Ultralight tripod / antenna mast

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This is a lightweight tripod/stand designed to be used as an antenna mast base for Ham radio POTA and SOTA (Parks On The Air and Summits On The Air). I built it around some DAC tent pole material left from a previous backpacking tent, and designed it specifically to use with the OM0ET MC-20 ultralight Magnetic Loop Antenna. The complete stand weighs 215g, the whole antenna system weighs about 1400g. The current parts can be scaled to fit different materials. Please adapt it to your needs, and if you feel you made a noteworthy improvement, upload it as a remix and let me know. The DAC poles are 10mm in the main sections, 8mm at the coupling. The top-hat slides inside the OM0ET frame the same way the original 1/4" threaded coupler that comes with the antenna works. I printed in PLA+ at 75% infill, I used supports (touching base) for the main section, and chased the holes with a drill. The antenna used: https://om0et.com/ultralight-mla-mc-20.html POTA: https://parksontheair.com/ SOTA: https://www.sota.org.uk/