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I've been wanting to put up several antennas, at least the one quad band I have for my TYT-TH9800, on a mast. I think I may want to put up a WiFi antenna too so that I have coverage outside the house that will at least reach to the shop.
I have a single level house with a roof that is about 15' at the peak - the peak is approx. oriented east/west. I was thinking of putting up a pole on the west peak (behind the house, outside my home "office" where my base station/etc. would be. Mounted from the ground up, about a foot or two down into the ground, with a bracket attaching it to the peak and the mast extending 5-10' above the peak.
Looking at antenna masts, I am thinking for now I will cheap out with two or three chain link top rails, each 10' long, fitted into each other:
These are 17 gauge galvanized, which is pretty similar to what Rohn sells in 5' sections (16 gauge).
Home depot has these for $14 each, two would get me above the roof by about 5-7'. More than that - another 10' section - and I might want to put up a guy wire as the jointed section itself is maybe not that good free standing?
When I sell and move then I will just leave the mast behind, then on my new property (assuming I ever get there) I would put up a proper mast or two or three and have an antenna farm.
Thoughts?
I have a single level house with a roof that is about 15' at the peak - the peak is approx. oriented east/west. I was thinking of putting up a pole on the west peak (behind the house, outside my home "office" where my base station/etc. would be. Mounted from the ground up, about a foot or two down into the ground, with a bracket attaching it to the peak and the mast extending 5-10' above the peak.
Looking at antenna masts, I am thinking for now I will cheap out with two or three chain link top rails, each 10' long, fitted into each other:
These are 17 gauge galvanized, which is pretty similar to what Rohn sells in 5' sections (16 gauge).
Home depot has these for $14 each, two would get me above the roof by about 5-7'. More than that - another 10' section - and I might want to put up a guy wire as the jointed section itself is maybe not that good free standing?
When I sell and move then I will just leave the mast behind, then on my new property (assuming I ever get there) I would put up a proper mast or two or three and have an antenna farm.
Thoughts?