Antenna from Telephone Pole

[Destro]

I have this telephone/power pole in my backyard. And I was thinking about putting a little pulley or something on it about 4 feet under where the wires are. And then I could use it to pull my roll up Jpole antenna up.

My question is, would there be interference from the power lines?

 

[WRUE951]

2 hours ago, WRTC928 said:

Okay, wise guy.  I thought that went without saying. 

yep,  done that a few times in my life.  That's why they call us old folks 'wise' asses   

[WSKY567]

On 10/17/2025 at 6:45 PM, Destro said:

I have this telephone/power pole in my backyard. And I was thinking about putting a little pulley or something on it about 4 feet under where the wires are. And then I could use it to pull my roll up Jpole antenna up.

My question is, would there be interference from the power lines?

 

Just don't.  I climbed right out of college for GTE.  Anything attached to a service pole is ripped off the pole and destroyed asap.  Not good for the antenna.  Not good for the attached service wiring.  Not good for technicians.  Not good.  

[WSKY567]

Still ruminating on this post.

From Google:

No, it's generally illegal and unsafe to attach things like signs, posters, or basketball rims to telephone/utility poles because they are private property and pose serious risks (electrocution, falls) to utility workers and the public, potentially leading to fines or legal action for the offender. Only authorized entities, like municipalities for approved banners, can attach items, often requiring permits and adhering to strict guidelines. 

Why it's illegal and dangerous:

• Property Rights: Utility poles are owned by telecommunications and power companies, making unauthorized attachments a form of trespass.
• Worker Safety: Nails, staples, or sharp objects can puncture linemen's safety gear, causing serious injury or electrocution.
• Public Safety: Items can interfere with equipment, cause power outages, create fire hazards, or fall and injure drivers and pedestrians.
• Legal Penalties: Violators can face fines, as laws in many areas (like Michigan's MCL 750.540c for telecom access devices) prohibit such acts. 

What's generally prohibited:

• Signs, posters, flyers, advertisements.
• Basketball hoops, birdhouses, deer stands, and other heavy or sharp items.
• Banners (unless specifically permitted by the utility company). 

 

Linemen (Line-People) still use climbers which are spikes attached to their boots that dig into the pole.  Things attached to a pole can cause these climbers to "cut out" resulting in the person climbing falling from the pole.  This can result in serious injury or death.  In the event of a fall splinters from the pole often caused by removed attachments to the pole can pierce the skin of the climber and cause serious injury and in rare cases death.  This happened to me when a 4.5" splinter entered my chest during a fall.  There were also smaller splinters as well.  I was lucky in that the splinters stayed close and parallel to the surface of the skin rather than entering perpendicular to the surface.  The 4.5" splinter could have penetrated a vital organ.  

[WRUE951]

3 hours ago, WSKY567 said:

Still ruminating on this post.

From Google:

 

• Property Rights: Utility poles are owned by telecommunications and power companies, making unauthorized attachments a form of trespass.
• Worker Safety: Nails, staples, or sharp objects can puncture linemen's safety gear, causing serious injury or electrocution.
• Public Safety: Items can interfere with equipment, cause power outages, create fire hazards, or fall and injure drivers and pedestrians.
• Legal Penalties: Violators can face fines, as laws in many areas (like Michigan's MCL 750.540c for telecom access devices) prohibit such acts. 

 

while true for the most part, not particularly on private property where utility companies require property owners to place their own poles and allow utility companies to attached their lines to.    Many times you see two sets of pole lines going into a private property, one for phone and one for power because the feeds come in from different directions.. While GO95 codes pertain more to power leads than communications i personally would have no problems attaching an inverted V or other antenna to a privately owned communications only pole as long as i can make connection above the communication line so not to impede worker safety climbing the pole.  However i would not touch a solely owned pole owned by a utility and defiantly would not make an attachment to a pole that interferes with G095 Code.