[Fourlanders] FW: [VHFcontesting] Receiver Hitch Mast

[Robin Midgett]

An ingenious arrangement.



At 10:16 PM 3/14/2008, wa4kxy at bellsouth.net wrote:
>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
>-------------- Forwarded Message: --------------
>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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Thank you,
Robin Midgett K4IDC