A few weeks ago, Julie bought a new rotary washing line. Our old one was almost 10 years old and had seen better days. At the time I eyed it up and decided it ought to be good for making into some sort of antenna, although I didn't work out quite what - so I stored it down at the bottom of the garden.
When this month's Practical Wireless arrived through the door, I laughed. For there in Bob G3NRT's Antenna Workshop was the tale of how he'd turned a rotary washing line into an antenna support - and another one into an antenna.
Well, after I'd finished some of my garden work today I decided to take Bob's lead and fashion it into a tripod. It's nice to be able to try out antennas in the back garden without too much hassle and I'd always fancied having a tripod.
And here it is!
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EME with the washing line? Maybe not yet, but I have an idea....!!![]()
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When this month's Practical Wireless arrived through the door, I laughed. For there in Bob G3NRT's Antenna Workshop was the tale of how he'd turned a rotary washing line into an antenna support - and another one into an antenna.
Well, after I'd finished some of my garden work today I decided to take Bob's lead and fashion it into a tripod. It's nice to be able to try out antennas in the back garden without too much hassle and I'd always fancied having a tripod.
And here it is!
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Although some further guying would be required if large antennas, I found I could slot another aluminium pole over the top section, so that it overlapped and slid down onto the top of the tripod, which made the mast quite a decent height, certainly fine for simple VHF/UHF portable operation
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EME with the washing line? Maybe not yet, but I have an idea....!!