W7PSK wrote:
Ive had my Dipole tween two trees for years now. Next door always
been rented and Mine has been there since the previous Owner let me
hang it up there. Well the recent renters Hacked the cord. And I
dont know the current owner. So I must do somthing in my yard.
Except I can only go into one corner and it slopes pretty quick down
about 8 feet at the end.

I can come up the fence about 15 feet to gain it back.


But what im looking for is a cheap way to hang the dipole end back up.


I have some room on the other tree to pull it back to make up the 15
feet I'd lose that way.


Thanks
Scotty W7PSK.

Hi Scotty,

When reconfiguring my sloping single-wire 80m dipole into a 4-wire cage
inverted vee, I made use of the corner posts of my chainlink fence. I found
the ID to be about 2.05" and slipped two 10' sections of 1-1/2" iron pipe
(about 1.91" OD) into & attached-to each of the fence posts. One corner
post is short (about 3' above ground) and the other is taller (about 6'
above ground). I use conduit couplings to join the sections, since they
engage more of the threads on the pipe as compared to water pipe couplings.
It hasn't been up very long but, so far, so good. If you want to know how
well it holds up, ask me after the Winter storms!

73,
Bryan WA7PRC