Tallest Mast

[n211cr]

What is the tallest mast anyone has seen thats decently sound with guy wires, and of a size that could be mounted along a two story house?

I have a probably crazy idea for a hinged fence top rail mast. I have a few ways to secure the play between poles but I am not sure even with numerous guy wires that it would be sturdy enough.

 

[jim202]

Need to give with what your going to put on this mast. Part of the answer lies in
just how much junk you intend to try supporting.

You may be better off looking for 3 or 4 sections of tower. Then just run this up
beside the house. Put a house bracket on the tower near the top of the house.
Just make sure you anchor it into something with some meat at the house
attachment point.

Poles have never been high on my list of practical antenna support. I was always
wanting to make a change to my antennas. It got to be too much work to keep
fighting with a guyed pole to get it up and down.

Jim

What is the tallest mast anyone has seen thats decently sound with guy wires, and of a size that could be mounted along a two story house?

I have a probably crazy idea for a hinged fence top rail mast. I have a few ways to secure the play between poles but I am not sure even with numerous guy wires that it would be sturdy enough.

 

[Viper43]

Radio shack has a 40' guyed pole (I have two, one came with the house the other was free and a year old). They flex a bit depending on the weight of the antenna, one has two TV antennas on it and the other has one big TV antenna on it.

V

 

[SCPD]

SunSetter 20-Foot Telescoping Flagpole
at Costco for $140.00
http://www.costco.com/Browse/Productgroup.aspx?Prodid=11124587&whse=BC&Ne=4000000&eCat=BC|1482&N=4000486&Mo=50&No=48&ViewAll=51&Nr=P_CatalogName:BC&cat=1482&Ns=P_Price|1||P_SignDesc1&lang=en-US&Sp=C&topnav=

or http://www.sunsetterflagpole.com/prices.asp

 

[n211cr]

Ok well let me straighten out a few things, I do have an older 30' TV antenna tower. One main problem is the fact that I have a large tree directly to the south of the tower. Right now I have a 40 mast that is durable but extremely heavy made from iron pipe...I know. I do have a set of guy wires on it and it clamped to the tv tower in a few places. This has been in place for almost a year. Knowing how well this has worked but hard to add or make changes to I am thinking about using something lighter and also making it hinged. I am thinking since the 40' iron has survived even with some play that the guy wires take out my main goal would be to get it near the top of the tree where it thins out. And add a 2nd set of guy wires.

As for equipment all there is right now is a Scantenna. I do have a small UHF Yagi on the tv tower that I may move to the mast. The only other I can see myself adding would be a RS 20-176. Weight should not be a problem.

Thanks for the replies.

 

[k9rzz]

Read this recent thread:

http://www.radioreference.com/forums/showthread.php?t=74166

I don't think Radio Shack makes the 30 ft telescoping masts any more.

Lowes doesn't carry them any more either.

Where can you get one? I'm not sure. Too bad, they are nice. If you can find one, it's a good way to go.

Something I have contemplated, but not tried yet, is to put up 20 feet of small tower (Rohn 25 perhaps) and then feed steel mast up from the bottom, adding 5 or 10 ft sections as you go, and guying the whole thing. I would think you could get 40 or 50 ft okay depending what you put on top of it. For servicing, carefully lower and remove sections as you go until you can reach the antenna at the top of the tower.

Google is your friend.

John K9RZZ

 

[ICP963]

What is the tallest mast anyone has seen thats decently sound with guy wires, and of a size that could be mounted along a two story house?

I have a probably crazy idea for a hinged fence top rail mast. I have a few ways to secure the play between poles but I am not sure even with numerous guy wires that it would be sturdy enough.

Check out the mast that "The Scanner Stand Man" built. There is a section on the RR Wiki at http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Tilt-Over_Mast. If I didn't already have a 40ft tilt over Rohn and a 2nd 40ft'er as a spare I would have to try and build one myself.

I found my spare tower at a Goodwill type store for $30.00 by the way, so that is something to look at depending if towers are common in your area (they are not that common here).

 

[n211cr]

Something I have contemplated, but not tried yet, is to put up 20 feet of small tower (Rohn 25 perhaps) and then feed steel mast up from the bottom, adding 5 or 10 ft sections as you go, and guying the whole thing.

This is exactly how my current one was done. Separating the sections now that the weather has gotten to it for a year will not be easy, on top of a long process to lower the mast. I do like the looks of the tilt-over in the wiki.

What I may do it take and pick up just another 40ft and the hardware needed so make it hinged and see how it works out, it should then be easy to add any height later.

 

[n8emr]

With a modest antenna and If you have a house mount near the top of a two story house you can go 40ft without guys with the Radio shack 10ft TV mast sections.