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

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.

Simple mast, strong enough to hold large antennas, a little difficult to get lower bolts in but otherwise easy to install

There was no info as to the diameter of the mast. It is too big for the antenna I have so I can not use this mast. Please put this important info on similar products.