Arrow Antenna Bracket

Video showing bracket

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• K7AGE
• ham
• arrow
• antenna
• amateur
• radio
• hamradio
• AO-51
• AO51
• satellite
• kenwood
• yaesu
• icom
• FT-51
• amsat

[GunFanactic]

What kind of HT are you using?

[K7AGE]

@GunFanactic older Yaesu FT-51

[Qstick333]

I like your bracket a lot. When I tried to mount my arrow on a tripod mount, it seemed that the screw went too far in and I was worried about puncturing the duplexer cables etc...How tight do you fasten the screw and what do you do to prevent that?

[K7AGE]

@Qstick333 I don't think that was a problem for me. The duplexer must be out of the way. Or, my tripod screw was not very long.

[stewartx5]

Greetings, Randy. Have a quick question. By adding aluminum to the antenna boom, wouldn't that couple somewhat with the antenna causing a change in the radiating pattern and perhaps an increase in the SWR? Even if insulated from the boom itself (with rubber gaskets or whatever), it would seem metal so immediately close to an antenna would surely couple causing umpredictable results. Given that, wood or plastic would seem a better choice for the bracket.

[K7AGE]

I don't think extending the boom messes up the pattern very much. I think the pattern is probably more affected by holding the antenna close to your body. The antenna still seems directional. It works. Randy

[k4eezBrit]

Nice Bracket mod, Very 73 K4eeZ

[KC2RBE]

Hey Randy, Thank you for the great video. Great idea to use the block of wood as a spacer at the bottom of the boom to form a HT holder. The simplest solutions are always the best.

-73-

Patrick KC2RBE

[K7AGE]

You get wet!