• Put together a schematic of your proposed plan.
  • Talk to someone who knows what they are doing for a Sanity Check.
  • Identify antenna support structure location.
  • Contact local authorities & utility companies to confirm you are complying with local and federal laws. This makes sure you don’t accidentally dig into underground cables.
  • Laws, cost and application usually determines the height. Make sure you comply with your local laws. This is very important.
  • Hire an engineering company - I will strongly suggest you do this if you have no experience with construction and electrical work. We are all about DIY but I wanted to sleep peacefully on future stormy nights. And I met some very knowledgeable people who helped me setup my station safely.

    Also talk to your local club members. If you are hiring, hire from recommendations from them.

  • Get the structure. Sometimes you can get a tilt mount with it or build one yourself (with help from engineers).
  • Excavate the base - Around 4ft or more depending on the support structure manufacture’s instructions.
  • Hire a concrete truck or mix it yourself. Make a frame from rebar and install the base sections. Pour concrete in.
  • Let it settle for a few days and then start installing rest of the sections.
  • Now install grounding rods and bond them to your structure’s legs using heavy gauge copper wire using grounding clamps.
  • Install lighting arrestor and surge arrestors at the base and terminate your coax from antenna there.