Let's talk antenna masts

[WSHH887]

Thinking more about a base station.  I'm in a pretty good spot with the only blind area being the top of a peninsula to the west. The blind area is from approx. 200° to 280°.  And I sit on top of a hill.  Not much I'm going to be able to do about the blind spot transmitting on simplex.  But honestly the rest of the way around the compass has pretty good line of sight down the coast and inland to the foothills north of downtown L.A.  

I happen to have an unused flag pole from a project I never finished.  I haven't measured it but I figure it's about 15' and made from aluminum.  Properly set in cement, would this make a good mast?

[WRUE951]

12 minutes ago, WSHH887 said:

Thinking more about a base station.  I'm in a pretty good spot with the only blind area being the top of a peninsula to the west. The blind area is from approx. 200° to 280°.  And I sit on top of a hill.  Not much I'm going to be able to do about the blind spot transmitting on simplex.  But honestly the rest of the way around the compass has pretty good line of sight down the coast and inland to the foothills north of downtown L.A.  

I happen to have an unused flag pole from a project I never finished.  I haven't measured it but I figure it's about 15' and made from aluminum.  Properly set in cement, would this make a good mast?

i have a Harbor Freight Telescoping flag pole mounted on my 5th wheel trailer (rear ladder mounted) that i slide a home brew Copper J-Pole with 3D printed clamps. This set up is for a portable repeater when camping.   Fully extended im getting about 20-25' and with no obstructions around me i get pretty decent coverage.  It doesn't take much to hamper the signal, a few trees will kill the signal quality.  You should see the same type results.  

[Socalgmrs]

Sure. Sounds good.   I put all my antennas in old satalite dish mounts left behind.