Look into the Spiderbeam fiberglass poles. Quite sturdy and all kinds of lengths. Well within your budget. Mel, K6KBE
From: George Dubovsky <n4ua...@gmail.com> To: Reuben Popp <reuben.p...@gmail.com> Cc: Elecraft Reflector <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Friday, May 27, 2016 7:19 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Mast question I would look for 3 used sections of Rohn 25, then figure out how to safely bracket it to your house, if possible. That should be do-able for somewhere close to your budget and certainly capable of holding up a G5RV. 73, geo - n4ua On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 9:19 AM, Reuben Popp <reuben.p...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey everyone, more of a beginner question here and not [directly] Elecraft > related. > > I have a K2 I built some time ago that I paired with a half size g5rv. At > the time, I was living with a buddy whose house design allowed me to set > that antenna up as a sloper (and it worked quite well). That said, some > years have passed, I'm married now and the house I live in now is much > smaller. I have the antenna still, but it's merely laid along the vertex > of the roof. Reception is so-so, but I know it could be much better. So, > what can I use for a reliable mast that would be left up all the time? > > There's no trees in the lot. The house itself is a single level house on a > slab (no basement). and from end to end it's _maybe_ all of 40'. The > distance from the ground to the vertex is maybe all of 16 feet (or there > abouts). > > The XYL said she doesn't want guy wires all over and a rohn style tower is > out of my budget. I'm looking for suggestions that's preferably < $300, if > possible. The locale is mid-east Missouri, about an hour outside St. > Louis; storms come and go but it's not like I'm in tornado country (if that > helps any). > > So, what do folks recommend? > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to n4ua...@gmail.com > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to farrerfo...@yahoo.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com