MOONRAKER LMA-L 33ft Portable Telescopic Antenna Mast,Quick Look
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- Опубликовано: 9 сен 2024
- MOONRAKER LMA-L 33ft Portable Telescopic Antenna Mast.
This was purchased purely for testing antennas as well as portable work.
The build is a lot better than i was expecting with half decent gauge alloy,over the next few months i will be popping various antennas up from my collection,be it 80’s 11m antennas as well HF wires,verticals etc
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I get a very small cut from each sale so any would be much appreciated. Thanks
Mast:
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things have moved on a bit since the “free” Wimpy scaffolding poles we all used to use lol😂
You still cannot beat a proper scaffy pole but these are so much fun.I had something similar back in the 80s that i bought off a lass in the O’s,Andrea seems to ring a bell?
It was 3 piece and around 20ft with jubilee clips.The good old days!
or the yellow threaded gas pipe @12M lengths from the local scrappy!
I got the LMA-L as a perm mast on the balcony outfront, judt dont over tighten the lug nuts as there set in plastic.
Get a few hose claps for the joints and save those screws completely, guy ring you only need 1 up the top. 73's Ed up North.
Great advice Ed..thanks👍
Thanks for the great review i now have one set up in my garden with a HFV5 di pole on it 73 G1VCA .
Thanks John, It is certainly good value. I have made a few modifications to mine which i will show over the summer with a second mast.
i have just put a rascal 12m telescopic mast uo with my 7 band cobweb and even got my rotator on it aswell and its been working great not that i can lower it down to 20ft when its windy 73 great video from m7byf
Sounds good and perfect for a Cobweb. 73’s & thanks for visiting the channel.
Nice portbale Mast for the money
It’s not bad at all Darren.I initially bought it for Portable work but have decided to go with fibreglass and just end feed it.This will still definitely have its uses though.
Is it not that good for portable? I was looking for a mast that I could put a t2lt and maybe a silver rod on
Got mine a few weeks ago. I drilled a 9.5mm hole on each of the inserts so the thumb screw runs through each section rather than pressing up against them. Stops the mast turning & dropping if the thumb screw fails.
That’s a good idea as the original design in use isn’t the best. I have a couple of these masts now and one of them i have converted to using T-Bolt clamps for a similar reason.
@@gtretroworld hose clamps would work too if you had the mast up semi permanently.
I'm going to do the same 👍
Always intersting geeting some gear to try, was wondering if i could use a pole like this on my balcony, but proberly not a good idea. best 73 bud
If you did i would suggest the 26ft version so you could easily reach the top of the first section.I would also override the grub bolts if you didn’t plan on retracting it.Maybe drill just below the joints and use a bolt and wing nut for a quicker release then you will have two secure areas per section.How far is the balcony from the clear top of the building?
@@gtretroworld Im about 30ft below the roof line, but I've tried a few different antennas here which has become pretty interesting with different results, done a few videos on them, so check them out if you have time. Cheers
You’re going to need the bigger of the two then.I’m surprised you haven’t asked permission to whack something on the top or maybe you have…😁
I still need to catch up with your recent video that popped up last night.
@@gtretroworld Yeah ive asked , I use to have an imax on my neighbours balcony on the top floor, but the 3 storms we had last year killed it off, so my neighbour didn't want one there any more, thing is I'm now using a 1/2 wave dipole at my height and it seem just as good as the imax did, go figure it can be odd here , but I experiment quite a lot.
@@Al.26TC101 Yeah antennas can be a funny thing.Years ago i had various antennas and always did better on verticals,well on the ham bands anyway.I remember been extremely disappointed with a Cobwebb loads enjoy them though but this location hates them.
Interesting 🤔🤔
I have been playing with it for the last couple of weeks and it is pretty good.
Great video, thanks.
I'm looking at a Diamond CP-6S vertical, it's already 4.5m tall (and 4.9kg!) but I'd need a mast to add a bit more height to clear our little garden's trees (absolutely no space for ground radials!).
Do you think your mast could cope with that kind of antenna weight?
Cheers!
Best regards,
Manny
73 de 2E0HJN
I had a CP6 years ago on a 20ft scaffold pole which was perfect. Personally i would go with something a bit more substantial as there’s quite a bit going on with that antenna.
I suppose it depends how high you want it and if you were planning on guying it?
My QRZ page still shows my old CP6, that reminds me it still needs updating. M3VWN
@@gtretroworld Cheers! Where we live I can't have something fixed, it has to be "temporary", I currently have a Chameleon MPAS on top of a 2.5m wooden pergola, so that's about 8.5m total and I just about get away with it because I fold it down when the weather turns... But having an actual telescopic mast would be an absolute luxury!!! 😂👍🏻
@@EssexCountyPhoto If you pull it up and down it maybe ok, although i would probably leave the top section almost fully inserted.
Some use these as permanent fixtures but i wouldn’t with anything substantial on the end of it. 😂
@@gtretroworld Good shout re: leaving most if the thinnest part in the second thinnest... Would make it a bit stronger... I do the same with photography tripods, i rarely extend the thinnest tube...
Another excellent video better than the cuppa tea you have just made 🤮🤮
I hate Sugar in tea,could have sworn you liked 50 sugars…🤣
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I have had a few issues with my mast. The Brass inserts failed on 2 of the sections, I've had to put jubilee clips
In place. I think from the vibration from the wind and The Gainmaster that's on the mast, that's what's caused the brass inserts to fail. Brass into plastics is not going to work when the antenna is moving around.
I bet that dances a bit with a Gainmaster on top.Yeah worse case if they failed a few slots in the sections and decent Jubilee clips will probably be a improvement anyway.
@@gtretroworld Buy cheap pay twice
Hi ! What is the diameter of the very last section please sir , because I'm thinking of mixing it with a DX commander top sections... To get a bit more height with out spending loads of cash
I will double check first thing in the morning and get back to you.
Vid was excellent 👍🏾
@@DrewJack-gx2wv Ok the very top section is exactly 1 inch or 25.5mm in new money. Hope this helps
Thanks for the reply GT 73's 👍🏾
Ive just the thing , a fishing rod on top instead of a DX commander
Brass inserts on plastic mast locks and stainless on the lock threads??? you cant mix two metals!! one causes the other to have Galvanic corrosion. MM??? trouble there? doesn't look as if it would last a good constant wind albeit the gauge of the mast sections or long service life for the price of £130 it will clatter in the wind too...bringing the pain in the arse noisy Neighbour brigade to the door and thats bad for the Ham radio Enthusiast!! I have a GRP section mast at 10 Metres far more resilient in high south westerly winds in scotland £78 from Sotabeams. also it pays to tie the long wire to the mast with cable ties stop it clanging against the mast for the above problem of neighbour Radar ears!
To be honest it is really quiet the way i have set it up,definitely no clattering at all. As for brass and stainless there is a very small risk of galvanic corrosion between these two metals. My neighbour did mention the noise of my vertical on a scaffolding pole as that is a howler when the wind is up but they’re cool about it. I will take a look at those GRP masts as that seems a bargain as i am looking for something to house a yagi for portable use.
@@gtretroworld It'll need to be a hell of a gauge of GRP to hold a yagi (depending on the size though) not bad with the neighbour though that's good to hear! I paid £78 for my sotabeams 10M the top is out though as its about 2mm and very spindly I'm using it for my longwire end fed.