Antenna Mounting

[mgullick]

I have a simple question regarding mounting of antennas. I plan to mount two antennas facing different directions in accordance with recommendations received at antennafool.com. I have a Winegard DS-3000 J-Bar but it is obviously too short to mount dual antennas. I was considering either mounting the antennas on dual mounts - the DS-3000 and a shorter one that used to hold a satellite dish. Alternately, I was looking into an extension for the DS-3000.

I see the Winegard TB-0005 antenna mast online but the pictures don't look as if the mast can be used in conjunction with the existing DS-3000 to extend the height. The description of the TB-0005 says it's swedged which sounds as if one end "might" be reduced in size so that it can be stacked but none of the online pictures show that to be the case.

The two antennas I currently have are the Winegard YA-6713 and the Channel Master 4220. I have a Pico-Macom UVSJ to join them. What I really need is advice on mounting the antennas - whether I can get an extension pole to use with the DS-3000, if I should use the DS-3000 for one and another mount for the other, or if I should scrap what I have and get a totally different mounting system.

As you can tell, I'm a clueless noob.

[winegard]

The DS-3000 mount will handle the CM-4220 2 bay antenna with no problem but trying to extend the length of the DS-3000 pipe to handle 2 antennas will not work. The base (foot) of the DS-3000 is not large enough to handle the wind loading of these two antennas. You will be much better off using a SW-0010 3’ tripod with a TB-0005 5’mast for the YA-6713 antenna. Another option would be to use the SW-0010 tripod and 2 TB-0005 masts and mount both antennas in this mounting system. Space the 2 antennas a minimum of 36” apart vertically.