You could put up a TV-type 10-foot mast on each end of the roof using a pair of eave mounts for each one. Then run the antenna between them. There isn't enough room for the whole antenna, but you can bend the ends down on either end. You would need a third mast in the middle of the roof to support the feed line and keep the center from sagging. That one would need guys, but they would all be above roof level.
Vic 4X6GP > On 27 May 2016, at 4:19 PM, Reuben Popp <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hey everyone, more of a beginner question here and not [directly] Elecraft > related. > > I have a K2 I built some time ago that I paired with a half size g5rv. At > the time, I was living with a buddy whose house design allowed me to set > that antenna up as a sloper (and it worked quite well). That said, some > years have passed, I'm married now and the house I live in now is much > smaller. I have the antenna still, but it's merely laid along the vertex > of the roof. Reception is so-so, but I know it could be much better. So, > what can I use for a reliable mast that would be left up all the time? > > There's no trees in the lot. The house itself is a single level house on a > slab (no basement). and from end to end it's _maybe_ all of 40'. The > distance from the ground to the vertex is maybe all of 16 feet (or there > abouts). > > The XYL said she doesn't want guy wires all over and a rohn style tower is > out of my budget. I'm looking for suggestions that's preferably < $300, if > possible. The locale is mid-east Missouri, about an hour outside St. > Louis; storms come and go but it's not like I'm in tornado country (if that > helps any). > > So, what do folks recommend? > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
