I would appreciate the plans on any portable tower made out of tubing either
PVC or pump PIPE.
Thank you
73
Kenny
KG5KS
----- Original Message ----
From: Roger (K8RI) <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
To: Tearlach Sinclair <dragonsong@sbcglobal.net>
Cc: towertalk@contesting.com
Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2008 11:13:29 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] guying temporary towers
Tearlach Sinclair wrote:
> IMHO, field day is about emergency communications so any set-up that requires
> a crane to set up two towers, no matter how they are guyed, is missing the
> point
> of emergency communications.
Agreed although some clubs do have elaborate emergency communications
setups on trailers. Our club doesn't use any thing that can't be put up
by hand and we try to keep the antennas simple. Those that are easy to tune.
the largest we ever put up was a light duty 40' tower with a small, 3L
tribander that 4 men could push up. Normally we stick with 30' as an
arbitrary limit for poles and towers. This year our club president
built a "crank up" mast out of PVC. It looks like a miniature version
of the big crank up poles. Of course this one didn't rotate and all it
supported was the end of a wire.
> For field day, we set up two wire antennas in the trees
> and a Gap Challenger that was ground mounted. We got out several deep cycle
> batteries
> for the radios and later had a small generator that helped with the power
> needs. We were
> set-up and running in just an hour. We operated for the entire 24 hours and
> could have
> picked up and moved the entire show in that same hour should the "emergency"
> required. I do
> not understand how it is that tower raising and all that fits in with a
> simulated emergency
> situation.
> That's just my thoughts,for what it's worth.
>
> Tearlach de w8sco
>
>
73
Roger (K8RI - ARRL Life Member)
www.rogerhalstead.com
N833R (World's oldest Debonair)
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