My ham activities it s not all ham radio.
Roof mount hexbeam.
The antenna in its present location is shown in this photo.
Shown in the photos are the rotator mounted at the bottom on a home brew bracket made from angle stock from lowes.
At the top of the post is another bracket for mounting a thrust bearing.
I have a hexbeam in mind and i understand that they are pretty light.
Ik2wpo uses a small rotator on a guyed mast to support his hexagonal beam by k4kio.
This one compares a spiderbeam with a broadband hexbeam part of a marathon 26 page thread.
My first thought was to roof mount the antenna on the chimney but the xyl did not like the idea of having the antenna facing the front of the house.
Previous callsign was ve6vox.
Or mount it on my roof.
Vk2gjc has a rotator mounted at the top of his mast which is attached to the side of his house.
I had given up satellite service years ago but they left the dish.
Swr is low as 1 1 2 on all 6 bands.
Can be mounted on a single mast 25 35 foot.
That s going to require either a tower telephone pole or a roof top mounted option.
Wanted to do what you are doing but my wife is not a fan of having a hexbeam mounted on our roof.
A thrust bearing is a device that supports all the weight of the mast and beam and allows the mast to rotate freely so the work and weight on the rotator is minimal.
I have checked the maxgain site and note that if you want to ship 8 ft sections by ups they automatically charge for a 70 pound shipment and add an additional 7 dollars.
It s not all ham radio.
So i came up with the idea to ground mount the antenna using a push up pole.
We will build it for you pack the modules for shipping and you can assemble it in an hour or maybe a short evening for outstanding results with no tuning needed.
Mount it on your roof as many do and work dx you never even heard with your vertical or dipole.
Note also the footing that protects his roof from the legs of the mini tower.
My traffie hexbeam and off center fed dipole on a glen martin roof mount tower.
I have a kio hexbeam and love it.
Homemade hexbeam users.
Not to mention it would not be easy for me to get to if it needed any repairs.
I am limited into the method for mounting one and have as an option to mount a short mast to a direct tv mount on the roof.
I ve been a ham since 1991 mostly operating hf and restoring older rigs.
I have a 30 ft push up mast mounted on a 10 ft 4x4 concreted in the ground it is located on a small hill on my property.
