Hi.
I have been thinking of making an antenna support (for center of dipole,
support of Jpole, etc)

Was thinking of using 3 4x4 pressure treated lumber 12 foot lengths.

Put them in cement 4 inces aprt (cement will be approx 4x4x4 feet.
Put 3 vertical 4x4 into cement about 2 feet.
At top of 4x4, create a pivot point, and add 2 4x4s between the other 3.

Add another at the top between the two, overlapping the 3 and 2 and 2
and 1 4x4 by about 2 feet.
Using 12 foot 4x4 that would give me about 30 feet.
Will this work ? Would it stand without guying ?
I plan to make this a tilt over at the top of the lower 3 4x4s, maybe
extending the
next tier of 2 4x4s with somthing on their bottoms to give more leverage
for raising.

Am I nuts ? (well.... I already know the anser to that... but will this
work ?

Thanks & 73
Jow, WB2JQT, Newark Valley, NY

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Hi.
I have been thinking of making an antenna support (for center of dipole,
support of Jpole, etc)

Was thinking of using 3 4x4 pressure treated lumber 12 foot lengths.

Put them in cement 4 inces aprt (cement will be approx 4x4x4 feet.
Put 3 vertical 4x4 into cement about 2 feet.
At top of 4x4, create a pivot point, and add 2 4x4s between the other 3.

Add another at the top between the two, overlapping the 3 and 2 and 2
and 1 4x4 by about 2 feet.
Using 12 foot 4x4 that would give me about 30 feet.
Will this work ? Would it stand without guying ?
I plan to make this a tilt over at the top of the lower 3 4x4s, maybe
extending the
next tier of 2 4x4s with somthing on their bottoms to give more leverage
for raising.

Am I nuts ? (well.... I already know the anser to that... but will this
work ?

Thanks & 73
Jow, WB2JQT, Newark Valley, NY


IF you find an older ARRL Antenna handbook, they routinely showed the
construction of a 30 to 40 foot center support
for an inverted "V" using 2x4 dimensional lumber, and base and guy wires.

w9gb

4x4's?

Man, if you guy that thing, you could probably put a tribander on it !

:^]

jw
K9RZZ

J999w wrote:

4x4's?

Man, if you guy that thing, you could probably put a tribander on it !

:^]

jw
K9RZZ

Yeah... that's the kicker. I don't want to guy it.

Guy supportsa get in the way of stuff like moving the lawn, and I'd have
to situate the mast in a different location than I would want.

Thanks for the ideas.
73 joe
WB2JQT

dada wrote:

J999w wrote:
Man, if you guy that thing, you could probably put a tribander on it !

Yeah... that's the kicker. I don't want to guy it.

Use two of them at 90 degrees?



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Cecil Moore wrote:

dada wrote:

J999w wrote:
Man, if you guy that thing, you could probably put a tribander on it !

Yeah... that's the kicker. I don't want to guy it.

Use two of them at 90 degrees?

Two guys ? or 2 supports ?

Thanks
Joe WB2JQT


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If you wanted to get fancy you could maybe use this technique:

http://www.newyankee.com/getproduct3.cgi?0309

Bill K6TAJ

dada wrote:

Hi.
I have been thinking of making an antenna support (for center of dipole,
support of Jpole, etc)

Was thinking of using 3 4x4 pressure treated lumber 12 foot lengths.

Put them in cement 4 inces aprt (cement will be approx 4x4x4 feet.
Put 3 vertical 4x4 into cement about 2 feet.
At top of 4x4, create a pivot point, and add 2 4x4s between the other 3.

Add another at the top between the two, overlapping the 3 and 2 and 2
and 1 4x4 by about 2 feet.
Using 12 foot 4x4 that would give me about 30 feet.
Will this work ? Would it stand without guying ?
I plan to make this a tilt over at the top of the lower 3 4x4s, maybe
extending the
next tier of 2 4x4s with somthing on their bottoms to give more leverage
for raising.

Am I nuts ? (well.... I already know the anser to that... but will this
work ?

Thanks & 73
Jow, WB2JQT, Newark Valley, NY