...Greetings from Northern California. I have a rather oddball tower just out of deep storage that I would like to refurbish and install this summer. It has a stamped plate on its base reading "Thoma
Those things can only be used with the old Moonraker antennas. You mount the antenna on the tower, apply suitable air pressure, and the tower shoots the antenna up into the lower stratosphere. ...Gre
Are you pulling our leg(s), Ed? A GUYED compressed air tower? We (Mt. Diablo ARC) had a compressed air tower on our emergency com trailer for a few years, but it was definitely a portable operation,
More seriously, those things are pretty cool. There are several manufacturers of them. They use them for news vans as well. Do you have any information on the air pressure and volume required (some a
I had two of these things for some years. They work pretty much as Jim says... but there are some major disadvantages for long-term use at a home station. The main problem is that they rely on a very
I have three of the ex UK military Clark 'Scam' 40' pneumatically operated towers. Whilst I agree with the caveats from Ian, GM3SEK, I have actually found them pretty good for fixed operation even he
The systems I've seen keep a small positive pressure inside at all times; just a fraction of a psi is enough to keep the water out and the seals loaded. But, as Ian says, you need to have some source
Maybe I was being too discouraging, but take my experience as a warning: don't let them run wet inside! If you're thinking of extended home station use, either set yourself up with a permanent gas su
Perhaps I should distinguish between bolting to a trailer in a depot with soldiers to take care of it on a monthly basis, and bolting to a trailer and leaving it in a dirt lot until the 3rd weekend