Lance,
Use both Arrow and Elk portable.
Mounting details in the comments.
Pics here: https://www.flickr.com/gp/n3ykf/7h5sA5
Norm n3ykf
On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 1:56 AM, Lance Homer [email protected] wrote:
I'm an amateur radio operator who is thinking about getting into communicating via satellites. As I've been looking into the Elk vs the Arrow antennas and trying to decide which to buy....all of the videos and the pictures I see of the Arrow on a a tripod always have it mounted on the far end at the handle. Many use a counterweight but some do not. I was wondering if mounting in the middle of the beam where it is more balanced weight-wise is possible or if there is some reason people do not do this? (As I try to imagine the motion needed it still seems possible to me to have the elements not hit the tripod legs if you can extend the head of the tripod up a bit.) If it can be done I assume it would need to be a non-metal tri-pod?? I'm also thinking of mounting the antenna I choose (Elk or Arrow) to a tall fiberglass mast. If I can't mount the arrow in the middle then I would worry about the leverage that it would create which is one reason the Elk seems appealing....but at the same time I assume the Alaskan has the most gain which interests me for non-satellite uses.
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