How Am I Going To Get That Dipole Antenna Way Up In The Air, When I Have No Big Trees ? Yes quite a few of us hams face the same dilemma. I have a small backyard and a side yard with a tree, with power lines going through it. I have some trees in the front yard, but some people may not like wires up there. I did have a mast up on the chimney, where I connected the center point of my multi-band dipole antenna. One leg went down to a branch in the front yard, so it wasn't very visible and the other leg went to a metal push up mast that another antenna was on.
This worked okay at the time, but as I get older I am not looking forward to climbing on the roof. I also don't have my younger brother to pay 5dollars to do it like when I payed him 5 dollars to climb my 40ft tower when I lived at home years ago. So I have thought long and hard about this and moving to a new house with lots of land is not an option right now.
So what I have done is purchased a 38 foot heavy duty MFJ telescoping mast. I will be wall mounting it too my shed. I am mounting the dipole to it using a pulley system, so I don't have to raise it and lower it all the time. One leg will go to one tree and the other leg to the other tree. Basically it will end up as an inverted vee antenna, which should work okay. I may have more that one pulley, so I can maybe work a end fed antenna or a off center fed dipole antenna or both. It's all about experimenting and having fun.Now there are the metal push up masts that go up quite high, but I don't need the neighbors getting upset. There are plenty of choices for fiberglass telescoping masts on Amazon and Ebay. Yes you can also purchase from any of the Ham Radio places on the internet. I would shop around and go with the best price as well as good ratings. Yes I know there are other ham antennas available, like the cobweb antenna. My budget at the time is not huge, so I will improvise and have fun.
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