I receive many questions about the arrow antenna and tripod mounting used in my AO-51 video. This video covers, what the arrow antenna is, where to buy it, and how it mounts to the tripod. I show show how easily the antenna is assembled. I forgot to mention, the antenna got its name from using arrows as the elements. Please click on the rating stars below the picture. Links: Arrow Antennas – www.arrowantennas.com AES – www.aesham.com HRO – www.hamradio.com Antenna Warehouse – www.antennawarehouse.com
Video Rating: 4 / 5
Video showing bracket
Video Rating: 4 / 5
Randy i have to say thats a very nice idea,,,A+++ in my book.73,Stan KJ4RZX
Nice how to Randy keep them coming.
VK3W-W-W
Hi Randy.
Great and wonderful job.
Congratulations.
Henry IK0YKM
Many thanx, but it’s not enougth Randy. Please describe in details 🙂 You’re very quick today 🙂
73
I agree with Sparky. Did you just drill through the boom of the arrow? I guess you have to be careful not to hit the duplexer!
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Chris
The arrow antenna boom is drilled and tapped for a 1/4-20 standard tripod thread. The hole in my bracket allow the tripod screw to pass through the bracket and screw into the boom. It is a bit tricky to assemble. Randy
Very nice set-up. Is there any way that you can draw up the schematic on this and share? New to home-brew, very interesting to hear it working. Keep up the good work.
There isn’t much to it that you don’t see. I made the long part about 18″ to match the length of half of the 2 M elements. Then it fits to the roll up case that all of the antenna elements and boom fit into. Randy
Very clever!
73, Rudy King KC0GQT
Randy a great low tech solution for a common ham
problem
well done
Wayne
vk7xgw
Randy, How do you attach the Arrow itself to the aluminum bracket. The handle/foam area seems a bit short. Do you use hose clamps? Does the angle aluminum extend beyond the foam handle to the antenna boom? Thank you and 73, Paul
It just overlaps the boom by a couple of inches. It has a hole in it to allow the tripod screw to pass through the bracket then into the boom. Randy
Hello Randy love watching your videos,in 1 week i should be bounce birds thanks to you,thanks again N0XFU 73s.
My Arrow antenna isn’t drilled to accept the tripod screw. I’ll do it myself but I think I’ll make the bracket out of plastic.
what if it rains
Greetings, Randy. Have a quick question. By adding aluminum to the antenna boom, wouldn’t that couple somewhat with the antenna causing a change in the radiating pattern and perhaps an increase in the SWR? Even if insulated from the boom itself (with rubber gaskets or whatever), it would seem metal so immediately close to an antenna would surely couple causing umpredictable results. Given that, wood or plastic would seem a better choice for the bracket.
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I don’t think extending the boom messes up the pattern very much. I think the pattern is probably more affected by holding the antenna close to your body. The antenna still seems directional. It works. Randy
Hey Randy, Thank you for the great video. Great idea to use the block of wood as a spacer at the bottom of the boom to form a HT holder. The simplest solutions are always the best.
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Patrick KC2RBE
Nice Bracket mod, Very 73 K4eeZ
I like your bracket a lot. When I tried to mount my arrow on a tripod mount, it seemed that the screw went too far in and I was worried about puncturing the duplexer cables etc…How tight do you fasten the screw and what do you do to prevent that?
@Qstick333 I don’t think that was a problem for me. The duplexer must be out of the way. Or, my tripod screw was not very long.
What kind of HT are you using?
What kind of HT are you using?
@GunFanactic older Yaesu FT-51
it’s nice video for education for radio communication. thanks Mr. Randy
Thanks Randy for the great video. Love the out-takes at the end. de KB9RID
Randy – Great informative video of the Dual Band Arrow Yagi and your tripod mounting system. I just got the 2-meter Arrow Yagi for backpacking and look forward to adding the Dual Band for satellite work in the future. Would be great to log a QSO with K7AGE in the future! 73’s KF7ETX
I have a Yaesu 5100 for my car. How do I choose a good antenna. I want to be able to reach 100 miles.
@layed39 Distance on V/UHF is mainly line of sight. The higher you are the further you can work. This is why repeaters are up high. For the car a common 5/8 2M antenna works good.
Thank you very much
Very nice video, Randy
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LU8HRW
excuseme sir wats this anthena for,, tv and radio?
@metamorfosis84 Amateur radio satellites
Aloha Randy.
I just got my antenna 2 weeks after watch your video, thanks for all informations.
73
PU2LPQ/KH6 – Paulo
exelent video ,thanks 73s jorge
So can I use this hooked up to my FM transmitter and broadcast radio at a great range ?
i just use a telephone…lol
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Nice demo Randy! An Arrow antenna on a tripod is always impressive looking.
Just ordered the antenna after watching your videos. Thank you for taking the time to explain this new part of the hobby to so many people. Also, I appreciated the blooper reel at the end. 73’s!
KF5HTK
Love your videos Randy, very informative. I like the bloopers too, lets us nimrods know that video production is not as simple as you make it look.
73’s
Monte WB3CCN
very nice antenna
Nice jobe Randy. Thanks for the cool video. 73 de VA3VVV…
curious how you attached the extra bracket you created for the tripod? Did you remove the duplexer temporarily and tap some threads in the existing hole?
curious how you attached the extra bracket you created for the tripod? Did you remove the duplexer temporarily and tap some threads in the existing hole?
@AB9RN My arrow has a tapped hole, and it is away from the duplexer, so no problems.
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the people at arrow do a GREAT job! I stopprd in their factory a few years ago and got a tour. I will buy more ants from them again,
Rich
There seems to be some misconceptions.
Antenna elevation is first, gain is second, power is third.
The reason satellites work so well is the elevation and excellent antennas, a few watts covers the entire CONUS.
What the arrow antenna does is allows one to carry a dual band Yagi that can easily be disassembled and transported.
The satellites are the true key elements, without them range on VHF/UHF would be very limited indeed.
I have that arrow. In my knee.