Fence Top Rail Antenna Mast

The antenna will be mounted on a 1 1 2 inch chain link fence top rail.

Fence top rail antenna mast.

Keep the total length of mast under 10 feet and you ll do fine. It is good to try to minimize the mast diameter in the vicinity of a yagi antenna particularly uhf. Components for chain link fencing are inexpensive. These posts are used at the top of a chain link fence to allow the chain link fabric to attach.

Emt thin wall conduit works just fine for small antennas. Just don t use tubing it is thin. 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.

Lmr 600 will be used for the feed line. Our yardgard 1 3 8 in x 10 ft. The so called top rail is the horizontal runner across the top. Creating antenna masts using chain link fence top rail.

Made from galvanized steel this top rail connects to terminal posts with rail ends and brace bands. I used 3 d rings like on a dog s collar and a hose clamp for the top end mounts for the guys. 17 gauge galvanized top rail is part of the fence framework and helps support the chain link fabric horizontally. I also found out that 1 3 8 top rail comes in ss 40 but the fence company next door doesn t carry it.

I used two 15 or 16 ft top pipes for a tv antenna mast. It is still up and my wife s aunt still has tv 4 years later. Lew french kcã uer gave me this idea. 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.

Strength goes up rapidly with increases in diameter. Three 10 feet sticks of top rail are used as the mast so the base of the antenna will be at 30 feet. I bought 3 screw in anchors and some wire line for the guys. It goes into a 10 foot tripod though and uses two sets of guy wires.

It is quite stout. In your case the ss 20 would be minimal.