Colin:

As you may have read in another post, I can't put the 2-meter/440 antenna
above the HF dipole, because the center "Tee" for the Buddipole screws into
the top of the painter's pole.  So, it may be back to the drawing boards
here.

I'm going to call R and L Electronics in Ohio tomorrow to investigate what
they call an RV Mounting Kit.

This is why this list is so great;  always some real good advice on
questions like this.

Keep it coming, and thanks to all from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ

----- Original Message -----
From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 6:25 PM
Subject: Re: suggestions needed for simple and quick mount 2-meter/440
antenna


> putting the dual band antenna above the HF antenna  certainly is a much
> better idea...the hf antenna would then act as a sort of ground plain...if
> you run it in a dipole configuration that is.
> even without an electrical connection to the ground portion of the dual
band
> antenna, the extra horrizontal antenna below it would help a little.
>
> You might also consider a dual band dipole for VHF/UHF...they would be
> fairly easy to build...a half wave dipole should work well on both
> bands...this can be run in a horizontal configuration above the HF
antenna.
> If you run it a foot or so further up the pole you should be fine.
> You can run the 2m/70CM dipole in an inverted V shape to make it omni
> directional instead of having to rotate it to the station your listening
to.
> just be sure that the ends of the V are a ways above the hf antenna to
keep
> a good SWR on the dual band antenna.  Something this small shouldn't
affect
> the swr on your HF antenna a great deal.
> There are allot of different options here.
> 73
> Colin, V A6BKX
>