With all the talk about tilting a Yagi 15 degrees above the horizon and using a rotor in azimuth only, I have a question. Since every Yagi I have includes mounting hardware to mount the antenna at a 90 degree angle to the mast, how do you tilt it 15 degrees? Do you put a bend in the mast pipe? Can you purchase hardware to allow the Yagi to tilt relative to the mast? Maybe everyone knows a simple answer but I will admit I do not.
Thanks and 73,
Rick - WB3CSY
Most use a cross-arm to mount the antenna, even if the cross-arm is not rotatable in Elevation. Then you can attach the antenna in any elevation desired, and mount both a 2m and 70cm antenna, one on either side of the rotor for balance.
I suppose bending the mast pipe would work too. I hadn't thought of that.
Greg KO6TH
Rick Walter wrote:
With all the talk about tilting a Yagi 15 degrees above the horizon and using a rotor in azimuth only, I have a question. Since every Yagi I have includes mounting hardware to mount the antenna at a 90 degree angle to the mast, how do you tilt it 15 degrees? Do you put a bend in the mast pipe? Can you purchase hardware to allow the Yagi to tilt relative to the mast? Maybe everyone knows a simple answer but I will admit I do not.
Thanks and 73,
Rick - WB3CSY
drill holes in the boom to mast plate. Bob W7LRD
----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Walter" wb3csy@gmail.com To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Sunday, June 2, 2013 11:05:22 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Tilting Yagi up 15 degrees above horizon
With all the talk about tilting a Yagi 15 degrees above the horizon and using a rotor in azimuth only, I have a question. Since every Yagi I have includes mounting hardware to mount the antenna at a 90 degree angle to the mast, how do you tilt it 15 degrees? Do you put a bend in the mast pipe? Can you purchase hardware to allow the Yagi to tilt relative to the mast? Maybe everyone knows a simple answer but I will admit I do not.
Thanks and 73,
Rick - WB3CSY
drill holes in the boom to mast plate to change the boom to mast angle 73 Bob W7LRD
----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Walter" wb3csy@gmail.com To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Sunday, June 2, 2013 11:05:22 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Tilting Yagi up 15 degrees above horizon
With all the talk about tilting a Yagi 15 degrees above the horizon and using a rotor in azimuth only, I have a question. Since every Yagi I have includes mounting hardware to mount the antenna at a 90 degree angle to the mast, how do you tilt it 15 degrees? Do you put a bend in the mast pipe? Can you purchase hardware to allow the Yagi to tilt relative to the mast? Maybe everyone knows a simple answer but I will admit I do not.
Thanks and 73,
Rick - WB3CSY
or if you don't have surrounding objects blocking the horizon mout the antenna low like at ten feet, then youd have a elevated angle and ground gain too!
Sig The Original Rolling Ball Clock Idle Tyme Idle-Tyme.com http://www.idle-tyme.com On 6/2/2013 3:05 PM, Bob- W7LRD wrote:
drill holes in the boom to mast plate to change the boom to mast angle 73 Bob W7LRD
----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Walter" wb3csy@gmail.com To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Sunday, June 2, 2013 11:05:22 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Tilting Yagi up 15 degrees above horizon
With all the talk about tilting a Yagi 15 degrees above the horizon and using a rotor in azimuth only, I have a question. Since every Yagi I have includes mounting hardware to mount the antenna at a 90 degree angle to the mast, how do you tilt it 15 degrees? Do you put a bend in the mast pipe? Can you purchase hardware to allow the Yagi to tilt relative to the mast? Maybe everyone knows a simple answer but I will admit I do not.
Thanks and 73,
Rick - WB3CSY
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