How to Build a Stable and Flexible Tower Side Mount Fixture

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There are a handful of options out there for tower side mounts. Some can get quite expensive and can be lower quality than just building your own fixture with your own hardware, like I did. This is quite simple and consists of hose clamps, 2" long bolts, 1.25" PVC pipe and PVC fittings.

The fixture I built and put in place, as pictured, hosts 3 YAGI antennas. It's actually a substantial amount of weight and saves me from having to climb to the top of the tower. Although I could climb the tower and have there's simply not enough space at the top for additional antennas.

The intention with the YAGIS was to get better signal from an AT&T cellular tower that is 5 miles away. While that worked just fine we since got fiber optic internet which made the need for cellular data irrelevant. However, with the yagi's still in place, they could be used for achieving long distance WiFi outdoors since they cover 600 MHZ up to 3 GHZ.

Materials to Build

I happened to have PVC tubing laying around that I could utilize for a tower project. You essentially form 3/4's of a square with your PVC pipe and fittings then the fixture can kiss right up to the tower.

With the notches drilled at the end points with a cut-off wheel you can slide the hose clamp through the pipe, around the tower angle then tighten up the clamps. In my case, I made multiple notches so I can use the best one when it comes time.

• 1-1/4" PVC pipe. The two main legs cut into 25" long pieces to give enough distance from the tower itself.
• 1-1/4" PVC Tee fittings x 2.
• At-least 2 two inch long bolts. I drilled holes into the PVC and used nuts/bolts to hold the pipes together. This was cheaper than using glue/primer and makes it so I can dissassemble the fixture at anytime without having to cut new pipes.
• 2 x Hose Clamps.