XRDS-RF 16" Antenna Pole, Upgraded Length Antenna Pole Mount for Outside Home Antenna with U-Bolt, Bracket, Mounting Screws - 40cm Length Universal Mounting Pole

Living in a Barndo has some downfalls; getting internet wifi through metal walls; the same for radio signals. This worked perfectly to get my antenna just above line-of-sight and cabled into my am/fm radio - what a difference.

I ordered this because I needed a 2" diameter U-bolt and bracket, and that's what I got, but for some strange reason they also included a 1.5" pole and U-bolt. Not sure if that's normal or if someone made a packing mistake. Anyway, I used this to mount a classic Yagi-style TV antenna that's about 3' long, and the bracket didn't bend or sag under this cantilevered weight.

The mounting part of the mounting bracket has four holes. I used lag bolts into stud wood at the peak of the house that I bought at the hardware store for a very solid mount. Since the pole is just about two inches in diameter, the U-brackets provided with my antennas were not wide enough so I went to Lowes and Home Depot and the orange store had the proper width bracket (U-Bolt by EVERBILT #310 on the sticker) .I like that the pole is longer than most, but the bracket needs to be made of thicker steel and the antenna mount should allow for two U-Bolts to mount the antenna (four holes) instead of just for one bracket with the two holes. I initially mounted a 4 dbi antenna, but changed it out to a 30 inch 5.8 dbi antenna, yesterday. There was a bit of sag, but I simply bent it up a tad to compensate and it's fine.My earnings are way up after that swap even as today's 30 to 40 mph winds are shaking the antenna a bit, so the shaking seems to have no effect on the transmit/receive end of it. I'd say the shaking is no more than an inch, back and forth at the antenna tip. I disagree with one reviewer in that I don't think that the shaking in high winds will eventually cause the mounting bracket to fail. You'd have to manually bend the metal back and forth at a high angle to cause this sort of fatigue to failure.

It was quick and easy to install and have our cellular booster installed in less than an hour.

Quite a bit of flex with a medium sized TV yagi antenna. You will want to use a longer pipe with additional support for a steadier mount. It is of good quality and should be plenty sufficient for a whip antenna.

Perfect to mount my Ambient Weather WS-2000 to my fence.

Easy to assemble and install

Good strong