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Unfortunately I just cut off my rf choke...for this "vertical" install...grrrrrr. No, I haven't looked at it since the other day.

Still thinking about the next step...mainly how I can make something work without spending any $$. I'm thinking of acquiring a piece of channel to build the base for the dipole, then putting up another horizontal. I might need to buy some shorter Firestick-like antennae to avoid it being too long (sidewalk one direction, driveway the other)...

As far as the choke. What I found worked very well was the bottom of a five gallon bucket. Cut it off so you have a "drum" (the height of the drum depends on your coax...I think mine was about eight inches because of the RG-8. You can use the bottom of the bucket as the mount for the choke assembly to the antenna mast or the side of the house. I used zipties to mount the coax to the bucket.

<blockquote data-quote="The Jerk" data-source="post: 452813" data-attributes="member: 7014">Unfortunately I just cut off my rf choke...for this &quot;vertical&quot; install...grrrrrr.&nbsp; No, I haven&#039;t looked at it since the other day.&nbsp; Still thinking about the next step...mainly how I can make something work without spending any $$.&nbsp; I&#039;m thinking of acquiring a piece of channel to build the base for the dipole, then putting up another horizontal.&nbsp; I might need to buy some shorter Firestick-like antennae to avoid it being too long (sidewalk one direction, driveway the other)...&nbsp; As far as the choke.&nbsp; What I found worked very well was the bottom of a five gallon bucket.&nbsp; Cut it off so you have a &quot;drum&quot; (the height of the drum depends on your coax...I think mine was about eight inches because of the RG-8.&nbsp;&nbsp; You can use the bottom of the bucket as the mount for the choke assembly to the antenna mast or the side of the house.&nbsp; I used zipties to mount the coax to the bucket.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Jerk, post: 452813, member: 7014"] Unfortunately I just cut off my rf choke...for this "vertical" install...grrrrrr. No, I haven't looked at it since the other day. Still thinking about the next step...mainly how I can make something work without spending any $$. I'm thinking of acquiring a piece of channel to build the base for the dipole, then putting up another horizontal. I might need to buy some shorter Firestick-like antennae to avoid it being too long (sidewalk one direction, driveway the other)... As far as the choke. What I found worked very well was the bottom of a five gallon bucket. Cut it off so you have a "drum" (the height of the drum depends on your coax...I think mine was about eight inches because of the RG-8. You can use the bottom of the bucket as the mount for the choke assembly to the antenna mast or the side of the house. I used zipties to mount the coax to the bucket. [/QUOTE]

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