[amsat-bb] Mounting Arrow Antennas

[Koos van den Hout]

Quoting Lance Homer who wrote on Wed 2016-04-13 at 23:56:

> I'm an amateur radio operator who is thinking about getting into
> communicating via satellites.  As I've been looking into the Elk vs the
> Arrow antennas and trying to decide which to buy....all of the videos and
> the pictures I see of the Arrow on a a tripod always have it mounted on the
> far end at the handle.  Many use a counterweight but some do not.  I was
> wondering if mounting in the middle of the beam where it is more balanced
> weight-wise is possible or if there is some reason people do not do this?

My arms are tired of holding the Arrow and trying to get over nearby
houses so I now have a rotor available and for mounting the arrow on it
I am looking at something like the setup pictured in

https://www.reddit.com/r/amateurradio/comments/3yip8i/made_a_mount_for_my_arrow_yagi_using_some_pvc/

(from someone who also frequents this list)

The 2 meter gamma match (and the split in case of a split-boom Arrow
antenna) are indeed near the center of gravity.

                                            Koos van den Hout

-- 
Koos van den Hout                   PGP keyid 0xF0D7C263 via keyservers
                                             IPv6: Think ::/0, act ::1.
http://idefix.net/              Are you ready to start supporting IPv6?