Roof Mount Hexbeam

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Roof mount hexbeam.

Homemade hexbeam users. It s not all ham radio. Wanted to do what you are doing but my wife is not a fan of having a hexbeam mounted on our roof. I had given up satellite service years ago but they left the dish.

Not to mention it would not be easy for me to get to if it needed any repairs. I have a kio hexbeam and love it. I have a hexbeam in mind and i understand that they are pretty light. Ik2wpo uses a small rotator on a guyed mast to support his hexagonal beam by k4kio.

So i came up with the idea to ground mount the antenna using a push up pole. At the top of the post is another bracket for mounting a thrust bearing. Note also the footing that protects his roof from the legs of the mini tower. I have checked the maxgain site and note that if you want to ship 8 ft sections by ups they automatically charge for a 70 pound shipment and add an additional 7 dollars.

I have a 30 ft push up mast mounted on a 10 ft 4x4 concreted in the ground it is located on a small hill on my property. Vk2gjc has a rotator mounted at the top of his mast which is attached to the side of his house. We will build it for you pack the modules for shipping and you can assemble it in an hour or maybe a short evening for outstanding results with no tuning needed. The antenna in its present location is shown in this photo.

Finally i mounted my new hexbeam antenna on the roof. Aditional tunning was not needed and all was pl. I am limited into the method for mounting one and have as an option to mount a short mast to a direct tv mount on the roof. This one compares a spiderbeam with a broadband hexbeam part of a marathon 26 page thread.

I ve been a ham since 1991 mostly operating hf and restoring older rigs. Mount it on your roof as many do and work dx you never even heard with your vertical or dipole. A thrust bearing is a device that supports all the weight of the mast and beam and allows the mast to rotate freely so the work and weight on the rotator is minimal. In terms of what looks cleaner better when it s up in the air from a visual impact perspective.

Or mount it on my roof. That s going to require either a tower telephone pole or a roof top mounted option. Shown in the photos are the rotator mounted at the bottom on a home brew bracket made from angle stock from lowes. My traffie hexbeam and off center fed dipole on a glen martin roof mount tower.

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