Hi an interdiction and advice (Introduction only)

Hi my name is Antony from South wales I have a crt ss6900n and a j2lt that I am hoping to set up soon i will adventulay get a proper antenna and swr very soon. I am after tips on what antenna to get. I will fixing it to a 21ft mast that I intend to put up in my garden when I work out how I am going to do it. I am not aloud to cement anything or fix anything to my house here is a picture of my back garden if anyone has ideas how I could put my mast up

Hello Antony .
At 21' I'm assuming the mast is a steel scaffold pole ???
If so it's a lot of weight and my thoughts would be to cement it into the ground quite a substantial few feet down.
If it's aluminium you'd get away with less but it depends what antenna you put up.
A cheap £40 17' silver rod.
Antron 99 or a 23' Sirio gainmaster for example.
By the way a T2LT is a proper aerial and you could buy a 7m fibreglass pole for £30 as seen here

https://youtu.be/nEDGUQR2-04?feature=shared

It is aluminium. Cementing it in the ground is a no go as nothing can be fixed in the ground and I plan to move so I would love to take it with me

If you have one of those metal parasol bases you could get a 5-6' pole and attach say an Antron 99 to it for now.
Weigh the base down or peg it .

And when you move, use the Antron on the 21' pole.

Cheers only problem have when moving I will be moving to a property that is owned by the same house association and the same rules apply

You might be best sticking with the 2tlt and getting a fibreglass pole then.
Or/and an inverted v antenna in the loft.

Hello and welcome, Anthony.

73s John.

Hello Anthony, welcome to the forum.

73's Gary.

C.T. Admin.

I’m using a Hawkins thunderbolt 5/8 wave (similar to a 2tlt) on a 12mtr fibreglass pole and it works fine,, sure it would be better higher but it seems to work well enough

Thanks I will keep the 2tlt as a backup and when I get to show kids how much fun it be on the cb