LD6 Mast Spike Trailer Hitch Mount

This is designed for the “Little Dude 6” using the “Dude Spike” by “Ham Radio Dude” but will work with any M10 Spike to be mounted in a trailer hitch WHILE PARKED. String up an EFHW and get on the air in minutes. 

Another possible option is to use an antenna mount like This and mount a HamStick, Wolf River coil, or a SS telescopic whip. You would have to use radials or run a grounding strap from your vehicle to the grounding lug on the mount for this to work. 

The LD6 Trailer Hitch Mount has 3 spike holes and 3 hitch pin holes. Different vehicles have different clearances, so I made it adjustable. The spike holes have one vertical, one tilted at 5 degrees, and one tilted at 10 degrees. Flip it over to get a different tilt direction. This makes it work weather your vehicle is on a incline or decline. (Parked on a hill) 

I do NOT recommend driving with the mast on the hitch mount. It will withstand a lot, but YOU WILL break your mast and mount.

I HIGHLY recommend you use PETG or a stronger filament for this. 

I used 0.2mm layers

0.45mm walls

40% infill 

5 wall loops

11 top and 11 bottom layers

I will probably keep working on this and add a V3 in the future.