Antenna Pole

Nomad

Photomom - I'll follow you next time and see how you do winding around the cactus avoiding two foot deep washouts based on nothing but a waypoint - betting it won't be pretty. :-)

Nomad

I suppose we should get back on topic - We've veered of into navigation skills :-)

Photomom

PXLated said:

Photomom - I'll follow you next time and see how you do winding around the cactus avoiding two foot deep washouts based on nothing but a waypoint - betting it won't be pretty. :-)

I'm a geocacher - I've navigated worse.

Nomad

You geocache at night? But be forewarned, I'll follow with video and post to youtube if you fail ;-)

Michigan_Mike

PXLated said:

We'll find out :-)
What happens to them over that time to change things?

C-H-I-N-A!   Good luck!  

Photomom

Yes, I have geocached at night. https://support.groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=69

Nomad

Mike - Seems everything in Harbor Freight is sourced from china - Not a name brand in the place.

Michigan_Mike

Fresh off the boat!  

Nomad

Update - The suction cup pole holders are working like a champ. You do have to wipe them clean wet paper twoel and press on them to get a good seet. They actually need to be pried off they stick so solid.
Side Note: Have tried my cell phone booster a few times now - don't find it really gets me more bars but does stableize the data and prevents dropped calls. The sucker uses juice though. I can be sitting in the evening at a nice 12.5/6 on my little meter, plug in the booster and withing 10 minutes I'm down to 12.2/3

Nomad

Even though I don't watch TV very often and boondock alot, I inherited a powered TV antenna so decided to jerry-rig a fixture so it could be attached to my existing pole. A quick trip to a hardware store. some PVC pipe fittings and I'm in business. I did have to use my dremel tool to ream out two of the fittings to fit my pole (were a 32nd of an inch too small). My cell phone booster and non-powered TV antenna both have magnetic bases and affix to the reflector plate as shown previously.

jkjenn

That looks slick. Nicely done!

tabulous

PXLated, how well does that little RCA antenna work?  And what is that mounted on the top adapter on your j-rig?

Nomad

tabulous - I don't watch much TV but the couple times I hooked it up it brought in more channels than the people around me were getting. It has swivels so you can point it up (as picture) or down horizontal and of course swivel around so lots of ways to point it for best reception. The box says it's a 50 mile antenna. It's a powered antenna so you need to power it from AC. I tried some non-powered antennas but just didn't get any reliable reception unless I was close to a tower - digital just doesn't have the range of the old analog TV.
That plate on top of the pole is to mount my cell phone booster antenna. It serves as a reflector plate for the magnetic antenna. Haven't had to use it very often as Verizon coverage has been pretty good even in the boonies.

Ratkity

*gasp* PXL! *faint - thump* 

It's T@Bulous. Remember to slowly increase your T@B Yoga sessions. You don't want to decrease blood flow to your head.

John_and_Kris

We have used the same antenna  now and it does very well in reception when powered.  It is on the right and we used a telescoping paint pole and secured it to the Aluminum Plaform we added to our "16 Max S

rcuomo

Here’s my solution.  Cost about $12 1 1/4 “ PVC pipe and fittings from Home Depot. Using a Shakespeare 19” Marine/RV dish and utilizing my Stromberg Carlson A-frame mount.