Ham Radio: Triple Stacked VHF/UHF Beam and Rotator 2M, 70cm and 23cm.

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@johnchapman3601 10 ай бұрын

Nice one reminds me of my early days climbing up side of my house with 18E Tonna on a 20ft ally pole, that plus the weight of Yaesu rotator hairy to say the least 😂

@HamRadioDX 10 ай бұрын

Fantastic neat setup there Mike! Good luck working all the upcoming summer DX mate!

@mike-M0MSN 9 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

@DXCommanderHQ 10 ай бұрын

Haha! Good job matey!!

@mike-M0MSN 10 ай бұрын

Thank Cal, your turn now..🤗

@Joe-KN4IFI 9 ай бұрын

Well done Mike. Glad you did not film the install. I would have had to turn away if you did. I am a big chicken when it comes to heights. 73 Joe

@mike-M0MSN 9 ай бұрын

you and me both.... lol

@m7trsradio 10 ай бұрын

Great efforts for you and your son. Great job. Well done 👍🏽👍🏽

@mike-M0MSN 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much 😀

@Scotscan 4 ай бұрын

looks and sounds great

@ianxfs 10 ай бұрын

About time you had some proper aerials 😁 You can now give me points from 81 square in the UKACs 👍🏻

@mike-M0MSN 9 ай бұрын

Deal!

@Dennis35793 10 ай бұрын

Good job Mike!

@WX4CB 10 ай бұрын

what i did when i had something similar at my mom n dads... have one scaffold permanently mounted to the house and then use a couple of the W shaped connecting brackets... One bolted to the top of the fixed one, and one bolted to the bottom of another one that way I could slide up and down the one pole with the antennas attached down to the roof level.

@bitemykrank1970 10 ай бұрын

Been there, done that.....mine was 40 foot of boiler pipe ( same as scaffold pipe ) with a 10/11m 2 El V-quad, rotator and an 18ft 11m vertical on it, for good measure, I was surprised it didn't bend the pipe when we lifted it, but it went up straight and stayed up for over 20 years. At least now you have it up, it's fairly easy to lift it higher, all you do is find a pipe slightly bigger and slide them together, you could raise it above the chimney height quite easily if you do it the simple way. it might need three sets of hands, but a straight vertical lift is easier than that first lift will ever be...put a stop bolt in the lower pipe, lift the mast, slide it inside the bigger pipe until it sits on said bolt, and three spot welds to hold it, just grind the gal coating down to raw metal and tack welds hold fine. You might want a few guys near the top though, that's a fair amount of sail you have swaying about up there, and once that stupid pipe bends, it's bent forever....all you really need though is a 1Kw UHF amp attached somewhere inline, making height irrelevant for most. p.s: NONE of the above should ever be taken seriously, as the Antenna Gods don't like being beaten. They will smite you with lightning strike after lightning strike....

@mike-M0MSN 9 ай бұрын

lol, good idea with the bigger diameter pipe.. :)

@MarkCarp 10 ай бұрын

i tried to put my 2/70 antennas up the same way a few weeks back, i tried to do it on my own though, it was only when i'd got the same type of galvanised steel pole most of the way up i realised it was too heavy, it wasn't a controlled descent🤐 needless to say i have one 70cms beam now after the 2m was smashed beyond repair. i won't try again until i've installed a tilt over mast!.

@mike-M0MSN 9 ай бұрын

Oops,

@DonDegidio 10 ай бұрын

Hi Mike, I applaud you working around those obstacles. What coax are you using for the yagis? 73 WJ3U

@mike-M0MSN 9 ай бұрын

Hi Don, Hyperflex 10, into Helix LDF50...

@M6JKW 10 ай бұрын

Awesome 👍

@mike-M0MSN 10 ай бұрын

Thanks 🤗

@Porco_Utah 10 ай бұрын

in UK, you must have a lot of people using VHF, UHF. I live about 50 miles south of Los Angeles, but Not much activity in VHF, UHF. just a few FM repeaters are active. AG6JU

@problemwithauthority 10 ай бұрын

That is the case many places. My suggestion is if you want to use VHF/UHF, use it and encourage friends to use it as well. My primary use for 6m and above is during vhf contests. But I also monitor 146.52 for people activating SOTA.

@mike-M0MSN 10 ай бұрын

Not so much, but. I am hoping that more will join me on the 2M, 70CM Bands..

@hammermekanik 10 ай бұрын

Forgive my ignorance, What made you decide to orient the elements horizontally? Is there a particular type of signal you are aiming for? almost forgot, Thanks! Keep the vids coming!

@mike-M0MSN 10 ай бұрын

Yep, Horizontal for SSB on 2M, 70CM and 23cm I have a vertical for normal use on FM etc...

@hammermekanik 10 ай бұрын

@@mike-M0MSN Great, so I take it there is a series of videos coming on 2m/70cm/23cm ssb right? That will be very nice!

@janhenkins 9 ай бұрын

Hi Mike! Is this tower a single length of scaffold pipe, or did you stack together two or more?

@mike-M0MSN 9 ай бұрын

Started as a single length now it is two parts... 6M and 2.5M short length at the bottom

@janhenkins 9 ай бұрын

@@mike-M0MSN Thank you! I've been looking around for an antenna solution for 2M/70cm for a long time seeing that the XYL has vetoed any mention of the word "tower" (which is probably just as well, we have a tiny garden). Some of these poles combined with those K/T brackets seems to be just the ticket. There is hope yet! 😀

@2metercrew389 10 ай бұрын

I was going to try to same thing who is playing tennis but I was concerned about the spacing or distance in between each antenna … how many feet did you leave in between each AntennA and does it make any difference???

@mike-M0MSN 9 ай бұрын

50cm between each beam.. :)