Thanks, everyone, for the input! If my situation allowed me to
transport my antenna setup the three hour distance I'm going to be
traveling in my car, I would easily choose the 1 1/4 masting you've
all mentioned. I think, in the meantime, I will have to go with the
following setup that (again) N0VZ, tried and tested. I would prefer
what you guys have discussed but I don't know anyone locally that
could pitch in.

Many thanks, guys!

Buther Boy


N0VZ:
I took a 5 gallon plastic bucket and placed a 2 foot piece of schedule
40, 1 1/4 inch PVC in the middle and cemented the pipe in. I mounted
the Imax 2000 on a 3 foot piece of 1 inch galvanized pipe that easily
slides inside the PVC. This base is stable enough to support the
antenna as long as it doesn't get really windy (over 50 mph).


On Tue, 18 Oct 2005 09:02:05 -0500, Buther Boy wrote:

I have spent quite a bit of time in the last several weeks trying to
come up with a solution for talking skip in a town home area. Well, I
think I got it figured out... Maybe any way. :-)

I ordered the Imax 2000, based on several eham reviews and in
particular, the reviews of N0VZ and WB2YIP:
http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/1376?page=3

It would seem that I could theoretically get away with installing the
Imax 2000 at my town home on PVC piping in a 5 gallon cemented bucket.

So there you have it!

Buther Boy

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