so today's project is all about converting the antenna field guy system with this tilt
over hinge but to put a tilt over hinge in we also need a ground plate so we've got to make
a custom ground plate as well now i've got this from barrenko and brian said that this is pretty
special you can tension the hinge as much as you want it so when it tilts over it doesn't go fling
or it it can go down the controlled manner it's also got stops on it as well so the idea being
when we put up like the 12.4 meter pole up it goes it will stop and it won't go all the way over the
top because old timers the channel remember this there's a great little hinge but the trouble is
it's not self-supporting i still need to guide things with this we can do some unguide work
certainly the 12.4 and the 9.5 have been really cool we know the the 10 meter
signature series that's been up for about three months now hasn't come down there's no guys on it
so i'm happy with that so that will definitely be an unguided system
but the 12.4 meter pole i wonder if that can be unguarded as well that's a lot bigger than that
in terms of its diameter and everything i've got some special hardware turning up but anyway first
thing we need to do is go and make the ground plate so i've found this aluminium plate here
what i'm going to do i'm going to cut the center out and last night i had a little muck around
on vizio to see roughly how big this should be we'll put some taps holes all around the outside
this will obviously sit in the middle at ground level then we'll bring the radials up under here
right and over and then connect them to this plate and then when this the man comes along
with a lawnmower he can come right up to the edge and it won't affect the plate that's the idea
so
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okay that's the weirdest aluminium i've ever had to play with to be honest it just didn't
i mean i've done a lot with aluminium this is just funny stuff anyway i've ended up
using cutting fluid and all sorts and i wasn't recording the time but anyway we've got a hole
ah okay well that'll do
i normally use something called 5251 which is a really lovely aluminium and that's what i use
we use for the plates so that's 52.51 um it's actually the same depth and this is a much
cheaper aluminium 5251 is just a lovely general purpose so if you're ever specifying it you'll
find it bends nice drills nicely and taps nicely but anyway this is something ebay should uh right
i've forgotten to drill four corners so we can get the uh the jigsaw in so let's do that
so
i mean it's cutting but it's a bit weird to be honest
i'm not using circular saw yet we'll see
so
do
i put cutting fluid on it and it was much better so it's all it needed it's the last one
so
you
so what i need to do now is dig a hole in the ground we'll cut a scaffolding pole down
we'll join it with this make it extra long to start with anyway so we can use a level
make sure everything's straight we'll take it all apart and we can cut the scaffolding pole
square bury this into the ground literally up to that point there and i've just been
on the phone to my supplier to get some 20 millimeter bolts just under an inch and nuts
in six mil because all the full connectors will be connecting to here and then we've got the braid
which will connect from the antenna to there as well so the time being and this video is
coming up here but if you stick around part two i'll start that one tomorrow
and we'll dig this out install it and get it working all right so i'll see you on part two