Did you ever have a project with that one little detail you just didn't get around to? In ham radio, sometimes I think that it is required that you always have at least one unfinished project at any given time!
For me, one of those projects is my Mast-From-Junk (if you want to read about this project from start to current, go back to part 1.) When I made this, I put an end on it that had painters-pole thread, so that I could easily attach things at the top.
The top of my "Mast-From-Junk" showing the painters pole thread I put at the top of it.
While this was a great idea, it went until now before I got anything that could actually be used on this! My intention all along was to make this work with my Buddipole parts, so I finally ordered the adapter they sell to attach their components to this type of thread.
The Buddipole painters-pole adapter. This threads onto painters-pole thread and then accepts the Buddipole "versaTee"
Strange how time can slip away during the busyness of life, and make it take 5 months to get around to ordering a $6 part! Now that I finally have it, my mast feels much more complete, and I have a whole additional range of antenna tricks available to me on my portable operations!
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