The 'Tactical Mini' Compact ultra-portable 6 metre telescopic mast
K8UA reviews the Tactical Mini
- Small enough to fit in a rucksack
- Tall enough to support your antenna
- Light enough to hike up a mountain
- Strong enough to withstand nature's worst
Lightweight portable operators need something special to support their antennas. The Tactical Mini has been designed for exactly this role. In the most demanding conditions, the Tactical Mini will not let you down. The Tactical Mini is a great support for our popular Band Hopper 2 and Band Hopper 3 antennas (but is not recommended for the Band Hopper 4, which is best used with a longer pole due to its larger size). The Tactical Mini is perfect to support a ground-plane antenna for 20m, dipoles and end-fed halfwave antennas.
***SHIPPING***: Due to the shape of this item, your order may be sent in separate shipments. Please contact us if you'd prefer your order to be shipped as one.
Features
- Heavy gauge pole sections—the perfect balance of strength, stiffness and weight for more demanding applications
- Super short packed length for easy transport in a rucksack
- Fits in aircraft carry-on baggage (always check before flying!)
- The very best extended length for tactical use in extreme conditions
- Telescopic - perfect for rapid deployment
- Military colours for low visual signature
- Camouflage carry bag with draw string
- Built-in base shock absorber
- Non-conducting low-loss fibreglass construction
- Hollow top-section allows wires to be fed through
- Screw-cap base allows field repairs and section swap-outs
- Perfect for use with our Band Hopper antenna range
"Every lightweight portable specialist needs a Tactical Mini in their armoury"
The Tactical Mini is our most compact premium mast
Optional Accessories:
Also available from our international agent(s):
Detailed Specifications:
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Extended length: 6 metres (19.6 ft). Lengths approximate - click here to find out more.
Packed length: 56 cm (22.1 inches)
Number of sections: 13
Wall thickness: 1 mm (0.04 inches) bottom, 1 mm (0.04 inches) top
Weight: 0.76 kg (1.68 lbs)
Mast Material: heavy-duty glass-fiber composite (non-conducting for best RF performance)
Tube diameter: top 4 mm (0.16 inches) base 39 mm (1.53 inches)
Base cap diameter: 45 mm (1.78 inches)
Tube colour: Pantone 19-0622 TPX Military Olive
Mast sections hollow to the top
Supplied with camouflage carry bag with drawstring
High impact foam shock absorber built into base.
Notes:
The mast is made of Glass Reinforced Plastic (GRP) = Fiberglass. This is an insulator with excellent RF properties (very low loss).
The packed length can be reduced slightly by removing the top and bottom caps - useful in some airline carry-on bags. The maximum dimension for an airline carry-on bag is typically 56 x 35 x 22 cm.
Friction lock: pull each section firmly with a twisting motion for best lock. When erecting always start with the smallest section. When taking down always start with the largest section.
Mast sections may be removed by unscrewing the endcap at the bottom of the mast, pulling out the shock absorber and removing unwanted sections. Always replace the shock absorber before use.
Some masts may have a few small paintwork defects (scratches or marks). These should not affect the structural integrity of the mast, just the visual appearance.
Instruction leaflet
Spares Support:
The Tactical Mini is a premium product so naturally we provide spares support:
- Replacement mast sections
- Spare screw-on base caps
- Spare top caps 37mm
- Spare shock absorbers
- Spare camouflage bags
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Compact ultra-portable 6 m mast
Excellent, de bonne qualité, facile d'emploi et peu encombrant. L'envoi est rapide et bien emballé. Je recommande vivement ce mât.
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Ultra portable 6m mast
Very well designed mast, perfect match with my 2 bands sotabeam dipole. I had a little problem with the post service ,I tought my parcel was lost because of anomaly long delivery and didn't pay for the tracking ( that I will take the next time)but with the excellent easy communication with sotabeam we find a solution.
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COMPACT ULTRA-PORTABLE 6 M (19.6 FT) MAST
I really like this mast: its stiffness means very little flex under the weight of the antenna and very little flex in strong winds. I used to use the 10m mini travel mast, but now I use this mast all the time. I have not noticed any drop in DX contacts. Highly recommend!
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Excellent pole that fits in luggage!
A few days after ordering the pole, I went to CT3 for a SOTA trip. The timing of this new product was perfect. Although I love the Compact Lightweight 10m mast I previously brought from SOTABeams, it's just a few cm larger than my suitcase. This ultra portable mast fits perfectly, was robust enough to withstand some reasonable gusts and held my linked dipole really well. I just needed to switch to a slightly smaller diameter ring on the guying kit from the one I previously used.
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Tactical Mini Mast 6m
I have hade already DX Wire Mini Mast, Tactical 7000 and the newest one is Tactical mini. During last 5,5 years I have made about 300 SOTA and WWFF activations and I need to say the all of them have own place for activators. Earlier I used 10 meter masts, but during two last years I have used shorter, because you do not need more than four to six meter high mast for operating Europe and Northern America. 10 meter is approriate for 20m vertical antenna, for linked dipole and end-fed antenna work very well with shorthern mast. I can recomendate all of those three masts. And if you travel and are willing to operate, the Mini Mast is what best one, because you do not need big luggage, small one is enough. 73, 44 Saku OH2NOS
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COMPACT ULTRA-PORTABLE 6 M (19.6 FT) MAST
Has not been used as yet, but I welcome the stronger construction. A small eye loop on the end of the pole would be useful.
