It's a brick chimney that survived the Northridge quake and was built around '62. I've sense learned that for the rotator I need to add a 3 foot mast to mount the antenna to the rotator. With that in mind I'll just keep the telescoping antenna at 10' for now and only extend it if reception is a problem, which I hope with a new antenna it won't.
--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, John Beck <jb30343@...> wrote:
>
> How strong is your chimney? --J.B.
>
> John Moore wrote:
> >
> >
> > IIRC Dennis had a picture of his roof top antenna on one of his web
> > pictorials so I figure you guys might have some experience with
> > outdoor antennas. I've had a 10 foot mast with my outdoor antenna for
> > almost 20 years without issue. Now I'm replacing with a new antenna
> > as my reception has atrophied. I'm going to install a 20' telescoping
> > mast, 2x10 foot sections. Channel master says anything over 10 feet
> > should have guy wires. I'm using a Chimney strap mount that's been on
> > my existing antenna which has never had guy wires as they haven't been
> > needed. It's at the edge of the house so the standard 3 guy wires
> > isn't possible. Given the first couple of feet of the mast are up
> > against the chimney can I go the full 20 feet? I figure I might keep
> > the mast set to 12 feet for starters and see how the reception is but
> > I'm curious if anyone has any experience in this area. Heck if it
> > falls it will probably hit the neighbors house anyways. ;-(
> >
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