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Re: [TowerTalk] Telescoping TV Mast Installation questions

To: "Tower and HF antenna construction topics." <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Telescoping TV Mast Installation questions
From: "larryjspammenot@teleport.com" <larryj@teleport.com>
Reply-to: "larryjspammenot@teleport.com" <larryj@teleport.com>, "Tower and HF antenna construction topics." <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:15:22 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
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That's another reason I want to hire out a job like this to someone who does it 
for a living. I know these steel telescoping masts are very sturdy even with a 
much higher antenna load than I plan to have on it, so this should be good for 
quite a while - just like the old TV antennas in years past. When they were 
properly installed, they lasted years, even decades. I just want to hire a 
professional to have it done properly and safely. But who?


-----Original Message-----
>From: Tom Osborne <w7why@verizon.net>
>Sent: Apr 19, 2010 8:04 PM
>To: "Tower and HF antenna construction topics." <towertalk@contesting.com>
>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Telescoping TV Mast Installation questions
>
>Hi LJ
>
>If the mast is on a steep roof, how are you going to extend it?
>
>I have used the telescoping masts here, but they were usually close enough 
>to the roof that I could extend the mast with the joints low enough to 
>reach.  I think on a steep pitched roof, it would be kinda hard to work on. 
>Might be better to use a roof mounted tripod or something.  73 and GL
>Tom W7WHY
>
>
>
>
>> I'd like to have a telescoping TV mast installed on the roof of my 2-story 
>> house. I'd like to use the 50-foot Rohn telescoping mast (they're actually 
>> about 44 feet when installed). I've used them in years past to support a 
>> TA-33 tribander beam and Ham-II Rotator, by using just the lower four of 
>> five mast sections and guying with one set of guy wires at the base of the 
>> rotator. It was up for several years, and rode out some pretty big wind 
>> storms with no problems. I was definitely lucky, but it showed me that 
>> these are pretty stout masts - especially if they're installed "properly", 
>> with all of the intended guy wires. 
>
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