Ron,
	I have a 4 foot pole which was what I wanted to try in a longer 
version. But its metal, is that why the stand offs? This may be too 
complex a deal to put in the backpack. I looked at the backpack to see 
if there was anything on it to strap a pole to but nothing.

	One option that would work if I am around trees would be a string with 
a small weight on one end, just toss it up and maybe over a branch to 
hoist the j pole into.

	We will figure something out!

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On 7/13/2012 6:08 PM, Ron Miller wrote:
> Greetings,
> A ten-foot telescoping painter's pole is cheap and should do the trick. I've
> got one that I lashed a tent stake to using three zip ties. The painters
> pole has a threaded end onto which you screw a paint roller.  The other end
> is like the end of a mop handle, with a plastic endcap with a vertical slot
> in it for hanging the collapsed pole on a hook, like a mop or broom handle.
> I zipped the three ties around a long tent stake, threading one through the
> slot intended for hanging the pole. the tent stake is secured so that more
> than half its length goes beyond the end of the pole so that you can just
> push it into the ground. Attach the top of your j-pole to the threaded end
> of the painters pole, maybe with some tape, or, you could get creative and
> make a little "stand-off" to push it away from the painters pole a few
> inches. Telescope the pole up to its full height, twist to tighten and get
> on the air.
>
> Has supported the end of my counter poise wire off the ground for me quite
> well. Don't have a j-pole to try out.
>
> 73
>
> Ron Miller
>
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> Subject: Backpack antennas
>
> 	This may require a creative mind. LOL I usually go out with a laptop
> backpack (has 3 main compartments, one of which the laptop would go in) in
> which I have my note taker plus ht, antennas and spare batteries and so on.
> Sort of a go kit on the go.
>
> 	I plan to get a brick amp later this year and the j pole antenna is
> the only one that can take the power. So I am looking for ways I can deploy
> this j pole if the 14" whip cannot do the job.
>
> 	I need a pole of some sort, collapsible, that is short enough to be
> stored in the backpack and long enough to hang the j pole from, 10 maybe
> 12 feet? Once set up, I could hold to pole and support it on the ground with
> one hand and hold the radio with the other hand.
>
> 	Does this sound feasible?
>
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