Racal ANT-129 tripod support

I've built a more stable support for my military antenna. The support is made with a almost square slice of steel tube, a gift from Mimmo IZ8SQL, which had also the main idea of the support (TNX Mimmo!). Other items may be easily found in any hardware shop.

Parts needed:

• nr. 1 slice of square steel tube, approx 5cmx5cmx5cm
• nr. 1 inox bolt M10x20 (10mm dia x 20 mm lenght)
• nr. 1 "big" 10mm nut (lenght approx 3 cm
• nr. 1 20mm electrician grey PVC coupler
• nr. 2 10mm washers
• nr. 1 banana female connector

Drill three holes in the square tube:

Mount the banana connector, the bolt and the big nut on the support:


Cut the PVC coupler to the same lenght of the big nut. Cover the nut with a few layers of electrician tape: in this way the nut fits snugly in the coupler. Mount the coupler with the help of a rubber hammer. The final result, before painting, is this:


The support varnished, ready to operation: