So, I purchased this Military Discone antenna about 6 years ago on Ebay... was super excited to get it until I realized how big it is. It is a double discone antenna, and the mast stands about 5 feet tall and the whole thing put together weighs about 50 pounds. It arrived from Turkey in the middle east, covered in customs forms, coated in Desert dust, and smelled like gunpowder. I bet this bad boy has seen some action.
Anyway, I'm looking for suggestions on how to mount this on the apex of my metal room, and properly ground it. I already have a run of LMR-400 ready to go, and grounding at the base of the room ready with the home electric service panel and pool equipment just below it... but need suggestions for hardware to properly mount it. I would prefer to not use any guy wires. The pictures show the apex of the roof where I plan on installing it, along with the picture of the mast without the elements installed. The base, as you can see, would be screwed into another mounting base etc.
I'd love for some suggestions on how to best accomplish this. This antenna is an absolute unit. The first thing I'm probably going to do is to build a temp base out of wood and haul it up there just to test the receive ability of the antenna and see if it works well from 30-950 MHz. If all goes well, I'll go for a permanent install.
Thoughts? Suggestions?
Anyway, I'm looking for suggestions on how to mount this on the apex of my metal room, and properly ground it. I already have a run of LMR-400 ready to go, and grounding at the base of the room ready with the home electric service panel and pool equipment just below it... but need suggestions for hardware to properly mount it. I would prefer to not use any guy wires. The pictures show the apex of the roof where I plan on installing it, along with the picture of the mast without the elements installed. The base, as you can see, would be screwed into another mounting base etc.
I'd love for some suggestions on how to best accomplish this. This antenna is an absolute unit. The first thing I'm probably going to do is to build a temp base out of wood and haul it up there just to test the receive ability of the antenna and see if it works well from 30-950 MHz. If all goes well, I'll go for a permanent install.
Thoughts? Suggestions?