I had my satellite antennas mounted on my brick chimney for over 20 years.
73...bruce Sent from my iPhone On May 7, 2021, at 3:16 PM, Jeffrey Carson via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: What "warnings" did you read about using a chimney for a mount. Never actually heard of any myself. Is it about it not being sturdy or something else? On Friday, May 7, 2021, 03:12:02 PM CDT, MIKE BRANNAN via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: Years ago I used steel strapping around my chimney to hold a heavy dipole with large traps. Worked fine. Even went though several high wind events. One removed a large portion of the roof. Sent from my iPhone > On May 7, 2021, at 1:14 PM, Karl Bernard via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > > > David, > > I wouldn't think that a dipole of any kind would put too much of a strain on > your chimney. Even with the balun, that one only weighs 1.2lb (per DX > Engineering - https://www.dxengineering.com/parts/mfj-2010). > > Since whatever you use as a mount will weigh more than the antenna, just be > sure to use a lightweight mount. > > Disclaimer - this only my opinion. I've never mounted an antenna on a chimney > before. > > Thanks, > > Karl > W5KMB > > On Fri, May 7, 2021 at 12:43 PM David Mehl via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > BVARC Club > > > > I am a new ham and a club member since I passed my Tech last August at the > BVAC testing. I have also passed both my General and Extra exam about a month > ago. I am working on setting up a HF radio for home. I have a ‘backordered’ > IC-7300 which may show up one day. In the mean time, I am trying to plan for > my HF antenna that will fit on my small lot. I think I can run an > 40-20-10-6 OCFD (*MFJ-2010) in a slope from a tree in my front yard, with the > feed point hung off a mounted on chimney, and then on to a post above my > fence in my backyard. I don’t have any trees in my backyard. Instead I have > power lines across the back of the lot that I have to avoid. > > > > I keep reading various comments and warnings about using a chimney for a > mount. My chimney is in good repair, having been inspected and repaired > during my home rebuilt after being flooded during Harvey. > > > > Is the center of the OCFD a light enough load to consider using my chimney as > a center mount? Is there a right way to do that? Or should I ‘bite the > bullet’ and setup a pole beside the chimney? > > > > Any other antenna advice for a novice? > > > > Thanks > > > > AI5DK > > David > > David Mehl / Houston Texas USA / [email protected] > > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list [email protected] http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list [email protected] http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
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