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Tower or Mast Recommendation? (mander.xyz)

submitted 1 day ago by AlchemicalAgent@mander.xyz to c/meshtastic@mander.xyz

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I'm trying to get my home node high enough for LOS to other parts of town. The house unfortunately has a full hip roof, so I can't attach anything without going through the shingles. My current setup is a pole attached to an 8' garden fence. That gets me to about 15' AGL.

Based on the homes around me I need at least 30' of height to clear their roofs. I've given up on trying to get above the trees because they're old Oaks 50'-100' high.

I keep seeing collapsing fiberglass poles online but they're advertised as a temporary setup. Anyone have recommendations for at least a semi-permanent pole or small tower?

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[–] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A starting point is to check out how the local TV installers do this.

Depending on what you are putting on the top, Spiderbeam make various fibreglass telescopic masts and apparently also aluminium ones.

See: https://shop.spiderbeam.com/en/shop/category/fiberglass-poles-73

Source: I own one of their 12m fibreglass masts.

[–] AlchemicalAgent@mander.xyz 1 points 1 day ago

Thanks! Definitely going to check them out. Most people here attach antennas to their chimney. Unfortunately the chimney on my house was removed during the last shingle job so I have no mount points left.