Cheap And Easy To Build Tilt Over Antenna Mast
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ส.ค. 2022
- Here's a breakdown of the home made tilt over antenna mast that I built for my radio.
The initial post is a 4x4x16 that is around 4-1/12 feet in the ground. I added roughly 9 feet on top of it to give it a total height of 20 feet.
The actual metal pipe is 33 feet in length. There are multiple pieces used and the joints are staggered, being one section inside of another. There's also about 3 feet on the very top that is joined by the section's swage joint.
The hinge is 8 inches total length, lag bolted to the post. There are 2 holes drilled through the pipe to allow attachment to the hinge using 1/4 inch nuts and bolts.
The winch is from Tractor Supply or could be purchased from just about any big box store or hardware store.
The winch holds 50 feet of 340lb working weight cable, from the winch, to the top of the wooden pole through a metal pulley, then back down to the pipe where an eye bolt attached to it. The cable is routed around the loop of the eye bolt and clamped back onto itself.
If you try this setup, just make sure to get the eye bolt height as close to the top pulley height as you possibly can. If they don't line up, you'll have issues getting the pipe to lock securely to the post.
I'm running an Alpha V 5/8 ground plane in this video, and have had no issues at all with this setup. I can not vouch for the dependability if you choose to run an antenna that is heavier than this one. You may have to increase the diameter of pipe that you run, as well as hinge size and maybe go with a larger wooden post.
It's a simple build and I spent less than $100.00 on putting it together. I haven't had any issues at all and plan to build something similar when I put up a beam antenna.
Hope this helps, and feel free to let me know if you have any questions.
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Y'all take care, 73's from Central North Carolina. - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
A suggestion might be to add another wood post with a V support on top to catch the antenna when you lay the antenna down to eliminate the need for the ladder? Perhaps a 10' post buried 2' to give you an 8' support?
Nice DIY Tilt Mast, Thanks for sharing the video.
Anytime! Should have a better one to get video of as soon as I get my beams.
Great set up. I wish I had the space in my yard to put a mast like that.
Great concept. Would come in very handy when adjusting SWR'S on a beam antenna. Of course you would need to make everything much stronger. But what you have there is perfect for an omnidirectional antenna. Great job 👍
Thanks. I'm going to build another when I get my beams ready. That one should be a bit more stout.
The only thing you need is a #6 Solid core copper wire going from the antenna mounting bracket down to a 8ft copper ground rod in the ground for lightning protection.
I'm planning to do just that but I'll be changing over to a 4 element beam.
Nice Job. Tons of great ideas.
Great idea! Love the setup!
Great mount very simple and effective i can sure use one.👍💯
Great job 👍
Very good video and well explained. I like the straight forward, down to earth comments. It would not take long to determine where your ladder needs to be positioned before starting the lowering process. Thanks for stimulating the thinking process.
Interesting, I did something very much like yours several years ago, my arm got tired (I was experimenting with a beam made from 20m mobile whips, gave up on that) so I replaced the hand winch with a 12vdc ATV winch.
I probably will do that soon.
Good setup.
Love it. Its perfect, it works
On top of grounding the tower, One can put some fence post in the ground with 8' above ground to guy off of. Then NO one not even grandkids can get "clotheslined" by the guy wires. Just an idea.
Love the idea you got there though, looks sturdy as all get out.
73's Brother
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North Central Texas
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Nice job
Great video. Never occurred to me to use a winch. Thanks!
Been looking at a way to get a shorter lean over tower that was also telescopic, for a small inner city block. No more than 3m sections but something I could clear the second story
I could throw something on the roof, but the keeper’s justifiable concern about a lightning strike, and being at the top of the hill, I’d like the option of not having the tallest conductive structure in the vicinity when the storms roll in off the coast.
I have a 10m telescopic vertical I use for 20 & 40m. Haven’t tuned it up for 15 and it’s a little high in take off angle for 10m. That’s ok, but noisy on RX. I’d like to get a mag loop above the top of the house. Been looking at small towers and extensible poles. All are damn expensive and many overkill.
Hi / Bonjour, excellente réalisation. / Nice idea
Je vais m'inspirer de votre système pour réaliser le mien
73's and meilleures salutations à vous
Great video! Thanks!
Glad you liked it!
nice job
VERY helpful! Thank you! Wonderful!
Glad it was helpful!
Very clever.
Thank you sir.
Nice 👍💯✔️💪
A second cable near the end would be a good idea or move the existing one more to the top .
How is the cable attached and how is the hinge mounted?
Nice! I liked it. Checking some TH-cam videos for new antenna ideas, after hurricane Ian leveled my vertical.
Hate to hear that, brother. But I hope you get one back in the air pretty soon.
Clever design, thanks for sharing. Assume the antenna works correctly?
Yes it does
A 2"x4" stand that is about 6-7' tall to let the end rest on instead of the ladder.
How did you run your coax?. Did you Bury it?. If so how deep?. Did you run it through a protective pipe?. The reason I'm asking is that I really need to move my antenna away from my shop which is by trees. I do have a small area about 40+ feet away. Your idea has definitely cought my attention. Good job. Any info would be helpful.
I ran mine through some white PVC pipe. It's 2 inch diameter to allow me to run other wire through it if I need to. It's about a foot deep.
Hey brother, did you ever get that custom-cut post? How long did you get / plan to get? Also, is it a 4x4 or something bigger? 73
At 27mHz, there little reason to be above 20ft. The added height doesn't do much for you, unless you use a beam antenna
On 27MHz height will improve your signal when talking local . They say when talking skip the height don't matter as much . I don't know if that's true , I hear a lot of big signals coming from stations that are up in the mountains
@@J0EYbagaDONUTS For DX when the band is open, you can work the world on a mobile antenna 5 feet off the ground. For local work, height rules....high antenna's reach a lot further than low ones for local 27mhz work. Remember, when the band is not open, the maximum range no matter where you are on Earth is line of sight to the horizon.
Did you use concrete if so only the bottom? I plan on using a 6x6 10ft. 4ft deep. 6 above.. 2ft off ground attach another 6x6x10 with lag bolt so it can swing. "Post side by side one connected with 5/8 12in lag" two more lag bolts will be used when it's vertical to keep it from moving. That will put me 12ft vertical. A 10ft 1 1/4 pipe will be mounted on the last 2ft of the top 6x6. Making my antenna base 20ft. I just bought a Maco V58 antenna and it's 20ft tall. So all in all I'll be 40ft. All on one 6x6 that's 4ft deep.
Online calculations show 10 80lb bags of concrete. Is this really necessary? Or just do 5 or so in the bottom and then fill with dirt?
Love your little setup man! Kaydo Kaylen 127 Southern KY 👋
This one is roughly 3 1/2 feet in the ground. Just a regular post hole digger size hole and I may have put about 3/4 of a bag of concrete in there with it.
It doesn't sway at all.
@@Mavv.err.ickk506 good deal! I might just get 5 bags then. And fill hole rest of way after it sets with dirt so it can grow grass around it. I appreciate your response sir!
How long has this been up now? Any problems with wind as far as the wood structure?
It's been up well over a year with no issues. Wind only makes the antenna sway a little but nothing terrible.
Put pool noodles around the guy wires if you ever decide to go that route.
So I counted the turns on the crank, and it's about 100 turns to lower and another 100 turns to raise it.
I opted to use this winch over an electric in order to keep the cost down.
slow and steady always wins the race
That looks a lot like my antenna, that is when I bought it new, not so much now. Looks like the V5/8 which is a good antenna. I had mine set up about 50 foot in the air. Now sure as to what happened to it. I think it may have gotten hit by an airplane. The top section got bent at about a 50 degree angle. After a few months of begging a few guys to help me I got taken down and we put back together. about a year later we had some really hard winds blow through the area. I found the top section of the antenna at the back edge of my property. When I first set this up it was fun. But after awhile people got to arguing and wanting to pick fights. Some people would do anything to cause problems and the foul mouth crap some would say just turned me off. So I quit.
One thing that I did to create a "portable" guy wire base was to use 55g plastic (HDPE) drums filled with gravel... That puts the wire attachment point up high enough that if you manage to trip over it or "clothesline" yourself, you *deserve* to have it happen to you since you're either not paying attention or you're an idiot... ;)
You'll end up with about a 740 lb anchor with it filled up with gravel and a bit more if you add water to take up the space between the pieces of gravel... I did not cut the top out of the barrel, I just removed the 2" bung plug and shoveled the gravel on top of the barrel, stopping periodically to brush it into the bung hole...
It's "portable" in that you can drag it where you need it in your pasture / yard with a truck / tractor... If it is on a concrete slab, it's easy to move it with a couple of pieces of PVC pipe underneath it as rollers...
Thank you. Gives me some ideas to consider. N0QFT
hey man great video i want to build one for my sirio 4000 i got a bunch of questions for you would it be better to email ya thanks
Great video! de W2CSI
Well done, and thanks for the video. Simple and effective is always best. VK4JDJ