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<blockquote data-quote="Terryl" data-source="post: 757101" data-attributes="member: 369937">A very nice setup and some excellent cabling work.Two constructive comments,One, I would cover the tops of those switch boxes to keep the rain out, (or water when the snow melts off them) unless you totally sealed the top coax entrances it may still leak and could fill with water. (you are putting a cover on the front of them right?) (Water has a way of finding it's way into anything) Or a small weep hole on the bottom would let any water that did get in out.Second, using a tree is good for the environment, none of those nasty steel poles affecting the weather by causing the next ice age, but sometimes can be a headache for mounting a heavy dish (or dishes) to it, that one looks dead, (I hope) the problems I have run into with people using trees as antenna masts is that over time the mounts loosen up or the tree twists or bows as it dries up in the summer and in the winter when it gets wet, you could loose lock on some of the weaker birds, then as they rot away your stuck looking for a new location.And again a very nice job, I would like to see your switch schematic.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Terryl, post: 757101, member: 369937"] A very nice setup and some excellent cabling work. Two constructive comments, One, I would cover the tops of those switch boxes to keep the rain out, (or water when the snow melts off them) unless you totally sealed the top coax entrances it may still leak and could fill with water. (you are putting a cover on the front of them right?) (Water has a way of finding it's way into anything) Or a small weep hole on the bottom would let any water that did get in out. Second, using a tree is good for the environment, none of those nasty steel poles affecting the weather by causing the next ice age, but sometimes can be a headache for mounting a heavy dish (or dishes) to it, that one looks dead, (I hope) the problems I have run into with people using trees as antenna masts is that over time the mounts loosen up or the tree twists or bows as it dries up in the summer and in the winter when it gets wet, you could loose lock on some of the weaker birds, then as they rot away your stuck looking for a new location. And again a very nice job, I would like to see your switch schematic. [/QUOTE]

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