To mount the antenna to the small tripod pictured, I took a piece of 1/4" thick acrylic plate, drilled two holes, one for the 1/4-20 threaded bolt fastener and one for the antenna base to fasten into.
Now I can raise/lower the height of it. The tripod also allows rotation on two planes, horizontal and vertical.
I find that with some experimentation with the rotation, altitude and x,y, positioning, I have a lower noise floor. At the moment I am not using the multipath reduction switch on the tuner. And this is an improvement in noise levels from the previous mounting. Signal strength remains the same. 4 lights.
-Steve
