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Re: [TowerTalk] Temp tower idea

To: "Marlon K. Schafer \(509-982-2181\)" <ooe@odessaoffice.com>, <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Temp tower idea
From: "Penninger Radio" <charles@penningerradio.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:52:47 -0500
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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
630 232 3545 fax
www.PenningerRadio.com
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----- 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.
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> 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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