- 1. [TowerTalk] Portable tower info (score: 1)
- Author: "Bryan" <w5kft@nts-online.net>
- Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 21:30:42 -0500
- Our local amateur club is working on putting together a portable emergency communications package that can be used in case of local emergency. Everything has gone together very well except we are hav
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- 2. Re: [TowerTalk] Portable tower info (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Lux" <jimlux@earthlink.net>
- Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 21:08:09 -0700
- what about a couple 20 foot lengths of some inexpensive lightweight tower? Bolt it together and "iwo jima" it up. Use ropes to guy it out. Presumably you're not doing some sort of contesting where yo
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2004-07/msg00794.html (9,727 bytes)
- 3. Re: [TowerTalk] Portable tower info (score: 1)
- Author: Peter Larsen <ve6yc@shaw.ca>
- Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 22:28:32 -0700
- How about a small crank up tower on a boat trailer? This is what CARA (the local club) uses. Here is a link to see a few pictures of it in action: http://www.cara.ampr.org/newpage1.htm This is comple
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2004-07/msg00796.html (8,159 bytes)
- 4. Re: [TowerTalk] Portable tower info (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Lux" <jimlux@earthlink.net>
- Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 21:55:24 -0700
- Some more suggestions... Talk to local lighting and riggers for touring stage shows. They use a lot of lightweight aluminum truss and all sorts of nifty clamps/bolts/fixtures that might be useful. 8"
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2004-07/msg00797.html (10,138 bytes)
- 5. Re: [TowerTalk] Portable tower info (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Rhodes <k0xu@iowadsl.net>
- Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 23:47:53 -0500
- Our club managed to get a grant to purchase a US Tower light weight crankup and built our own trailer based on a 2 axle boat trailer. There is an onboard 3KW generator, hydraulics to lift the tower t
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2004-07/msg00798.html (10,042 bytes)
- 6. Re: [TowerTalk] Portable tower info (score: 1)
- Author: "Nat Heatwole" <nat@ajheatwole.com>
- Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 01:50:54 -0400
- I would suggest the GRC AB-577 "Rocket Launcher" crank-up mast. It goes up to 50ft, can be erected by one person, and will hold VHF/UHF antennas as well as smaller HF monobanders and tribanders. A C3
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2004-07/msg00799.html (7,672 bytes)
- 7. Re: [TowerTalk] Portable tower info (score: 1)
- Author: "J.Hector Garcia M" <Hector@telecom1.net>
- Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 02:13:18 -0700
- Bryan: after read you post here, i have some experiences to share, in the time i was working in the 2way radio bussines i help several off road racing teams to have a portable control station that pr
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2004-07/msg00800.html (12,999 bytes)
- 8. Re: [TowerTalk] Portable tower info (score: 1)
- Author: "Bill Marx" <bmarx@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 07:15:14 -0400
- Cubex Quads makes a portable mast support. You drive the vehicle over it with a tire and it supports a base for masts.. Neat item. www.cubex.com I didn't see it pictured on the site but you can ask N
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2004-07/msg00801.html (9,355 bytes)
- 9. Re: [TowerTalk] Portable tower info (score: 1)
- Author: Fred Roberts <w6tkv@arrl.net>
- Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 13:35:25 -0700
- Bryan Our club has put up a lot of Field Day antennas over the years, and they always seem to require several people to raise them. What I used on my RV might work well for you. It was a 22' length o
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2004-07/msg00847.html (11,142 bytes)
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