Looks like a mount designed by an under-confident Civil Engineer. Scottie
---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "ralph" <[email protected]> Reply-To: WISPA General List <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:25:55 -0400 >This is a weird looking animal! A chimney mount for a dish with 5 straps. >http://www.ronard.com/4424.html > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] 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: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] 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 >> <[email protected]>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: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] 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 >>> <[email protected]>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: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] 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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