Tilt-Over Mast

Here is some info for a Tilt-Over mast that I am constructing and hopefully give some ideas for people to build for their scanner antennas. I wanted something that will be easy to lower and raise and mostly very safe to work on. I got the idea from a old Fire Hall that had this mast to hold there flags up. From there I had this picture in my head for my scanner antennas. So I started thinking about materials to build this monster mast and started to design it different. They had C-channel for the base coming from the concrete that is in the ground. I needed some pipe for the mast so why not have the pipe for the base as well. I went to a plumbing supplier and looked for a pretty solid pipe, so the store employee directed me to 2" Schedule 40 pipe. They come in 21 foot lenghts. I wanted more height then that and also purchase some 1 1/2" Schedule 40 pipe 21 foot to fit in the 2" part. So I bought another 2" schedule 40 pipe 21 foot long for the base. So total material so far is: 2 pcs 21'x2" schedule 40 pipe 1 pcs 21'x1 1/2" schedule 40 This article is under construction and will start putting some pics in here soon to show what I am blabing about haha Take care

Okay, here is the base that is starting to take place. I took one lenght of pipe that was 21' long and cut it to make 2 pcs of 10' long. 5' is going into the concrete and 5' is the top.

The little piece of pipe in the middle is just a spacer with some additional 3/16" flat bar for spacing. The flat bar that are welded on the top is 3/16"x10" and holds the the base peices together and will show its purpose in another photo.