Hi guys,
I'm thinking of setting up an outdoor antenna. Thing is, i don't really want it on my roof. I came across a few links, but perhaps I don't understand it... it seems there are "tripod" mounts for Antenna's - as well as poles for Antenna's. Some of these I've seen advertised as up to 33'.
I'm curious if anyone here has used such a method to set up an antenna (Discone etc) onto a mast or tripod, and if so, what the reception increase was like. Was it worth it?
Currently I'm just using a whip antenna on my handheld, and I'm looking to have a antenna alternative to bring in distance transmissions and boost the gain I'm currently getting.
Rather then set the antenna on the roof, I was considering getting a discone and setting it up in the back yard on a mast or tripod. I see here in these two links that the tripod raises 6' or so and the mast goes up to 33'. How important is it to raise a discone above the height of the house?
Here are some links to these tripods and masts that I've seen:
http://www.hamcity.com/detail.aspx?ID=1842
http://www.hamcity.com/detail.aspx?ID=1843
I'm thinking of setting up an outdoor antenna. Thing is, i don't really want it on my roof. I came across a few links, but perhaps I don't understand it... it seems there are "tripod" mounts for Antenna's - as well as poles for Antenna's. Some of these I've seen advertised as up to 33'.
I'm curious if anyone here has used such a method to set up an antenna (Discone etc) onto a mast or tripod, and if so, what the reception increase was like. Was it worth it?
Currently I'm just using a whip antenna on my handheld, and I'm looking to have a antenna alternative to bring in distance transmissions and boost the gain I'm currently getting.
Rather then set the antenna on the roof, I was considering getting a discone and setting it up in the back yard on a mast or tripod. I see here in these two links that the tripod raises 6' or so and the mast goes up to 33'. How important is it to raise a discone above the height of the house?
Here are some links to these tripods and masts that I've seen:
http://www.hamcity.com/detail.aspx?ID=1842
http://www.hamcity.com/detail.aspx?ID=1843