A bit of innovation - An adjustable mount for HF Antenna

I bought a Barrett 950 HF radio with an 910 Auto-tune antenna a few months back from a chap up Sydney way. I wanted to mount the Antenna at the rear of the Patrol as anything up the front takes a fair pounding on my trips. The problem I had was that I use an ARB Roof Top Taj (tent) mounted crossways across the rear of the car on a normal ARB Roof rack. This means it sits about 50mm past the gutters on either side of the vehicle and folds open to the rear.

The problem being that when the tent is packed away, the antenna sits clearly at the back, when it’s open, the antenna can’t be used as it wouldn’t clear the rear or side of the tent.

SOLUTION: Did some thinking, got some photo’s from Exploroz members with various type HF mounts and then went down to Brown-Davis in Bayswater and had a chat. The end result is a very solid mount that telescopes outwards to the right to allow clearance from the tent. It has a locating pin that seats into holes in the interior, sliding tube and two tightening keys to lock the sliding bar and prevent any sort of movement. Kevin has done a great job. I’ve thrown a few photo’s up on the profile page for those who are interested.

Thanks to those who sent me photo's and emails of their Antenna mounts.

Cheers Mick

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