Fence Top Rail Antenna Mast

I used 3 d rings like on a dog s collar and a hose clamp for the top end mounts for the guys.

Fence top rail antenna mast.

Three 10 feet sticks of top rail are used as the mast so the base of the antenna will be at 30 feet. The antenna will be mounted on a 1 1 2 inch chain link fence top rail. Our yardgard 1 3 8 in x 10 ft. My main mast is 1 5 8 ss 40 industrial top rail.

Lew french kcã uer gave me this idea. Lmr 600 will be used for the feed line. The so called top rail is the horizontal runner across the top. Emt thin wall conduit works just fine for small antennas.

I also found out that 1 3 8 top rail comes in ss 40 but the fence company next door doesn t carry it. This is a bit overkill but the feed line and connectors are already on hand. It goes into a 10 foot tripod though and uses two sets of guy wires. It is quite stout.

Keep the total length of mast under 10 feet and you ll do fine. I used two 15 or 16 ft top pipes for a tv antenna mast. Lew showed me how one end on each is tapered to fit into the next pole. It is still up and my wife s aunt still has tv 4 years later.

Creating antenna masts using chain link fence top rail. Just don t use tubing it is thin. 17 gauge galvanized top rail is part of the fence framework and helps support the chain link fabric horizontally. It is good to try to minimize the mast diameter in the vicinity of a yagi antenna particularly uhf.

The half and three quarters inch are too small so i d suggest staying away from that. One inch or one and a quarter inch works well and is stiff enough for a small tv antenna a discone or a small vertical. Made from galvanized steel this top rail connects to terminal posts with rail ends and brace bands. For the sizes you mention the strengths might be close mainly because the emt diameter of 2 inches versus the top rail which is probably 1 315 inches.

These posts are used at the top of a chain link fence to allow the chain link fabric to attach. Components for chain link fencing are inexpensive.