Hi Jerry.

Now there's a man who obviously knows the foibles of that antenna.  I would 
defer my suggestions to his as it sounds like he has had some direct 
experience with this antenna.  I owned one once but never got it in the 
air, and another ham talked me into selling it before I ever did put it up.

73, de Lou K2LKK



At 11:57 AM 7/13/2007 -0400, you wrote:
>I assume you are putting the mounting post  at the base of the antenna into
>the ground.   You should drive it all the  way into the ground until the
>fiberglass insulator is just above ground level.  If you are having a
>problem getting it down far enough, put a piece of wood on  top of the
>fiberglass  and hammer down on the wood to prevent splintering  the
>fiberglass insulator.
>
>if you want to get ambitious, Butternut says to  dig a hole, insert the
>mounting post,  and fill with concrete.  Before the concrete sets up, rotate
>the mounting post to keep the concrete from sticking and you  will be able
>to pull it out at a later date.
>
>Best thing is to find a piece of pipe  whose I.D. is about the same as the
>O.D. of the mounting post. Don't use pvc for thisA piece of metal fence post
>or emt.  Drive the pipe into the ground and slip the mounting post into it.
>Unless you are in a swamp,it's not going anywhere.    You could also use
>u-bolts to anchor the mounting post to an existing solid support, such as a
>fence or deck.  Use at least 2 u-bolts, 3 would be better.  But if you use
>the u-bolt thing, be aware that Butternut  says to  slip a piece of pipe
>over the mounting post first.    You can crush the mounting post by
>clamping it too tightly with the u-bolts.
>
>73, Steve KW3A
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Gery Gaubert" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 9:23 AM
>Subject: vertical antenna
>
>
> > Tried to put up the vertical antenna yesterday.  I went right into the
> > ground with it.  I am not real satisfied with that though.  Doesn't seem
> > very sturdy.  Can I put the antenna on a piece of pvc pipe or mae anchor
> > it to something?  Not real sure on how this will effect the performance.
> >
> >
> >
>
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