I've had this arrangement on two houses and have never seen that
problem. I assume that this kind of bracket comes with various
thicknesses of metal. Mine came from Lentini in CT -- just down the
street from ARRL -- and look pretty solid. They may be much more solid
than what is sold for TV antennas. I have no idea of the brand.
Alan NV8A
On 04/25/09 11:45 am Larry Banks wrote:
> My concern with a wall mount like these is that the moment arm is long
> enough such that the mast and antenna could bend the two mounts sideways in
> opposite directions and lean over. I had that happen a long time ago with a
> similar mount. I assume you have not had this happen?
>>> I am bringing up a second station at a 2nd home in Maine. My first rig
>>> will be for 2M/440 FM, followed by HF.
>>>
>>> A question about mounting my FM "stick." I will be using a Diamond
>>> X-510NA or equivalent (5 pounds, 17.2 feet long, rated for 90 MPH)
>>> mounted at the eaves of the house. (Yes -- a small roof tower would be a
>>> better solution but for now that is not an option.)
>>>
>>> Searching the web turns up a number of Eave Mounts -- two examples are
>>> the Radio Shack #15-0891 for $18 and the Thomas&Betts EM-48 at $25.
>>> (There are many others, but they all are similar.) Tessco, naturally,
>>> has many styles -- many of which are more robust than needed.
>>>
>>> Do any of you have experience with either of these? What other
>>> suggestions might you have?
>> For that antenna I used a pair of something more like the T&B wall
>> mounts:
>>
>> http://www.tvantenna.com/products/tvreception/mounting/wallbrackets.html
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