Hi There are a lot of chimney mount antenna supports. They should get you up 6 feet above the top of the chimney. Simple to install and pretty cheap.
Bob On Sep 2, 2010, at 8:46 PM, "Charles P. Steinmetz" <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm curious what the best freestanding mast is for a timing antenna (think > Lucent timing antenna or marine "mushroom" GPS antenna -- light and pretty > small). The mast would have its highest support at rooftop or chimney-top > level, and could extend from there as far downward as the ground with > additional supports as required. Should be able to survive at least Category > 2 winds and heavy snow and ice. > > What reasonably available mast material no more than, say, 3" in maximum > cross-section would allow the most vertical extension above the highest > support, and how much extension would that be? I'm thinking 10 feet of 2" or > so thin-wall steel tube may be OK, but beyond that I don't know. Tubing is > probably not the optimum shape, but I assume the availability of other > engineering shapes (say, "+" cross-section) is likely to be limited. > > Ideas? > > Thanks, > > Charles > > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
