[TowerTalk] Mast for Satellite Beam K3MH

[KC2TN]

Good idea from Gene if you can find one. They're getting scarce to purchase
and can cost $600-800 for one in good shape with all the pieces.

I have one that I plan to use for my satellite beams.

As Gene says, you put the base up and guy it...It's about 8 feet high. Then
you guy it at 25 feet again. And if you want to go to 50 feet you have a
final set of guys.

Joe - KC2TN

(Sorry for the first reply Gene I forgot to hit Reply ALL.)

-----Original Message-----
From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of Gene Smar
Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2007 8:07 PM
To: 'Tower Talk'; Michael Hatzakis Jr MD
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Mast for Satellite Beam K3MH

Michael:

     You might consider surplus <rocket launcher> mast AB-577 or AB-155,
referred to at
http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/Towertalk/2006-05/msg00109.html .
I have no personal experience with this material other than to have seen it
installed at a local Ham's QTH where he used it to support a 6M Yagi.  The
base is guyed, but higher sections are fed into the base and crancked up
into position from that base, where another section is added for greater
height.

73 de
Gene Smar  AD3F






From: Michael Hatzakis Jr MD <lists at hatzakis.net>
Date: 2007/09/01 Sat PM 02:58:46 CDT
To: 'Tower Talk' <towertalk at contesting.com>
Subject: [TowerTalk] Mast for Satellite Beam K3MH

Hi guys,

I am looking for a good telescoping mast to mount my Satellite beams on a
tool shed.  Problem is, I need extra height to clear my house and I'd like
to be able to lower it for maintenance.  A little more detail on my
situation:

I currently have my Satellite beams mounted to my chimney with a standard
configuration, ie., Yaesu AZI-ELE rotor with 9 foot fiberglass cross pole
and two 20' beams, one for 440 and other for 144.  I use a thick wall
aluminum mast using a fairly standard chimney brackets.  In the recent
storms I was reminded of how cheaply houses are built and I simply have not
been able to get good purchase into the plywood of the chimney.

I am in the process of building a tool shed on the side of my house and
given the proximity to the house, I may not have good access to the chimney,
so I want to move it.  Problem is, I will need extra height from my tool
shed to clear the house.

Any ideas?  What I would like is something perhaps 20-25 feet high to clear
my house, sturdy enough not to wiggle too much yet something I can lower and
be able to work on the antennas.  Up to now I had to climb on the roof
clinging to the chimney.  Not ideal as I get older..!!

Anyone who has a few moments to help me ponder this, I'll send photos.

Michael  K3MH



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