It depends on the mount for the dish. Some of them, I don't know if they'd 
handle it while others are strong enough to take it for sure. If you can 
take the dish off it, that's even better but really a duel bander isn't that 
much wind load so you can probably get away with it. I have my ground 
mounted HF vertical guyed to an unused satellite dish on my roof and it 
holds up alright. For coax, on 2 meters and 70 CM, run the best coax you can 
afford but what ever you run, don't run RG-58 or mini 8. You'll lose most of 
your power in it. My UHF/VHF is all 9913 or LMR400 and I'd love to be all 
LMR400 but it's solid center conductor wouldn't be good on my 2 meter beam 
turning it.

-----Original Message----- 
From: David Pearson
Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2015 5:50 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: antenna mounting question

Hello List:

I am currently situated in an apartment(one story), and was wondering about
the feasibility of mounting a vertical,  dual band antenna(Comet gp-3 model
for example) to a disused, non-rotatable sattelite tv dish which I'm told is
attached to the building's roof.  I believe that the antenna is close to 6
feet in length, and roof is 20-25 feet high.  Has anyone had some practical
knowledge of doing this, and would it be a worthwhile endeavor for a dual
band transceiver base station?

Not sure of length/type of coax run I would need to where I hope to locate
my "shack".  Any suggestions/advice welcome.

Best regards,



David S. Pearson-wa4dsp


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