[Elecraft] Mast question

[George Dubovsky]

I would look for 3 used sections of Rohn 25, then figure out how to safely
bracket it to your house, if possible. That should be do-able for somewhere
close to your budget and certainly capable of holding up a G5RV.

73,

geo - n4ua

On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 9:19 AM, Reuben Popp <reuben.popp at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey everyone, more of a beginner question here and not [directly] Elecraft
> related.
>
> I have a K2 I built some time ago that I paired with a half size g5rv.  At
> the time, I was living with a buddy whose house design allowed me to set
> that antenna up as a sloper (and it worked quite well).  That said, some
> years have passed, I'm married now and the house I live in now is much
> smaller.  I have the antenna still, but it's merely laid along the vertex
> of the roof.  Reception is so-so, but I know it could be much better.  So,
> what can I use for a reliable mast that would be left up all the time?
>
> There's no trees in the lot. The house itself is a single level house on a
> slab (no basement). and from end to end it's _maybe_ all of 40'.  The
> distance from the ground to the vertex is maybe all of 16 feet (or there
> abouts).
>
> The XYL said she doesn't want guy wires all over and a rohn style tower is
> out of my budget.  I'm looking for suggestions that's preferably < $300, if
> possible.  The locale is mid-east Missouri, about an hour outside St.
> Louis; storms come and go but it's not like I'm in tornado country (if that
> helps any).
>
> So, what do folks recommend?
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