the-surveyor)
Posts: 10522
Registered
 

Has anybody figured out how to utilize the coarse threads of paint poles, to 5/8"x11?

Or, is this the duct tape point? 🙂 😉

 
Posted : August 26, 2017 12:44 pm
(@Anonymous)
Posts: 0
Guest
 

[USER=291]@Nate The Surveyor[/USER]
Not directly but I've an old top section of a prism pole that came to grief.
It fits snugly over the top section of a painters pole that I use for my RTK base.
I get it up to about 6 metres.
I drilled a hole through both sections and stick a roof nail (springhead nail) through both.
That's my 5/8 thread adapter.

 
Posted : August 26, 2017 1:22 pm
(@billvhill)
Posts: 399
Registered
 

StLSurveyor, post: 443408, member: 7070 wrote: Here is a basestation...completely ridiculous, but I'm actually jealous.

That base looks awfully close to that tower and the trees

 
Posted : August 30, 2017 6:00 am
(@stlsurveyor)
Posts: 2490
Registered
 

billvhill, post: 444042, member: 8398 wrote: That base looks awfully close to that tower and the trees

The entire set up is on a trailer. Trees are not really close - just looks that way in photo.

 
Posted : August 30, 2017 6:14 am
(@david-livingstone)
Posts: 1123
Registered
 

Yes, that one on the trailer, it seems the tower might cause a little bit of multipath. Thats whats nice about a regular pole, pretty thin. I'm not sure why you would want such a high tower? If you had to do a little static to get another point on a job, seems cheaper than a 50' tall tower but none the less, very cool setup.

 
Posted : August 30, 2017 6:21 am