The post whore thread.

[Gman]

Been pretty wet up there lately for you guys, G.

Yup. Super dry and hot summer followed by multiple extreme rainfall events. Keep getting moist tropical air pumped in a stream just about weekly. Folks up in BC have it much worse.

Batten down the hatches and stay safe, folks.

[ChickNorris]

I used a few pieces of chainlink fence top rail for the main pole, guy wired out, then built the base out of chainlink fence posts (actually, 1 post cut in half), connected together with square tubing, spaced a little apart. Mounted the base in concrete, then drilled the base and attached the pole so it would pivot, and set the 2nd vertical attachment up with a u bolt.
When the batteries die, or it needs other maintenance, I can go pull 1 guy wire and the u bolt to lean the whole deal over.

Pics please? I want to build a taller mount for my antenna & that setup sounds perfect.

[00tec]

Pics please? I want to build a taller mount for my antenna & that setup sounds perfect.

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https://photos.app.goo.gl/jMDyQZqvtEXDmJXp9

https://photos.app.goo.gl/zN8Mge9xjB6YgCQn8

I currently have it set to 20ft, bit could be scaled up.
Guy wires are attached to screw anchors (tractor supply), turnbuckle, and little clevises

[ChickNorris]

Thanks. I like it.

[Gman]

Thanks for those. I have a 20-30 ft. flagpole in front of the house in my plans.

[00tec]

I initially used 2 u bolts, but decided it was overkill.
I set it in the ground to tilt directly west, as in my case, orientation of the station is important, so it was easy to line up
The one bolt top/center is used to get it vertically level east to west, since the top rail isn't the exact same size as the posts.
The 2 sections of top rail are simply epoxied together

If you do set one up, just make sure to set one of the 3 guy wires directly opposite of the way it lays down so you only have to pull 1 wire and the built to drop it.

[OtterbatHellcat]

The first idea I had seems less than optimum now.

[OtterbatHellcat]

Nice set up, did you end up recording a new high wind speed?

[00tec]

Nice set up, did you end up recording a new high wind speed?

Hell naw. Hit 34.8 this morning, right after it rolled in. Record for me was either 78 or 82 a couple years back.

I do need to move the guy wires up closer to the top on the pole, it shakes a bit in gusty wind on the last 5ft or so. Not a huge issue, but if it's raining, the shaking makes the precipitation gauge count too much


https://ambientweather.net/dashboard...6d5e048630bafc

[OtterbatHellcat]

Thanks for those. I have a 20-30 ft. flagpole in front of the house in my plans.

Yeah, I had a flag pole installed a while back and I'm not impressed with it's movement, it needs reinforced in some fashion.