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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/OJ6VZUHCFX63MRNHD3UMMI2ODLJCDUMN/", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/", "message_id": "CAAYRh5c5uDY=1R374_R=S62vCMKBKakQkOYq8MGQLbr6TTt4BQ@mail.gmail.com", "message_id_hash": "OJ6VZUHCFX63MRNHD3UMMI2ODLJCDUMN", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/AYFG4M2ALRWRDHKT7SBFJ4RF62LGDKKI/", "sender": { "address": "w2lmm.qsl (a) gmail.com", "mailman_id": "8a6e1a876769460a9c7b4a66a15d6e72", "emails": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/sender/8a6e1a876769460a9c7b4a66a15d6e72/emails/" }, "sender_name": "Lou Michaels", "subject": "Re: [amsat-bb] Mounting Arrow Antennas", "date": "2016-04-14T19:39:19Z", "parent": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/AYFG4M2ALRWRDHKT7SBFJ4RF62LGDKKI/", "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "Arrow sells a mounting bracket for the square boom. It's $14 and is well\nmade. I picked one up for ground testing my rotor setup before I put\neverything on the roof.\n\nhttp://www.arrowantennas.com/main/mbii.html\n\n\n\nOn Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 1:56 AM, Lance Homer <[email protected]>\nwrote:\n\n> I'm an amateur radio operator who is thinking about getting into\n> communicating via satellites. As I've been looking into the Elk vs the\n> Arrow antennas and trying to decide which to buy....all of the videos and\n> the pictures I see of the Arrow on a a tripod always have it mounted on the\n> far end at the handle. Many use a counterweight but some do not. I was\n> wondering if mounting in the middle of the beam where it is more balanced\n> weight-wise is possible or if there is some reason people do not do this?\n> (As I try to imagine the motion needed it still seems possible to me to\n> have the elements not hit the tripod legs if you can extend the head of the\n> tripod up a bit.) If it can be done I assume it would need to be a\n> non-metal tri-pod?? I'm also thinking of mounting the antenna I choose\n> (Elk or Arrow) to a tall fiberglass mast. If I can't mount the arrow in\n> the middle then I would worry about the leverage that it would create\n> which is one reason the Elk seems appealing....but at the same time I\n> assume the Alaskan has the most gain which interests me for non-satellite\n> uses.\n>\n> Thanks,\n> Lance / K7LQH\n> _______________________________________________\n> Sent via [email protected]. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available\n> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions\n> expressed\n> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of\n> AMSAT-NA.\n> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!\n> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb\n>\n", "attachments": [] }