[Fourlanders] FW: [VHFcontesting] Receiver Hitch Mast

[wa4kxy at bellsouth.net]

If you ever wondered what N8UM is doing for his rover setup check this out.  Very nice!  If I ever go totally insane and decide to do the rover thing this is the way I would do it.  Checkout the adapter plate from northern also.

73
Jim, W4KXY
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From: "N8UM" <n8um at comcast.net> 
To: <VHFcontesting at contesting.com> 
Cc: ko1i at qsl.net 
Subject: [VHFcontesting] Receiver Hitch Mast 
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 22:00:41 +0000 


If you have a 2 inch class III receiver hitch, look at the pintel hitch receiver 
adaptor plate at http://www2.northerntool.com/product/22067.htm I mount a 36 
inch by 4 inch square steel post horizontally (using square u-bolts from 
Northern) and then a vertical 5 or 6 foot by 3 inch diameter aluminum post with 
regular HD u-bolts that fit the plate (also available from Northern). You then 
have a stable base that you can level with jack screws and fold a 25 to 28 foot 
mast over the top of a truck or van. Mount the rotator at the base of the tilt 
over mast and stack multiple antennas. See pictures of my setup at 
http://www.chuckmartin.com/VHFContest2003_3.htm 
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