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Default [VK2TPM] Simple ground stake for supporting squid pole


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Simple ground stake for supporting squid pole

Posted: 13 Mar 2017 09:18 PM PDT
http://blog.marxy.org/2017/03/simple...upporting.html

I was very impressed by Peter, VK2AQJ's method for standing up a squid pole
for supporting his portable antenna and decided to reproduce it. Some 20mm
angle aluminium and angle brackets was purchased at the local hardware. The
aluminium I got was 1.5mm thick and 1m long.






Hack-sawed a point to make it easier to push into the dirt.






The right angle bracket is bolted on and can be used to