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Bruce <div>I have assumed I would need automatic tracking for satellite work. Are there limitations to a fixed angle antenna, and is fixed the norm?</div><div>Mark </div><div>N5PRD <br><br><br><a href="https://overview.mail.yahoo.com/?.src=iOS">Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone</a><br><br><p class="yahoo-quoted-begin" style="font-size: 15px; color: #715FFA; padding-top: 15px; margin-top: 0">On Friday, May 7, 2021, 3:43 PM, Bruce via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote:</p><blockquote class="iosymail"><div id="yiv9774973211"><div>I had my satellite antennas mounted on my brick chimney for over 20 years. <br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div dir="ltr"><div>73...bruce</div><div><br clear="none" class="yiv9774973211webkit-block-placeholder"></div>Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><div class="yiv9774973211yqt3228320326" id="yiv9774973211yqtfd66384"><br clear="none">On May 7, 2021, at 3:16 PM, Jeffrey Carson via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div></div><div class="yiv9774973211yqt3228320326" id="yiv9774973211yqtfd94436"><div dir="ltr"><div class="yiv9774973211ydp36088b98yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div></div>
<div dir="ltr">What "warnings" did you read about using a chimney for a mount. Never actually heard of any myself. Is it about it not being sturdy or something else?</div><div><br clear="none"></div>
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On Friday, May 7, 2021, 03:12:02 PM CDT, MIKE BRANNAN via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote:
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<div><div id="yiv9774973211ydp91e5e268yiv0048188295"><div>Years ago I used steel strapping around my chimney to hold a heavy dipole with large traps. Worked fine. Even went though several high wind events. One removed a large portion of the roof. <br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><div class="yiv9774973211ydp91e5e268yiv0048188295yqt5902688696" id="yiv9774973211ydp91e5e268yiv0048188295yqtfd60528"><br clear="none"><blockquote type="cite">On May 7, 2021, at 1:14 PM, Karl Bernard via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></blockquote></div></div><div class="yiv9774973211ydp91e5e268yiv0048188295yqt5902688696" id="yiv9774973211ydp91e5e268yiv0048188295yqtfd55068"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="yiv9774973211ydp91e5e268yiv0048188295gmail_default" style="font-size:small;">David,</div><div class="yiv9774973211ydp91e5e268yiv0048188295gmail_default" style="font-size:small;"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv9774973211ydp91e5e268yiv0048188295gmail_default" style="font-size:small;">I wouldn't think that a dipole of any kind would put too much of a strain on your chimney. Even with the balun, that one only weighs 1.2lb (per DX Engineering - <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://www.dxengineering.com/parts/mfj-2010">https://www.dxengineering.com/parts/mfj-2010</a>). </div><div class="yiv9774973211ydp91e5e268yiv0048188295gmail_default" style="font-size:small;"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv9774973211ydp91e5e268yiv0048188295gmail_default" style="font-size:small;">Since whatever you use as a mount will weigh more than the antenna, just be sure to use a lightweight mount.</div><div class="yiv9774973211ydp91e5e268yiv0048188295gmail_default" style="font-size:small;"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv9774973211ydp91e5e268yiv0048188295gmail_default" style="font-size:small;">Disclaimer - this only my opinion. I've never mounted an antenna on a chimney before.</div><div class="yiv9774973211ydp91e5e268yiv0048188295gmail_default" style="font-size:small;"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv9774973211ydp91e5e268yiv0048188295gmail_default" style="font-size:small;">Thanks,</div><div class="yiv9774973211ydp91e5e268yiv0048188295gmail_default" style="font-size:small;"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv9774973211ydp91e5e268yiv0048188295gmail_default" style="font-size:small;">Karl</div><div class="yiv9774973211ydp91e5e268yiv0048188295gmail_default" style="font-size:small;">W5KMB</div></div><br clear="none"><div class="yiv9774973211ydp91e5e268yiv0048188295gmail_quote"><div class="yiv9774973211ydp91e5e268yiv0048188295gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Fri, May 7, 2021 at 12:43 PM David Mehl via BVARC <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:bvarc@bvarc.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:bvarc@bvarc.org">bvarc@bvarc.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote class="yiv9774973211ydp91e5e268yiv0048188295gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;">
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<p class="yiv9774973211ydp91e5e268yiv0048188295MsoNormal">I am a new ham and a club member since I passed my Tech last August at the BVAC testing. I have also passed both my General and Extra exam about a month ago. I am working on setting up a HF radio for home. I have a ‘backordered’ IC-7300
which may show up one day. In the mean time, I am trying to plan for my HF antenna that will fit on my small lot. I think I can run an 40-20-10-6 OCFD (*MFJ-2010) in a slope from a tree in my front yard, with the feed point hung off a mounted on chimney,
and then on to a post above my fence in my backyard. I don’t have any trees in my backyard. Instead I have power lines across the back of the lot that I have to avoid.
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<p class="yiv9774973211ydp91e5e268yiv0048188295MsoNormal">I keep reading various comments and warnings about using a chimney for a mount. My chimney is in good repair, having been inspected and repaired during my home rebuilt after being flooded during Harvey.
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<p class="yiv9774973211ydp91e5e268yiv0048188295MsoNormal">Is the center of the OCFD a light enough load to consider using my chimney as a center mount? Is there a right way to do that? Or should I ‘bite the bullet’ and setup a pole beside the chimney?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="yiv9774973211ydp91e5e268yiv0048188295MsoNormal">Any other antenna advice for a novice?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="yiv9774973211ydp91e5e268yiv0048188295MsoNormal">Thanks<u></u><u></u></p>
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