Polish American Engineering

When we started gate guarding again in November, we had no cell service and decided to buy an external antenna. The antenna has to be mounted on a pole to get it up in the air. I bought two 10 foot lengths of emt electrical pipe and two u-bolt clamps to hold the two pieces together. now I have a pole 18 foot tall. Setting it on the trailer adds another foot and a half.

The step ladder is tied to the trailer on this side at three places and you can see a rope going to the ground on the other side. That is attatched to my very long screwdriver that was pounded into the ground.(I did not have anything else that would work) The antenna is tied to the trailer and to the ladder. There are also a couple of zip ties holding the antenna to the ladder.This worked good until the wind really got strong. Than the pipe started to bend and I had to make an emergency save.

I found a 12 inch long nail on the ground and pounded that in and attatched a rope to it and to the antenna where the pieces are bolted together. Than another rope tied to the hitch of the trailer back to the antenna. This stopped the swaying.
All is good now.
Sometimes it helps to be part Polish......LOL
love to all of ya
Jim and Linda