Outside OTA antenna mount

[hiramofks]

Does anyone here know where one has to go to find an outside OTA antenna mount (like a stretched Z or S) that attaches to a BUD C-band dish polar mount? I have seen pictures and have been unsuccessfully searching the Internet for vendors. Please advise.

 

[comfortably_numb]

View attachment 138193 Does anyone here know where one has to go to find an outside OTA antenna mount (like a stretched Z or S) that attaches to a BUD C-band dish polar mount? I have seen pictures and have been unsuccessfully searching the Internet for vendors. Please advise.

That looks to me like some custom fabricating. I'm not sure I've ever seen something like that for sale.

 

[primestar31]

That person cobbled that up himself. Probably used some chain link fence "top rail", muffler clamps, and imagination. Nothing that couldn't be easily duplicated, if you had the mind to do so.

 

[Jim5506]

Doesn't look very stable to me, might cause problems with weak signals with all that weight and wind load so far from the mounting point.

 

[harshness]

As appealing as it looks, I'd imagine it is a nightmare in terms of rigidity. The tubing needs to be much bigger. I'm betting the stiffener was an afterthought. The geometry suggests that the mast will twist and tilt when the antenna catches a substantial wind.

A mast that tall should be guyed at at least one level and you can't do that and preserve the mow-ability.

 

[spongella]

That is one great example of ingenuity. I like the way this person thinks. Nice cornfield too.

 

[primestar31]

At my last house, I had a 5ft tall old antenna tripod I bought cheap at an auction. It stood slightly away from my c-band dish so as not to interfere with movement, and had my OTA antennas on it.

I had a spare coax running from the wiring hub box near the c-band dish, to the antennas. It was held down with some old concrete blocks, and a couple old tires (with metal wheels for weight) laying against the bottom 3 sides. I had a 15' mast coming out of it, and it worked perfectly.

Sure looked a lot better than that mess above that looks like it's in the way of the dish moving.

 

[Magic Static]

I have my OTA antenna integrated with a c-band dish mount. But the dish is real high up so the OTA antenna doesn't need to be above it.