Those Figure 9's are great for tensioning up guy lines. It's even better you clipped them on at the mast. It helps us older people whose knees aren't as good as they used to be. If you are going to use the mast regularly, once you set it up and get the stakes in the proper locations, measure the distance between any 2 stakes and mark that length on each guy line. The next time you go to set up the mast, you'll be able to measure out the stake distances quickly and accurately.
Excellent video. I am a new subscriber. I use a mast for some of my activities. My only tip is that you do not need anything above the antenna on the mast it will not slip off. Another tip is to table your coax in a few places so the weight will not bend over the mast. I did this with an inverted V I set up. I am sure you will love the mast. It is much quicker than tossing lines into trees; I miss a lot. Thanks for the video, and enjoy your outdoor trips. 73s de W3CT.
First and foremost, thanks for subscribing! Also, thanks for the tips on the coax and there not being a need for the grommet on the end; one less step the next time I use it. I deployed it recently on a POTA activation (new epsiode comming soon) and youre right - I love it!
It is a real high when you start using something new and something amazing happens and that is, you get a contact just like that. I used to have the 40ft spider beam fiberglass pole up in my backyard with a Myantennas 80-10 hooked up to my Yeasu FT-991A. It was great and that was my home base setup. But at the beginning of last year, my antenna box was hit by lightning and all the torrids were in tiny pieces along with the antenna wire, burned. I did get another Myantennas and also a vertical, the Chelegance MC-750. I decided I was going to try portable in my back yard. As soon as I got the vertical up and the four ground radials out, I turned on my FT-891 and was hearing folks on the radio just like that. I made several contacts and one being in Canada, that is without the turner. I could also hear Spain. I was trying to reach Spain but, so were a lot of other folks, big pileup. I am starting to like the vertical but will be returning to the Myantennas. Good luck on your venture with taking out the SOTABEAM and making contacts. It is fun to play around and experiment. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for sharing, and thanks for your continued interest in our adventures. I haven't worked with verticals that much yet but would like to someday do a side-by-side comparison between something like the Chelegance and an EFHW out in the wilderness.
I am new to your channel and have been enjoying it. I use push up masts regularly for my portable activations. Normally I only use End Fed antennas so they are in a sloper configuration. If you use a pushup mast for that purpose be sure to take an extra stake to anchor the base of the mast to keep it from kicking out. Most important. Steve, k7ofg.
Thanks for the tip Steve. I thought about making a little cup with a stake for the base to sit into to hopefully ensure it stays put. After only one use in the field with a mast, I am sold!
Unfortunately not; it may be because it is "saddleback" style peak with neither end of the peak having "prominence" over the other. I missed a golden opportunity to do simultaneous SOTA/POTA activations on top of Looking Glass Rock last month, we still had a great time though: ua-cam.com/video/8bzkGjjqNLg/v-deo.html
Great video Chris. You're going to enjoy using the mast.
Thanks Paul ... we used on a POTA activation this past weekend ... new episode coiming soon!
Those Figure 9's are great for tensioning up guy lines. It's even better you clipped them on at the mast. It helps us older people whose knees aren't as good as they used to be. If you are going to use the mast regularly, once you set it up and get the stakes in the proper locations, measure the distance between any 2 stakes and mark that length on each guy line. The next time you go to set up the mast, you'll be able to measure out the stake distances quickly and accurately.
That's a great tip on marking the lines! Thanks so much for that and for checking out the episode.
Excellent video. I am a new subscriber. I use a mast for some of my activities. My only tip is that you do not need anything above the antenna on the mast it will not slip off. Another tip is to table your coax in a few places so the weight will not bend over the mast. I did this with an inverted V I set up. I am sure you will love the mast. It is much quicker than tossing lines into trees; I miss a lot. Thanks for the video, and enjoy your outdoor trips. 73s de W3CT.
First and foremost, thanks for subscribing! Also, thanks for the tips on the coax and there not being a need for the grommet on the end; one less step the next time I use it. I deployed it recently on a POTA activation (new epsiode comming soon) and youre right - I love it!
It is a real high when you start using something new and something amazing happens and that is, you get a contact just like that. I used to have the 40ft spider beam fiberglass pole up in my backyard with a Myantennas 80-10 hooked up to my Yeasu FT-991A. It was great and that was my home base setup. But at the beginning of last year, my antenna box was hit by lightning and all the torrids were in tiny pieces along with the antenna wire, burned. I did get another Myantennas and also a vertical, the Chelegance MC-750. I decided I was going to try portable in my back yard. As soon as I got the vertical up and the four ground radials out, I turned on my FT-891 and was hearing folks on the radio just like that. I made several contacts and one being in Canada, that is without the turner. I could also hear Spain. I was trying to reach Spain but, so were a lot of other folks, big pileup. I am starting to like the vertical but will be returning to the Myantennas. Good luck on your venture with taking out the SOTABEAM and making contacts. It is fun to play around and experiment. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for sharing, and thanks for your continued interest in our adventures. I haven't worked with verticals that much yet but would like to someday do a side-by-side comparison between something like the Chelegance and an EFHW out in the wilderness.
I am new to your channel and have been enjoying it. I use push up masts regularly for my portable activations. Normally I only use End Fed antennas so they are in a sloper configuration. If you use a pushup mast for that purpose be sure to take an extra stake to anchor the base of the mast to keep it from kicking out. Most important.
Steve, k7ofg.
Thanks for the tip Steve. I thought about making a little cup with a stake for the base to sit into to hopefully ensure it stays put. After only one use in the field with a mast, I am sold!
Few 12g going off in the background therev
Yup ... I think one of my neighbors got a new toy.
Does Sam’s Knob qualify for SOTA as well as POTA? 73 KD0M
Unfortunately not; it may be because it is "saddleback" style peak with neither end of the peak having "prominence" over the other. I missed a golden opportunity to do simultaneous SOTA/POTA activations on top of Looking Glass Rock last month, we still had a great time though: ua-cam.com/video/8bzkGjjqNLg/v-deo.html