[TowerTalk] Telescoping TV Mast Installation questions

[Dave Hachadorian]

Try your local DirecTV or DISH dealer. Sometimes local channels 
are not available in HD on satellite, and they may have contacts 
with some off-the-air antenna installers.

Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
Yuma, AZ



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From: "larryjspammenot at teleport.com" <larryj at teleport.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 12:17 PM
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Telescoping TV Mast Installation 
questions

> Just a followup on the TV antenna pushup masts question I 
> posted several weeks ago. I'm hoping to have one installed on a 
> fairly steep roof on a two story house, mainly to support an 
> 80-Meter inverted vee and a small 2M/UHF ground plane antenna.
>
> I just returned from a trip to the Fresno, CA area. In many 
> towns along the way from Sacramento to the Fresno area, I 
> noticed that there were many of the old 40' - 50' pushup TV 
> masts still supporting VHF and UHF TV antennas. It appeared 
> that these masts had been put up many years ago, and many had 
> missing/broken sets of guy wires. But they were still straight, 
> holding up the TV antennas after many years (decades?) So it 
> appears that these masts may still be a good support to use for 
> some small ham antennas like I hope to install. I just need to 
> find the people to hire who are properly and safely qualified 
> to do the install.
>
> Thanks for all the suggestions.
>
> Larry K7LJ
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>>From: David  Thompson <thompson at mindspring.com>
>>Sent: Apr 20, 2010 1:18 PM
>>To: towertalk at contesting.com
>>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Telescoping TV Mast Installation 
>>questions
>>
>>When TV was young my family had a 50 foot Rohn Push up mast. 
>>Ours was
>>installed ground mount next to the house.  This was about 1953.
>>I remember there were two types of house mounting.  There was a 
>>flat plate
>>to mount the mast
>>on a flat portion of the roof.  There was also a mount for the 
>>top of the
>>roof that fit the pitch.  A TV repair man made a living for a 
>>number of
>>years
>>installing these with a Channel master TV antenna at the top.
>>
>>I was located 150 miles from New Orleans and TV station WDSU 
>>required such
>>an installation for decent reception.  We were happy when TV 
>>stations in
>>Jackson, Ms  Baton Rouge, and Monroe appeared at 70 to 90 
>>miles.
>>
>>I watched these TV pros install several of these in our area 
>>and after
>>putting one up at Field day years later I suggest a 
>>professional
>>installation.
>>
>>Dave K4JRB
>>
>>
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