4BTV "Flag Pole"
Antenna
Solution to a subdivision
antenna restriction by KX9DK
The Hustler 4BTV trap
vertical antenna is and has been a very popular multiband antenna
with ham radio operators for years. It's performance, length, and
diameter lends itself to being "hidden" within PVC tubing and
disguised as a flag pole!
Here, KX9DK shares his "flag pole
antenna with all to
enjoy.
Materials
used.
1. Hustler 4-BTV trap vertical
antenna
2. 1 1/4 inch x 4 foot pipe
3. 2 inch x 10 foot PVC
(thinwall), quantity 2
4. 2 inch PVC couplings, qty 2
5. 2 inch PVC
end cap, qty 1
6. 5 inch PVC fence post
7. eye-bolt
8. Nylon
rope
9. Misc. landscaping materials
4-BTV base section
mounted to 4 foot pipe (no concrete used, pipe driven into ground with 18
inches exposed above surface). Coax is buried.
4BTV antenna base with
PVC base cover
4BTV flagpole antenna covered
in 2 inch thinwall PVC mounted on antenna base
4BTV Flagpole
antenna as seen from street using Google
Earth
"I've gotten quite a few
emails from hams who found my flagpole project looking for ways to conceal
an antenna.It's been up for over eight years now and works fine 40 thru
10."
73 Dave,
KX9DK
Although no "how to's" are presented in this
article,
Dave will be happy to answer any of your questions
Email
Dave for questions ----- kx9dk
AT wi.rr.com
