Why Wrought Iron in contrast to a Wood Entrance or Steel Mounted Entrance? That is merely a question of your individual preference, as well as the appearance you want to accomplish. Among the feasible benefits of Wrought Iron entrances is they don't obstruct your sight out beyond them, or block sunlight coming in. In reality, it's not a question which is a lot better, , merely which alternative you will find much more pleasing.
HF Antenna
I live in an HOA (Home Owners Association) neighborhood in Gilbert, Arizona. What that means is “No Antennas”. What that means to me is “No Antennas that are permanent and can be easily seen”. I choose to live in this neighborhood so I don’t blame the HOA for restricting my antenna choices. I also wouldn’t put up an antenna that would be an ‘eye-sore’ to my neighbors.
My Antenna is a 31′ tall, vertical fiberglass pole with a 16g wire down the middle. It is telescopic from 4′ to 31′. You twist lock each 4 foot section together as you extend the sections. It goes up or down in about 1 minute. To date is has been an excellent antenna and very low cost. I have worked a lot of DX for such a simple install.
At the base of the antenna is a 4:1 homebrew UNUN and an extensive ground radial network. I have twenty five, 31′ copper wires that fan out from the mounting point. There is also an 8′ copper ground rod, driven straight down, to provide the central ‘tie’ point and an earth ground. You can see in the 1st picture above a rod iron fence at the north end of the yard. Some of the radials meet up with the 81′ fence and I have terminated them to it. It really made a difference and provides a nice extended ground-plane.
Why Wrought Iron as opposed to a Wood Gate or Steel Mounted Entrance? One of the feasible advantages of Wrought Iron gates is they do not block your perspective out past them, or obstruct sunlight coming in. It is absolutely great for your brand new Wrought Iron gate to operate and look gorgeous the day it's mounted, but if the materials used are not the finest, our recently added street charm could possibly be short lived.