{"id":28310,"date":"2011-11-01T16:31:43","date_gmt":"2011-11-01T14:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/?p=28310"},"modified":"2023-10-06T11:22:14","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T09:22:14","slug":"simple-and-inexpensive-dipole-and-v-antenna-mount","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/diy\/simple-and-inexpensive-dipole-and-v-antenna-mount\/","title":{"rendered":"Simple and Inexpensive Dipole and V Antenna Mount"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>by KL7JR<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you do lots of experimenting with whip type antennas, here is an idea for a unique, simple and inexpensive method for mounting them!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Simpson Strong Tie &#8220;T&#8221; (aka hurricane connector) runs less than $5 at Home Depot or Lowes and already comes with two 1\/2&#8243; holes predrilled. Just bend (or use as is for horizontal dipole) and install CB 3\/8&#8243; connectors and go!<br \/>\nThe V beam mount (shown in the second picture below), is bolted to a 1\/2&#8243; EMT mast for mobile use.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/KL7JRVertDipoleorDipoleMount1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-28311 \" title=\"KL7JRVertDipoleorDipoleMount1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/KL7JRVertDipoleorDipoleMount1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"801\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/KL7JRVertDipoleorDipoleMount1.jpg 678w, https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/KL7JRVertDipoleorDipoleMount1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 801px) 100vw, 801px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Use as a horizontal dipole or bend 90 degrees for a horizontal V beam! Just bolt bottom of &#8220;T&#8221; to your mast. For heavier antennas, use two &#8220;T&#8217;s&#8221; back-to-back bolted or welded together.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/KL7JRVerticalDipoleandVBeamMounts1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-28312 \" title=\"KL7JRVerticalDipoleandVBeamMounts1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/KL7JRVerticalDipoleandVBeamMounts1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/KL7JRVerticalDipoleandVBeamMounts1.jpg 664w, https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/KL7JRVerticalDipoleandVBeamMounts1-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">On left of photo above shows bending for vertical or horizontal dipole. On right it is shown bent for V type antennas and mounted on short mast.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Both already Arctic proven!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by KL7JR If you do lots of experimenting with whip type antennas, here is an idea for a unique, simple and inexpensive method for mounting them! The Simpson Strong Tie &#8220;T&#8221; (aka hurricane connector) runs less than $5 at Home Depot or Lowes and already comes with two 1\/2&#8243; holes predrilled. Just bend (or use&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28311,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[214,469,478],"class_list":["post-28310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diy","tag-hints","tag-tips","tag-tricks","category-2","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28310\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}