Home mounting of WiFi antenna - advice sought for a too-short antenna mast

I picked up a Rocketdish RocketM2 radio for WiFi reception and tried to mount it on an old Dish-TV antenna arm.

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The problem is it's about six inches too short (see picture above).

I had planned on bolting this to the wood boards framing the edge of a tile roof (without going on the roof itself).

Advice sought: a) Would you just extend the mast with a pipe? b) Would you buy a new mast (from where)? c) Is there another trick I can't think of?

I'm hoping a clever idea will pop out of this.

Otherwise, I'll just buy a new antenna arm and make sure it's longer somehow!

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Posted 5 years ago by J.G. in Wireless Networking

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