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Click for FAQs  (Frequently Asked Questions) about the TiltPlate installation 

Click for FAQs  (Frequently Asked Questions) about mounting options and ordering

Click for KARLock  page and installation instructions

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The music on the video was written, composed, recorded and sung by Andrew (OZ5E) and Lissa (XYL) also known as The Ham Band. For more information check www.hamband.com

 

Read the TiltPlate reviews on eHam, click here

Read the KARLock reviews on eHam click here

 

TiltPlate - Standard version, $750 plus shipping

  • Yagi up to 15ft windload & 100 lbs  (e.g. 3el tribander, 4el Steppir, etc)

Buy Now -- select your mounting option, boom size and click the "Buy Now" button

Mast U-bolt size

Boom U-Bolt size 

Note: shipping to continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii and Canada -- shipping weight is about 40 lbs  (contact me for shipping to other locations)

TiltPlateM - Monster version, $895 plus shipping

  • Yagi up to 25ft windload & 250 lbs  (e.g. Steppir MonstIR, Dream Beam, other large yagi, etc ) 

Buy Now -- select your mounting option, boom size and click the "Buy Now" button

Mast U-bolt size

Boom U-Bolt size 


Note: shipping to continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii and Canada -- shipping weight is about 60 lbs  (contact me for shipping to other locations)

KARLock - $190 plus shipping

The KARLock is an optional locking device for your TiltPlate.  If you live in a high wind area or just feel more comfortable with a device to prevent the antenna from lifting in high winds, you may want to consider a KARLock for your Tiltplate.   Click Here for more information.

Buy Now -- select your mast size and click the "Buy Now" button

Mast U-bolt size


Note: shipping to continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii and Canada -- shipping weight is about 5 lbs  (contact me for shipping to other locations)


 

Picture Gallery

Tiltplate - Standard and Monster models

TiltPlate (standard)

SN 001 Jerry / K3BZ

(with 2 inch mast mount)

 

TiltPlate (monster)

SN 002 Tommy / W6IJ

(with direct rotor mount option)

 


The machine work for the TiltPlate3 and TiltplateM is done on a CNC. 

4 years of testing and refinement

  • CNC machining for precise and repeatable work

  • Upgraded mast and boom clamps

  • refined design for better weight distribution

  • optional KARLock

Prototypes -- (not for sale)

TiltPlate1 (the original) prototype

In continuous service since 2004...steppir4.jpg (42992 bytes)

   Tiltplate installed on tower,  April 3, 2004

 Assembling the Steppir Antenna on the tower

 

  TiltPlate2

A direct rotor mount version.  In continuous service since 2005.

 





A rare snow storm in Georgia.  My U.S. Tower MA-850 and 4el Steppir with freezing wet snow coating the elements.



 

 

Customer Pictures and comments

Tomy KF7GC

Here are a few Pics of my Steppir 4 EL with 40/30 installation, to a TX-455 tower.

 

73! Tomy Ivan kf7gc

 

All of the antenna installation was done on the ground by myself.

73! Tomy Ivan kf7gc

 

Thanks for a great idea and product. The only thing I added was a couple of 12v winches. 

73! Tomy Ivan kf7gc

 

 

Everything is working just fine. 

 73! Tomy Ivan kf7gc

Owen  KB5XE 

 

Tower in the tilted over position

I sure am proud of the plate. I no longer have to climb tower. It is a Rohn 45 fold-over.  Happy Days are here again !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Owen  KB5XE 

 

 

Tower coming up at 45 degrees

Owen  KB5XE 

 

Tower in the operational position

Owen  KB5XE 

 

Tower in the operational position

Owen  KB5XE 

Kirk  K6KAR

 

Kirk decided to add a TiltPlate, upgrade his Steppir with the 40/30 option, paint the boom, and coat the elements with a marine UV protectorate.   He credits his wife and daughter with helping but says he was able to do most of the work himself.    It's always easier when you can do it from the ground.  Great looking job Kirk!




 KARLock installed on right.

Kirk says it's been working great.


Back up and ready to raise....

Ready for some DX

Del KG6LQ

 

I wanted to take this opportunity to thank you and congratulate you on a great product.  Your TiltPlate is built like a tank, with very high quality parts and precise machining.  It was a pleasant experience to have the U-bolts slide so easily into their respective holes.  Your design has resolved a long standing problem that I've suffered regarding antenna operation and maintenance. 
 
I bought the MA850 tower so that I would never have to climb a tower again.  However, when lowering it to ground I had to stop at the 18' length of my antenna elements.





Thanks again for a quality product!  Serial Number 16 will long outlive me!   Also thank you for providing a solution to my long standing dilema.   You can see more of Del's pictures on his WEB page
 
73, Del KG6LQ

 

Dave K8DH


Dave's unique installation. 

Dave wanted to continue using a tall vertical in addition to the yagi/TiltPlate but didn't have enough mast to use the sidearm option and came up with a different solution.   Dave also provided the "remove a tube" method of leveling your antenna during installation.  

Thanks for you ham brand ingenuity!

Raising the tower, notice the tall vertical above the yagi

Dave's homebrew solution to attach a mast that is independent and rises above the TiltPlate.   He constructed a mount that lets the TiltPlate boom truss rotate between the cage that supports his vertical mast.

The sidearm option noted in the FAQs attaches below the TiltPlate and would have required a new mast about 2-3 feet longer.  And in Dave's case, cutting and lengthening his cables.

Joe WDØM

 

Joe / WDØM has a great web page with more pictures and commentary about his TiltPlate installation.  Here are a few shots, check out his web page for more. 


LEFT - Joe's "last time on a ladder"  removing his antenna and getting ready to install the Tiltplate.  

RIGHT - The TiltPlate is on the mast and ready for his SteppIR



Joe enlisted the help of his XYL Deb for the installation.  She installed the U-bolts as Joe lifted the antenna in place.  



Installation is complete and the tower is being raised. 

Gunther VA3GA

Another successfull TiltPlate installation on a very small city lot.
73 Gunther VA3GA.

(check out the weather vane on the boom truss, a neat idea...Al)





Jerry / K3BZ

Jerry has TiltPlate #1 and was one of the beta testers for the KARLock. 

(You might know Jerry better as the SteppIR support Guru)




Hi, Al... I've had the tower up and down twice and the KarLock performs just as expected. 



I definitely like the whole arrangement.  I can tilt the tower over, do whatever maintenance or repairs I need to do without a ladder, and tilt it back up again.... all in a couple of hours, safely, and easily. That doesn't seem to be a lot, but believe me, it's HUGE.  This is the tower and antenna set-up I always dreamed of, and the TiltPlate and KarLock just add the frosting to the cake.  This set-up will enable me to independently take care of my own antennas and equipment.... in virtually any physical condition, as long as I can move around.... for as far into the future as I can imagine.
 
73, Jerry K3BZ



Jim / K7YZ


MY NEW TILT PLATE IS UP AND DOING WELL. 

I HAVE A DIAMOND DUAL BAND ABOUT 17 FEET LONG ON TOP.  WE OFFSET IT TO MAKE UP FOR THE OFFSET OF THE TILT PLATE AND HAVE HAD NO PROBLEM WITH THE TILT PLATE DOING EXACTLY WHAT ITS WAS DESIGNED TO DO.
 
I AM VERY HAPPY WITH IT AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRODUCT AND HELP.  I  DIDN'T LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING TO CLIMB A 20 FOOT LADDER OR THE TOWER.
 




Your Picture here.....
 

 

 

Hamfest Pictures

Dayton 2008

 

 

 

 

Tiltplate at Dayton, space 127

XYL Lida  (taking the picture) and and my son Cal (in yellow) manned the booth for  most of the day.  I'm showing Tad / WF4W how it works.

 

 

 

 

 

Cal, demonstrating the TiltPlate action for the crowd.

 

 

 

 

Mike Mertel / K7IR (of Steppir fame) checking out the TiltPlates.



Huntsville 2008




Lida, Al, and Cal getting Ready for the show





Let the show begin.....

HamCationsm 2009  Orlando, FL

 

February 13, 14, 15, 2009

Booth 221 in the Commercial 3 area. 

Click HERE for a short video

Kirk K6KAR (and his daughter), and friend Stewart stop by to visit     


 


 

Build your own....

Click Here for information on how to build your own TiltPlate