[TowerTalk] Fwd: Antenna near chimney - bad idea?

[Patrick Greenlee]

Radical Shaft (Radio Shack?) and other outlets used to sell chimney 
mounts expressly for putting (usually) TV antennas on the chimney. I 
always thought it was a scam to sell more antennas, coax or 300 Ohm 
lead, and the little 300/75 Ohm baluns by luring in the gullible by 
appealing to their lazy nature and or ignorance.

Hey, Radio Shack sells it for antennas so it must be OK, huh?


Oh my how the mighty have fallen...  A once proud purveyor of supplies 
and equipment for CBers , electronic hobbyists, and hams with stores 
often managed by Hams and then later also by computer hobbyists, now 
reduced to a failing boutique for cell phones run by folks who can't 
tell the difference between a resistor and a transistor.  The end of a era.

Patrick  NJ5G

On 6/30/2015 9:43 PM, John Keating wrote:
> Suppose the only thing burned are those store-bought duraflame fire logs?
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> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2015 15:21:00 -0400
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> From: Hans Hammarquist <hanslg at aol.com>
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> The biggest problem is corrosion. Any oil burner generate a small, but
> significant amount of acid that will corrode your tower, antenna, rotor,
> etc. faster than away from the chimney. I have not seen any problems with
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> Hans - N2JFS
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> chimney - bad idea?
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> From:    John Keating <john.keating at sbcglobal.net>
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> 29 Jun 2015 10:01:47 -0700
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> I have limited options for placing my 40' tower and tribander at my QTH.
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> them is next to the 2 story house very near the 33' chimney. Am wondering if
> anyone has experience...soot affecting rotor or antenna parts?
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