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Wall clamps ... it all depends on how high your house is at the peak ...

The roof is relatively flat, no real way to secure it to anything other than
the wood trim on the roof line. The guy wires would be a possibility, but
only if I moved the mast out into the middle of the yard, and that's not
going to happen for a number of reasons.

I guess I could go with a shorter mast. I'm just looking to get a couple of
scanner antennas out of the house and into the air, and I figured while I
was up there I'd put up a MURS and 2 meter antenna as well. I suppose as
long as I clear the roof I'll be happy, but I'd really like to go as high as
possible/practical without having to use external supports ala guy wires
etc.




Jason, You can get a nice 36' mast from radioshack for 69.99. They also
have guy wires to help hold it up. Thats the same setup that I have and
it has seen 60mph winds. I placed the mast at the side of the house and
ran 3 guy wires at about 18' and 3 at about 27' to the corners of my
roof.
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Dwayne
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BC895/

Jason, You can get a nice 36' mast from radioshack for 69.99. They also
have guy wires to help hold it up. Thats the same setup that I have and
it has seen 60mph winds. I placed the mast at the side of the house and
ran 3 guy wires at about 18' and 3 at about 27' to the corners of my
roof.


Dwayne,

Do you have a site or any pictures? How do you get up to the top of the
mast, and how many antennas do you have on it?

Thanks.

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Dwayne,

Do you have a site or any pictures? How do you get up to the top of the
mast, and how many antennas do you have on it?

Thanks.

If I ever need to get to the top of it I can get on the roof and
collapse the top 2 sections(real easy to do)to make any changes I need
to. I have a scantenna and a tv antenna on it. Sorry I don't have a site
setup with any pictures on it. I guess I could snap a picture of it
tomorrow and upload it to my web space if you really want to see it. If
you go to RadioShacks website you will get a better idea of what it
looks like and can read more about it. Here is a link to it
http://www.radioshack.com/product.as...CTLG&category%
5Fname=CTLG%5F003%5F001%5F003%5F004&product%5Fid=1 5%2D5067

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Dwayne
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BC895/

"Dwayne" wrote in message

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Here is a link to it
http://www.radioshack.com/product.as...CTLG&category%
5Fname=CTLG%5F003%5F001%5F003%5F004&product%5Fid=1 5%2D5067

Thanks for posting a link Dwayne. I may just get one of those from RS
myself.....

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