That's what I started out with for an idea. That's a really cool setup!
But I can't use guy wires and have to feed that location with a directional
antenna so very much sway in the tower won't work for this application....
Thanks for the link though! I might have to buy one of those for other temp
projects.
marlon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Penninger Radio" <charles@penningerradio.com>
To: "Marlon K. Schafer (509-982-2181)" <ooe@odessaoffice.com>;
<towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 8:52 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Temp tower idea
> Have you considered the Penninger Radio TT-24 drive on tire mount tippable
> mast? ( http://www.penningerradio.com/detail.asp?id=230&cc= )
>
> 73
>
> Charles Penninger
> 630 336 7641 pho
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> www.PenningerRadio.com
> ^
> ^
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Marlon K. Schafer (509-982-2181)" <ooe@odessaoffice.com>
> To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 10:33 AM
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Temp tower idea
>
>
>> Here's the plan as of today....
>>
>> 5.8 to the motorhome, 2.4 to attendees. (been doing that part for years
>> and
>> it works well)
>> 5.8 to the vendor area. Separate wifi for the vendors.
>>
>> For the tower I'm going to build a base with 4x4 thin walled tubing.
>>
>> * *
>> * *
>> *************
>> * * *
>> * * *
>> *************
>> * *
>> * *
>>
>> That'll be 3'x4'.
>>
>> The Rohn tower sections are 18" on a side so the two rails will be at the
>> right distance for the tower sections to fit near the end. It'll be
>> setup
>> with pins that go all the way through the 4x4 tubing. The tower sections
>> will just drop onto the pins and be pinned or bolted into place at that
>> time.
>>
>> A truck or trailer will drive up onto the left side of the assembly to
>> hold
>> it all down.
>>
>> This should weigh in at a shade over 100 lbs and will take very heavy
>> side
>> loads.
>>
>> I got the idea from looking at how some farm machinery was braced
>> together.
>>
>> laters,
>> marlon
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jim Lux" <jimlux@earthlink.net>
>> To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 8:23 PM
>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Temp tower idea
>>
>>
>>> On 3/13/12 12:23 PM, Kipton Moravec wrote:
>>>> Having experience with HSMM-MESH my recommendation would be to have
>>>> something that is over peoples heads and then relay it from the edge of
>>>> the area where there are fewer people and where you can put your taller
>>>> tower.
>>>>
>>>> The biggest issue we have found in the past couple of years is that
>>>> everything works until people show up. Nowadays everyone has a phone
>>>> with WiFi that is trying to find a signal and it raises the noise
>>>> floor.
>>>> And what worked when testing, does not work when the public shows up.
>>>>
>>>> The best fix is to use directional antennas at horizontal polarity, and
>>>> get the long distance hop away from the 6000 people.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> What about 5.8 GHz band?
>>>
>>>
>>> But more towards the tower thing..
>>> One of those 40 ft poles from the Spiderbeam folks could easily hold
>>> something up at 30+ ft without too much trouble. You'd need to figure
>>> out some sort of base to hold it upright (i'd look at a tripod of short
>>> painter poles or 2x4s or something like that.)
>>>
>>> At 40 ft, the tippy top is pretty thin and flexible.
>>>
>>> They also have taller poles that are bigger.
>>>
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