The 2" would be good for that, it's a big solid item. But the setup this guy uses is 1.25" with a 1" inside of it going up 8 feet. A 2" up that high would be strong enough I suspect but a 1" would give out quickly I bet. Would work well with a NS or something small, like a yagi or a small grid.
-----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Paul Rice Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 11:34 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Antenna Mount extensions YMMV, but I've had them out in high winds in excess of 40 miles an hour with 2 parbolics on 1 10 foot section of 2 inch EMT. But it is soft, so you might want to get heavier pipe for piece of mind -------------------------------------------------- From: "Robert West" <robert.w...@just-micro.com> Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 10:27 AM To: "'WISPA General List'" <wireless@wispa.org> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Antenna Mount extensions > My competitor here uses 1.25" EMT conduit from Home Depot, 13 bucks for a > 10' section. He takes them to the local muffler shop and has them bend > them > with a block U shape so that he can mount them to the side of the house > under the peak and the bend allows him to swing the mount to the eave as > well for stability. For additional height he inserts the next smaller > size > of EMT 1 to 2 feet inside the 1.25" and puts a couple of 1/4" bolts to > attach them together. He can add another 8 or 9 feet this way. BUT, EMT > is > a soft allow, it's made to bend easily so I certainly wouldn't want to > trust > it with anything with a large wind load very high up. > > I haven't tried it but he says it works perfect for him and his guys > install > a lot faster now. > > Bob- > > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of Michael Baird > Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 10:49 AM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: [WISPA] Antenna Mount extensions > > As we get into more and more installs, we are discovering installations > where we just need a little more height, 5-10 ft. or so. Currently the > majority of our installs are roof mount via a dish type screw in mount, > or antenna tower mount. I'm looking for suggestions on additional > mounting options, specifically we would like to be able to extend off > the roof another 5-20ft if possible with some sort of simple/economical > extension that will remain stable into the future. > > Regards > Michael Baird > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
