Antennas Direct ClearStream Universal Mast, 40-In. with Mounting Hardware

I needed to mount it on the side and couldn’t get it to point straight up.. I had to place 1/2 inch spacers under the bottom two bolt holes.. The build is what I expected but the slide adjust wasn’t far enough for my application..

The mast itself and the base are good quality and sturdy, but the problem was the hardware - it didn't fit properly and made it about impossible to assemble, especially when you're trying to accomplish this while on the roof of your home.

antenna works well even tho i'm in a valley got broadcast channels so i can watch football all i wanted

I bought this antenna mast as part of a package. As simple as this mast is. This is poorly manufactured and next to impossible to assemble and utilize with the hardware provided. My advice is purchase a different mast or prepare to make several alterations for this mast to work. I rate this mast as a 0. The inner diameter of the mount is 2 ½” wide while the mast is 1 5/8” outer diameter. You are unable to utilize the bolts to fasten the mast to the mount. The mounting plate is not flat. The plate is curved side to side. The hex screw is not 2 ½” long, it is only 2 ¼” long The 2 “carriage screws” that are inserted on the inside of the mast to fasten to the outside of the mount are too short at only ½”. The lags “mounting screws are 2” and are too long and will stick out if fastening to a 2x? board. I ended up using 2, 3” long ¼’ bolts long enough to go from the outside of the mount through the mast and back into the other side of the mount. You could not tighten this enough that the mast would not drift downward from a straight vertical position. Once this was mounted I then put metal screws into the mount and through the mast to prevent the drift. Totally ludicrous. Another obstacle I ran into was when fastening the dipole to the antenna, the bolts were too long and I had to shim out the bolts with washers in order to tighten. Otherwise, the bolt would have stripped out going into the antenna and still would not have kept the dipole secure. Please look at the photos to more clearly observe the assembly problems and the mount quality.