Interesting but do have 2 comments, if I may: with the center of ur Inverted Vee being sooooo close to the tower, it might not only negatively affect the SWR but could also distort/affect the omnidirectional radiation pattern u'd normally expect from an Inv Vee; (but hey, if it works "as is," that's great & good job!); however, if it doesn't, u might wanna' consider mounting a "stand off" bracket to ur tower, just to eliminate any possible capacitive coupling that might occur between the antenna & the tower; & secondly, I must admit, using some flexible pvc as the base of ur Vee in mid-air is a really creative idea & (as long as it remains stable) is sonething for anyone to consider! But since I sometimes get lazy (LOL), I'll usually just tie off each leg to either something on the ground that's permanent or even to cheap plastic tent stakes--just whatever it takes to keep the angles correct or as close as possible! 73 from TN😃🇺🇸
Being to close to the tower did affect the swr. You are correct. I have aluminum stand off I built out of 2in aluminum pipe that is 4ft long. Going to attach the pulley to the stand off and try it again. Thank you. The pvc was just something that crossed my mind. I had it laying around so I tried it. That worked good. I still tied off both ends of the pvc pipe to the tower just to hold it still in the wind.
Just showing the pulley system. Maybe somebody else is radio world like to tinker and build different antennas. And don’t want to dedicate a mast or tower to experiments. If you don’t have any productive criticism to say just move along.
Interesting but do have 2 comments, if I may: with the center of ur Inverted Vee being sooooo close to the tower, it might not only negatively affect the SWR but could also distort/affect the omnidirectional radiation pattern u'd normally expect from an Inv Vee; (but hey, if it works "as is," that's great & good job!); however, if it doesn't, u might wanna' consider mounting a "stand off" bracket to ur tower, just to eliminate any possible capacitive coupling that might occur between the antenna & the tower; & secondly, I must admit, using some flexible pvc as the base of ur Vee in mid-air is a really creative idea & (as long as it remains stable) is sonething for anyone to consider! But since I sometimes get lazy (LOL), I'll usually just tie off each leg to either something on the ground that's permanent or even to cheap plastic tent stakes--just whatever it takes to keep the angles correct or as close as possible! 73 from TN😃🇺🇸
Being to close to the tower did affect the swr. You are correct. I have aluminum stand off I built out of 2in aluminum pipe that is 4ft long. Going to attach the pulley to the stand off and try it again.
Thank you. The pvc was just something that crossed my mind. I had it laying around so I tried it. That worked good. I still tied off both ends of the pvc pipe to the tower just to hold it still in the wind.
What was all that about?
Just showing the pulley system. Maybe somebody else is radio world like to tinker and build different antennas. And don’t want to dedicate a mast or tower to experiments.
If you don’t have any productive criticism to say just move along.