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Originally Posted by N3LYT
If your parked any thing goes the 14X14 vent openings are strong enough to hold an AC unit so it should not be a problem to box in some thing to support your antenna lot more wind loading on an AC unit plus it's 100# weight.
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The roof is aluminum over what would be called SIP panels.
They're like a layered wafer cookie....But with plywood and styrofoam.
There are steel beams and I think the AC is boxed in between two of them.
There's a cutaway diagram on the sales brochure showing the framing and showing how strong it's supposed to be.
As for wind load, I think if you did the math, you'd see that a 9' whip has a bit more wind load then an aerodynamic AC unit sticking up 12" off the roof.
I have some old mirror brackets. I was thinking about finding one of those beams and clamping the bracket right to it.
I'd have to seal a huge hole with rubber pipe flashing sore something.