wrote:
On Mar 26, 8:16 am, Cecil Moore wrote:

Hustler makes various extender sections. I have
2 foot and 5 foot sections from Hustler.

Most of my extender sections are from Henry, the
Texas Bugcatcher guy. They are the "BASE MAST"
sections available in lengths from 1/2 foot to
5 feet and special lengths can be ordered.


I have a hustler 3 footer I use all the time..
Really cranks the performance up when you are
parked and can use a taller whip.
My normal whip is 11 ft, exactly center loaded,
and the mast makes it 14, with the coil at 8 ft.
I wish I had a 5 foot version. Might have to get
one of those for industrial strength use. :/
Of course, if I had another 5 ft mast, I'd end up
coupling them together and having 8 ft.
There is no such thing as overkill with a
stationary mobile setup. lol
An 8 ft mast would give me a total height of
19 ft, and the coil would be at 13 ft.
That would brown the food on 75/40 m... :-


How do you adjust the coil at that height? Of course I find that I
choose and spend most of my time on one band per mobile session, so
maybe it isn't a big problem.

- 73 de Mike N3LI -

On Mar 27, 7:54 am, Michael Coslo wrote:


How do you adjust the coil at that height? Of course I find that I
choose and spend most of my time on one band per mobile session, so
maybe it isn't a big problem.

- 73 de Mike N3LI -

Well, I only have a few taps on the coil, so I don't have to change
all that often. I might have three taps for 80m, a couple for 40m,
one each for the rest of the bands..
I'll tune the antenna in the normal 11 ft mode, using the usual
tap for the freq I'm using, and then I add the 3 ft mast.
I'll stay on the same coil tap, but shorten the stinger a couple
of inches or so.
I'm on 80 or 40 most all the time, so I don't have to change
but maybe twice a day.. 40 all day, and then I'll switch to
75 at night when it gets dark.

wrote:
... I'll switch to 75 at night when it gets dark.

What do you switch to at night when it doesn't
get dark? :-)
--
73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com

Cecil Moore wrote:
wrote:
... I'll switch to 75 at night when it gets dark.

What do you switch to at night when it doesn't
get dark? :-)

Dammit Cecil - not when I'm drinking coffee! hehehe 8^)

- 73 de Mike N3LI -

On Mar 27, 11:29 am, Cecil Moore wrote:
wrote:
... I'll switch to 75 at night when it gets dark.

What do you switch to at night when it doesn't
get dark? :-)
--
73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com

My map of Alaska. :/

Cecil Moore writes:

wrote:
... I'll switch to 75 at night when it gets dark.

What do you switch to at night when it doesn't
get dark? :-)

Why the smiley?

"When I told you to turn off the light at 10:30PM, you were also
supposed to stop reading, dear"

Greetings from 63N. We don't get midnight sun, but we can read a
newspaper all night long.

73
LA4RT Jon

Jon Kåre Hellan wrote:
"When I told you to turn off the light at 10:30PM, you were also
supposed to stop reading, dear"

:-) Do y'all call that night or day?
--
73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com

Cecil Moore writes:

Jon KÃ¥re Hellan wrote:
"When I told you to turn off the light at 10:30PM, you were also
supposed to stop reading, dear"

:-) Do y'all call that night or day?

We'd probably stretch "evening" until midnight. After that it's
"night", no matter how light.

Actually, we don't speak English at all, of course. :-)

Jon KÃ¥re Hellan wrote:
Actually, we don't speak English at all, of course. :-)

Us Texans don't palaver English neither.
--
73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com

Michael Coslo wrote:
nm5k wrote:
Cecil Moore wrote:

Hustler makes various extender sections. I have
2 foot and 5 foot sections from Hustler.

Most of my extender sections are from Henry, the
Texas Bugcatcher guy. They are the "BASE MAST"
sections available in lengths from 1/2 foot to
5 feet and special lengths can be ordered.


I have a hustler 3 footer I use all the time..
Really cranks the performance up when you are
parked and can use a taller whip.
My normal whip is 11 ft, exactly center loaded,
and the mast makes it 14, with the coil at 8 ft.
I wish I had a 5 foot version. Might have to get
one of those for industrial strength use. :/
Of course, if I had another 5 ft mast, I'd end up
coupling them together and having 8 ft.
There is no such thing as overkill with a
stationary mobile setup. lol
An 8 ft mast would give me a total height of
19 ft, and the coil would be at 13 ft.
That would brown the food on 75/40 m... :-


How do you adjust the coil at that height? Of course I find that I
choose and spend most of my time on one band per mobile session, so
maybe it isn't a big problem.

- 73 de Mike N3LI -

The Hustler MO-1 and MO-2 masts have a hinge at 15" and 27" above the bottom
end: http://www.new-tronics.com/main/html/mobile__hf.html
They're 54" tall. The MO-3 is also 54" tall but doesn't have the hinge.
The MO-4 is 22" tall (no hinge).
73,
Bryan WA7PRC