My First Telescopic Ham Radio Mast Setup - SOTABEAMS 7000hds
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
- In this episode, Chris gets familiar with his new telescopic antenna mast prior to an upcoming Parks on the Air (POTA) activation. In addition to a step-by-step setup of the SOTABEAMS 7000hds in his backyard, you will get a closeup look at this heavy duty ham radio fiberglass mast in the shop prior to heading outside. We hope you enjoy: MY FIRST TELESCOPIC HAM RADIO MAST SETUP!
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8:44 Well you did mention that the ground was soft :-) Also don't drive your stakes in vertically, drive them it at an angle so that they are 'laying back' and pulling. I don't have your gadgets but I put up one of those 'plastic' expandable flag poles kids use on the beach to mark there tent with some flag or flying dragon or something. I zip tie a small mobile Arial to it and just run a wire back to the window upstairs. It blows a bit in the wind, but can survive 40 mph gusts. My Wife just came into my shack up stairs and complained about the Beer cans on the floor. I enjoyed Your presentation :-)
Thanks ... there are lots of other cheaper options ... a friend of mine in our local club use the expandle fiberglass painter poles you can buy at Lowes!
Excellent video. I am a new subscriber. I use a mast for some of my activities. My only tip is that you do not need anything above the antenna on the mast it will not slip off. Another tip is to table your coax in a few places so the weight will not bend over the mast. I did this with an inverted V I set up. I am sure you will love the mast. It is much quicker than tossing lines into trees; I miss a lot. Thanks for the video, and enjoy your outdoor trips. 73s de W3CT.
First and foremost, thanks for subscribing! Also, thanks for the tips on the coax and there not being a need for the grommet on the end; one less step the next time I use it. I deployed it recently on a POTA activation (new epsiode comming soon) and youre right - I love it!
Find a cotter pin that fits the tip, insert a heavy fishing swivel. Insert this combo in the tip. Works like a charm attaching the Antenna for quick deployment.
Thanks for the tip ... sounds like a great idea!
Great video Chris. You're going to enjoy using the mast.
Thanks Paul ... we used on a POTA activation this past weekend ... new episode coiming soon!
I am new to your channel and have been enjoying it. I use push up masts regularly for my portable activations. Normally I only use End Fed antennas so they are in a sloper configuration. If you use a pushup mast for that purpose be sure to take an extra stake to anchor the base of the mast to keep it from kicking out. Most important.
Steve, k7ofg.
Thanks for the tip Steve. I thought about making a little cup with a stake for the base to sit into to hopefully ensure it stays put. After only one use in the field with a mast, I am sold!
Those Figure 9's are great for tensioning up guy lines. It's even better you clipped them on at the mast. It helps us older people whose knees aren't as good as they used to be. If you are going to use the mast regularly, once you set it up and get the stakes in the proper locations, measure the distance between any 2 stakes and mark that length on each guy line. The next time you go to set up the mast, you'll be able to measure out the stake distances quickly and accurately.
That's a great tip on marking the lines! Thanks so much for that and for checking out the episode.
It is a real high when you start using something new and something amazing happens and that is, you get a contact just like that. I used to have the 40ft spider beam fiberglass pole up in my backyard with a Myantennas 80-10 hooked up to my Yeasu FT-991A. It was great and that was my home base setup. But at the beginning of last year, my antenna box was hit by lightning and all the torrids were in tiny pieces along with the antenna wire, burned. I did get another Myantennas and also a vertical, the Chelegance MC-750. I decided I was going to try portable in my back yard. As soon as I got the vertical up and the four ground radials out, I turned on my FT-891 and was hearing folks on the radio just like that. I made several contacts and one being in Canada, that is without the turner. I could also hear Spain. I was trying to reach Spain but, so were a lot of other folks, big pileup. I am starting to like the vertical but will be returning to the Myantennas. Good luck on your venture with taking out the SOTABEAM and making contacts. It is fun to play around and experiment. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for sharing, and thanks for your continued interest in our adventures. I haven't worked with verticals that much yet but would like to someday do a side-by-side comparison between something like the Chelegance and an EFHW out in the wilderness.
Few 12g going off in the background therev
Yup ... I think one of my neighbors got a new toy.
Does Sam’s Knob qualify for SOTA as well as POTA? 73 KD0M
Unfortunately not; it may be because it is "saddleback" style peak with neither end of the peak having "prominence" over the other. I missed a golden opportunity to do simultaneous SOTA/POTA activations on top of Looking Glass Rock last month, we still had a great time though: ruclips.net/video/8bzkGjjqNLg/видео.html