Structurally, going to the floor of the attic has some advantages. Two
problems I see are sealing the roof, and lightning grounding.
Would be curious how you solve these or anyone elses thoughts.
de n0yvy steve
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Subject: Fw: re: roof mounting help
Author: soserman@midway.uchicago.edu at ccmgw1
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: 9/16/96 7:23 AM
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From: "Stuart Oserman" <soserman@ucpopmail.uchicago.edu>
Sun, 15 Sep 1996 20:59:24 -0500 (CDT)
To: dave@egh.com
Cc:
BCc:
Subject: re: roof mounting help
In message Thu, 12 Sep 1996 14:23:18 -0400 (EDT),
David Clemons <dave@egh.com> writes:
> Hi,
>
> I have a friend who has a very small lot, and would like to put
> up a tribander on his roof. Instead of a roof mountied tower, he would
> like to have a carpenter put the mast through the top of his roof
> (somewhere in the peak), and secure the bottom of the mast to hist attic
> floor, which will undoubtedly involve some special bracing.
>
> It seems to me that CQ or QST had an article describing this type
> of construction in an issue sometime in the last few years. Does anyone
> remember such an article, and have any idea of the time frame or magazine
> in which it appeared?
>
> 73, Dave Clemons K1VUT
I believe the article is in QST for November, 1980: "The Tower
Alternative," by Laurence Wolfert, WA2FDB. I did a similar
installation about seven years ago and have not had problems.
WA2FDB reported that a few years after his installation was
completed the antenna successfully withstood a minor
hurricane.
WA9ZPL
Stuart Oserman
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