A Homebrew Portable Mount for Hamstick Antennas

This is a short video describing a mount I design for portable operations on HF.

[Possumn]

I make a hybrid version of a T2TL or sleeve single band HF vertical di-pole antenna like this with ham-sticks. The key thing is the coax shield acts as the only counter poise needed making them a "no ground plane HF antenna". As the top ham-stick radial is a 1/4 wave electrical equivalent radial, the coax shield must also be a 1/4 wave length long to function as a vertical di-pole . A G3THQ choke, just below this, tuned for that band of use, then sets the coax length as the proper counter poise radial.
I mount these in side of 1 1/4 schedule 40 PVC pipes 20 foot long ($20 here) as a base station antenna. With a pipe cap to hold that adapter, And a 1" hole roughly 100 inches down allows the coax to leave the pole and run off to the radio.
Notes, the coax acting as the counter poise works best if it is 6 feet above ground level before it reaches the G3TXQ choke. But after the choke, it can lay on the ground or more coax can be added.
The top radial tunes just as it is suppose to be tuned, the coax counter poise radial can be wound or UN-wound slightly to tune the counter poise side.
Each band ham-stick can use the same pole mount, but different 1/4 wave length lower coax sections must also match each ham-stick's band of use. The choke is the same coax simply wound on a 4 inch form.
I've made 11 meter versions, 15 meter versions and 40 meter versions. And they all worked well for a "small space vertical base station antenna" you can strap to a tree or a wooden post. And they all are roughly just 27 feet tall. As the coax, runs off to one side. It will hold up a 103" stainless steel whip as well. I don't make videos or sell things, I just experiment and build things, but try one out sometime. With a ham stick, you do not cut the coax as those making regular T2TL antennas for CB use do.

[dalemyers]

I would like to see a two meter antenna built like a WiFi gun, can be seen on youtube. I've though about one made of printed circuit board, non etched. The antenna is for low earth orbit sat work, with out the need of flipping the antenna back and forth.

[aetpagwtom]

It appears u stopped making videos, .. the ones I have seen, seems you were doing well with your content. , 73s AE1TP

[johnstrunck]

Do you use loop antennas?

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