[Antennas] Chimney mounts

Thu Oct 1 22:49:38 EDT 2009

There isn't any such thing as "rigid PVC." Put any load on a ten foot 
length of any common size PVC pipe and it will soon bend plastically.
I darned sure would not hang any thirty-foot lever arm on my chimney!
On the other hand, I do have an old good-size outdoor TV antenna on a 
mast three feet above my chimney. And, yes, it does receive digital TV 
signals just fine, some 60 of them in fact!
Larry W6FUB
Ray Brown wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "George Allgood" <myp4k69 at bellsouth.net>
>>>> I'm thinking of placing a 20 foot mast on a chimney mount on top of the house. If I add 10 feet of rigid
>> PVC at the top it would give about 50 feet above ground in elevation. 
>> You sure that the chimney could handle that much torque?
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Best wishes,
Larry McDavid W6FUB
Anaheim, CA (20 miles southeast of Los Angeles, near Disneyland)