- 1. [TowerTalk] Portable Tower Fabrication? (score: 1)
- Author: n4dd@preferred.com (n4dd@preferred.com)
- Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 02:32 +0000
- Has anyone on the list fabricated a field day special or maybe just a portable 30 foot tower from Rohn 25g. I have toyed with the idea of fabricating a steal base plate that a truck could roll upon t
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-12/msg00367.html (8,470 bytes)
- 2. [TowerTalk] Portable Tower Fabrication? (score: 1)
- Author: kc5ajx@hotmail.com (Rick Bullon)
- Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 08:00:38 +0000
- Dennis Your not dreaming it has been done before. The local club uses a standard fold over base plate and assembles 3 sections of tower and a 3 element tribander. It takes several people to put the t
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-12/msg00368.html (9,836 bytes)
- 3. [TowerTalk] Portable Tower Fabrication? (score: 1)
- Author: rhodes@evertek.net (Jim Rhodes)
- Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 02:35:22 -0600
- We used to use an old semi trailer for field day and had an arrangement that would pivot the 3 sections of 25 from the side of the trailer at the back and crank them up with a winch. We would mount t
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-12/msg00369.html (9,962 bytes)
- 4. [TowerTalk] Portable Tower Fabrication? (score: 1)
- Author: n9rla@yahoo.com (Dan Evans)
- Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 04:56:55 -0500
- remember I haven't personally done anything quite as big as was suggested, but I did build and use a drive on base plate for awhile. I used it to support about 20' of mast rotor, and vhf antennas in
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-12/msg00370.html (9,159 bytes)
- 5. [TowerTalk] Portable Tower Fabrication? (score: 1)
- Author: n4kg@juno.com (n4kg@juno.com)
- Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 08:26:50 -0600
- Tent stakes? You mean those 10 inch angular pieces of thin metal or plastic? I hope NOT ! Our local club installs 4 or 5 50 ft R25 towers every year for field day. We use mobile home screw anchors 4
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-12/msg00371.html (9,585 bytes)
- 6. [TowerTalk] Portable Tower Fabrication? (score: 1)
- Author: kc5ajx@hotmail.com (Rick Bullon)
- Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 15:59:41 +0000
- To: <towertalk@contesting.com> Yes that is what we used the little 10" metal tent stakes. I few times we used some pieces of rebar. The field day site is very open few trees and nothing else. The to
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-12/msg00373.html (9,054 bytes)
- 7. [TowerTalk] Portable Tower Fabrication? (score: 1)
- Author: n4kg@juno.com (n4kg@juno.com)
- Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 11:19:23 -0600
- Have you given any thought to SAFETY? What if a gust of wind comes up and the tower blows over on top of someone walking by? I strongly suggest you consider stouter anchors for your FD tower. I know
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-12/msg00374.html (9,906 bytes)
- 8. [TowerTalk] Portable Tower Fabrication? (score: 1)
- Author: ve7hcb@rac.ca (Chris BONDE)
- Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 14:07:23 -0800
- Yes, I agree. When I hear of some clubs that take all winter to set up for field day I start wondering. But when our club goes out for filed day we enjoy the company and make sure we make a dozen or
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-12/msg00376.html (9,102 bytes)
- 9. [TowerTalk] Portable Tower Fabrication? (score: 1)
- Author: baycock@HIWAAY.NET (Bill Aycock)
- Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 17:00:51 -0600
- To: <towertalk@contesting.com> be ready *. The local club ( mentioned also by N4KG) has the proper stuff ready to go, and has practiced the process of set-up many times. They can do it fast, and- saf
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-12/msg00377.html (10,281 bytes)
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