Painter Pole Cap for Wire Antennas Ver 1.0
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Standard ACME 3/4-5T TPI thread cap for painters pole to use for wire Antennas Can also be used to make a flag pole
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While windsock fiberglass poles (up to 33' high) are good for very light wire vertical antennas, they are not great for EFHW, dipoles, inverted-V's, or anything with weight. For any of these other antenna options, I wanted a pole that was rigid and could take the weight - and the most common and easy to find are long-extension aluminum, fiberglass, or carbon fiber painter's poles (available up to 30' long).
For use in an umbrella or flag stand to put up wire antennas (EFHW, dipole, windom, etc.) Aluminum painters poles are rigid and a good match for heavier antennas, so I needed a good tie-off point on top for them. I have hitch-mount flag pole holders for my truck (front and rear - yes, I also have a front hitch). Aluminum poles might interact with your antenna system, so pick the mast material carefully (consider FG or CF).
Printed in PETG Carbon Fiber (very robust), 75% infill, 6 shells, 6 loops, 0.16 layer height, no supports. Takes about 42g of filament.
Credit to: tmclucas (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2812922) for doing the heavy lifting on modeling the ACME threads - saved me a lot of work. I just had to adjust the geometry slightly.