I prefer holding the antenna myself but whatever you get make sure it's heavy enough to not fall over from the weight of the antenna. You may need a counterweight on the end of the antenna and/or something hung off the inside center of the tripod if it has a hook to do that like some do.
You should know the back of the antenna boom has been tapped for the standard tripod mount screw, however the boom doesnt provide a lot of "depth" or threads to really hold it well. Some people clamp the boom to their tripod for extra security.
The best tripod setup I've seen is the one John, K8YSE has.
I believe he had a DJ speaker stand (speaker tripod) and an extra half arrow boom section from a backpacker Arrow stuck in his main arrow, with the extra section stuck in a tube which was fixed to the tripod. The extra section rotated inside the tube allowing for easy polarity switching. With the antenna sticking out farther away from the tripod than it otherwise would without the extra section, its elements didn't hit the tripod.
It was big though, so maybe not the best depending on your use case.
How do you plan to use it? On the back of your porch/in yard, roving, etc. etc?
73, John Brier KG4AKV
On Aug 14, 2017 7:20 PM, "Laura Tunnell" drlnt@cox.net wrote:
What is best tripod for the arrow II handheld antenna ?
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