Extending and Fitting a TV Mast

Bailey94 has a Status 315 "saucer" aerial fitted to the roof, which has been re-sealed, it's okay in good signal areas. But elsewhere a more directional aerial is required. Having bought a Status 430 directional aerial, a multi-mast fixing kit and an extension pole, it was just a matter of installing it.

Fitting an extension to the mast to give more height I thought would be a simple matter.

In high signal areas the "saucer" is fine, but in weaker signal areas a more directional aerial is required.	The multi-mast can fit on the side of the caravan using the awning rail and the window rail. Here are the instructions.	The directional aerial, this model has the added radio aerial.
The aerial is normally attached to the top of the pole, a self tapping screw through the hole provided.	But I am going to attach the extension pole to the aerial and the hole at the top is too large and in the wrong place for attaching to the multi-mas	The solution is to drill a new pilot hole. Take out the self tapping screw and put in the extension pole.
Then drill a new pilot hole.	For the self tapping screw. Now the aerial with extension has to be made to fit on top of the multi-mast.	The problem is there will have to a new hole in the multi-mast, so that the extesion pole will fit. Here the position of the hole has been marked and spring clip removed.
After centre punching the position, a small hole is drilled in the pole.	The size of hole to drill in the multi-mast is found by finding the size from the extension.	After drilling the multi-mast, the spring clip is reinserted into the extension pole.
Putting the two poles together, press the clip down while sliding...	...until it clicks into place. The two poles are now secured.	In use.
The aerial cable is pushed into a socket which is on the caravan side.

I expected the poles would just "fit". Never expected to have to modify them.

It's a good job I'm handy!

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