[amsat-bb] Re: How to mount sat antenna on camera tripod?

Rick Mann rmann at latencyzero.com
Tue Feb 19 10:31:12 PST 2008


On Feb 19, 2008, at 9:49 AM, Bill Dzurilla wrote:

> Anyone come up with an easy way to accomplish this?  I
> have built a small sat antenna but cannot figure out
> an easy way to secure it to my camera tripod, which
> has the standard screw on top of the mount that goes
> into a hole on the camera.


I use Arrow II Yagis, and they have a hole under the hand grip that's  
sized and tapped for that screw. You should be able to do the same.  
Keep in mind your antenna's CG to improve stability when mounted.

-- 
Rick



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