[Antennas] Chimney mounts

Fri Oct 2 00:20:25 EDT 2009

While living in West Houston, the rental I was in had a chimney...and I had
20ft of top rail on it...and mounted to it was a CX-333 on top and a MFJ
1764 dual dipole array for 6/2 (had it in crossed pol..one horiz and one
vertical)....worked ok until a BIG windstorm bent it over and almost had the
CX333 touching the ground! OPPS!!
Chimney mounts work fine if done right
Chris
WB5ITT 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: antennas-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:antennas-
> bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Larry McDavid
> Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 9:50 PM
> To: Antennas at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Antennas] Chimney mounts
>> 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
>