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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A guy in my area just bought himself a 30 foot collapsible flagpole and put his node on top of that. Since it is a flagpole, its installation is more permanent.
That sounds pretty great. I’ll have to look at local options. Biggest issue for me would be if I have a flagpole I’d want to put a flag on it 😆.
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.
Is there a reason you don’t want to make a penetration through your roof? I make holes in roofs for solar installations and there are reliable ways of flashing whatever is running through the hole.
