I am looking to put up a antenna mast, as there are some freq's that I don't get at home well but would really like to bring in a little better. I am looking at a inexpensive RS ground plane antenna right now. What I am trying to do this as inexpensively as possible between mast and cables.
In the long run I am really trying to do is get the best bang for my buck, and still have something that isn't going to blow down in the first gust of wind. I am looking to try to get between 20-30', starting off a 3' deck and using that to secure it and would really rather not be on the roof as there are power lines to contend with there, the deck is out of the way of the lines.
After doing some research, and finding a few possibilities, I figured I would see what others have come up with.
I was looking at 2 chain link top rails with a connector in the middle, would put me up about 20'. But not sure how stable they might be.
http://bit.ly/cBzwbZSecond question I guess, is that I live about 1000' from one of the county repeater sites, so I get 5 of 6 freq's, unfortunately one of the freq's I want is not on the repeater I live by, as its more localized further south. So in trying to bring in a distant freq's, am I going to overload the freq's that are coming from literally across the street?
Any ideas?