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I thought I'd share a pic of my antenna setup at my house so you can see how telescoping masts are the way to go.

This is basically an inverted V dipole at 45 ft using a fiberglass telescoping pushup pole. The top of the pole is 1/2 inch in diameter. There is a weatherproof box on top which is a 4:1 balun that the dipole wires connect to.

There would be no way a single 1/2 in x 45 ft pole would support that balun box and stand straight unless multiple guy wires in 3 different spots are used.

Even though I have 2 guy wires from east to west, the antenna wires that go north to south actually create a 4 point guy system and I have weights at each end.

You can see that the mast is straight and how each larger section supports the other. I mainly have it guyed because we get wind gusts up to 60 mph where I live. The antenna can stand on it's own during light breezes without guying.

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<blockquote data-quote="fourstringburn" data-source="post: 588068" data-attributes="member: 2920">I thought I&#039;d share a pic of my antenna setup at my house so you can see how telescoping masts are the way to go.This is basically an inverted V dipole at 45 ft using a fiberglass telescoping pushup pole. The top of the pole is 1/2 inch in diameter.&nbsp; There is a weatherproof box on top which is a 4:1 balun that the dipole wires connect to.There would be no way a single 1/2 in x 45 ft pole would support that balun box and stand straight unless multiple guy wires in 3 different spots are used. Even though I have 2 guy wires from east to west, the antenna wires that go north to south actually create a 4 point guy system and I have weights at each end.You can see that the mast is straight and how each larger section supports the other. I mainly have it guyed because we get wind gusts up to 60 mph where I live. The antenna can stand on it&#039;s own during light breezes without guying.[ATTACH=full]20780[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="fourstringburn, post: 588068, member: 2920"] I thought I'd share a pic of my antenna setup at my house so you can see how telescoping masts are the way to go. This is basically an inverted V dipole at 45 ft using a fiberglass telescoping pushup pole. The top of the pole is 1/2 inch in diameter. There is a weatherproof box on top which is a 4:1 balun that the dipole wires connect to. There would be no way a single 1/2 in x 45 ft pole would support that balun box and stand straight unless multiple guy wires in 3 different spots are used. Even though I have 2 guy wires from east to west, the antenna wires that go north to south actually create a 4 point guy system and I have weights at each end. You can see that the mast is straight and how each larger section supports the other. I mainly have it guyed because we get wind gusts up to 60 mph where I live. The antenna can stand on it's own during light breezes without guying. [ATTACH=full]20780[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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