I was thinking the same thing. I saw a strapped pole to a chimney once for a TV antenna and it had crumbled the brick/mortar to the point that it was falling apart.
Regards, Chuck Hogg Shelby Broadband 502-722-9292 ch...@shelbybb.com http://www.shelbybb.com -----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Eje Gustafsson Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 4:42 PM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: Re: [WISPA] Antenna Mount extensions Careful with those. You tighten up to hard or you attach to an old chimney and you might find yourself with a big mason bill and maybe even a carpenter bill as well. / Eje -----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of ralph Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 3:26 PM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: Re: [WISPA] Antenna Mount extensions This is a weird looking animal! A chimney mount for a dish with 5 straps. http://www.ronard.com/4424.html -----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Randy Cosby Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 12:51 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Antenna Mount extensions http://www.ronard.com/730731.html A bit more expensive / sturdy / configurable... Probably overkill. Ronard makes really good stuff. Robert West wrote: > [IMG]http://i28.tinypic.com/fnsxl.jpg[/IMG] > > Another crude rendering. > > The bottom is where he mounts the pipe to the side of the house. Then it > goes up and the bend allows it to go out and up over the eave and then back > into over the roof. If the bend is too far out, they swing the assembly in > towards the eave and mount to that as well. > > He said he has the muffler shop bend it just like regular muffler pipe, the > alloy is similar as in it's pretty soft and easy to bend. So it does a 90 > degree, then up and a 90 degree back and up again. Looked darned simple and > he buys the EMT for 13 bucks and pays the muffler guy something like 20 > bucks to do 10 or 20 of them. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of Josh Luthman > Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 12:06 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Antenna Mount extensions > > I think the bottom horizontal line is the base of the standard powmount - > but the top horizontal line is where I am confused. You said the muffler > shop bends it, does it make a shift like a traditional muffler? 90 turn? > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > "When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however > improbable, must be the truth." > --- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle > > > On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 12:03 PM, Robert West > <robert.w...@just-micro.com>wrote: > > >> No, it's like this crude ASCII rendering. >> He puts a U clamp on the bottom and on the eave. >> >> I >> I >> I >> I >> I >> I >> I >> ------I >> I >> I >> I >> ------- >> I >> I >> I >> I >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On >> Behalf Of Josh Luthman >> Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 11:38 AM >> To: WISPA General List >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Antenna Mount extensions >> >> Robert, >> >> Your competitor's U shaped EMT - does it look like my painting? >> >> http://i27.tinypic.com/30woz1k.jpg >> >> Note - IANAA (I am not an artist) >> >> Josh Luthman >> Office: 937-552-2340 >> Direct: 937-552-2343 >> 1100 Wayne St >> Suite 1337 >> Troy, OH 45373 >> >> "When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however >> improbable, must be the truth." >> --- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle >> >> >> On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 11:27 AM, Robert West >> <robert.w...@just-micro.com>wrote: >> >> >>> My competitor here uses 1.25" EMT conduit from Home Depot, 13 bucks for >>> > a > >>> 10' section. He takes them to the local muffler shop and has them bend >>> them >>> with a block U shape so that he can mount them to the side of the house >>> under the peak and the bend allows him to swing the mount to the eave as >>> well for stability. For additional height he inserts the next smaller >>> >> size >> >>> of EMT 1 to 2 feet inside the 1.25" and puts a couple of 1/4" bolts to >>> attach them together. He can add another 8 or 9 feet this way. BUT, >>> > EMT > >>> is >>> a soft allow, it's made to bend easily so I certainly wouldn't want to >>> trust >>> it with anything with a large wind load very high up. >>> >>> I haven't tried it but he says it works perfect for him and his guys >>> install >>> a lot faster now. >>> >>> Bob- >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On >>> Behalf Of Michael Baird >>> Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 10:49 AM >>> To: WISPA General List >>> Subject: [WISPA] Antenna Mount extensions >>> >>> As we get into more and more installs, we are discovering installations >>> where we just need a little more height, 5-10 ft. or so. Currently the >>> majority of our installs are roof mount via a dish type screw in mount, >>> or antenna tower mount. 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