Do you fix your antenna to the summit cross?

[OE5REO]

@DL6GCA

I prefer to go a little way off and use a railing or the pole of a signpost, if there is something … and I use my headphones.

that’s exactly how i think a sota activator should behave on the summit … i never use the summit cross on my activations and i always operate with headphones plugged in. why should i annoy other hikers who mostly walk up to have a bit of silence on the mountains with the noise coming out of the speaker?

if there is really nothing available for mounting the mast i use this:

Pole guying

thank you all for your replies. i tried my new pole guying setup on the last three activations and it worked fine. in fact it’s so easy and simple to use i think this will be my favourite way of guying the antenna pole in the future. now i ask myself why i did not think of that solution earlier [IMG_20180402_160525] i use a cable tie, three simple cords and three mini-pegs. the additional weight doesn’t matter: [IMG_20180402_185214] 73 martin, oe5reo

73 martin, oe5reo