As it stands, and I am working on it this weekend, it will be mounted
on a 3 foot galvanized pipe that slides inside a 2 foot piece of PVC
that is cemented in a 5 gallon bucket. I read about the installation
on eham.net. Seems to be legit as far as installations go, but only
at wind speeds of 50 miles or less.

Good enough for the time being...

Buther Boy


On Fri, 21 Oct 2005 18:25:01 +0000, Gerry
wrote:


Hi, I have my I-Max 2000 mounted on a two inch diameter forty two foot
pole. Before that I machined the mounting plate off and fitted the A99
ground plane kit. The base of the I-Max is not round, being oval, so I
manufactured a sleeve to allow easy installation of the GP kit. I can
report it works extremely well on 12m - 10m and is usuable down to 20m
with an internal aatu. Beyond that the performance drops away rapidly
although it will match ok down to 80m requiring the likes of the SCC
aatu to match on 160m. The Shakespere ABS performs a little better on
the ham bands, but the I-Max is better on the 12m - CB - 10m segment.
Remember, if you're not worried about it falling down, it's not high
enough!

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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