[Towertalk] Equipment enclosures

[Bill Steffey NY9H]

I was very fortunate and was the recipient of a used & discarded Aluminum 
Traffic Control Box.  They call it an IDOT Box, Il. Dept of 
Transportation)  (This one was filled with lighting controls & relays for 
for street lights.) It is great, even has a locking handle. It is the same 
box at every intersection with traffic lights. I mounted it next to the 
tower on it's own 2 ft above ground concrete pedestal. I keep a 2 meter 
power amp; and the controls I built for remote control of the tower's 
motor.  Check with your friends at electrical contractors & your town's 
public woks dept. When contractors remodeled a local area, they of course 
used new equipment cabinets, with different internal configurations.
Good Luck, if you want a pix ... email me
bill


At 08:03 AM 4/10/02, Dick Pechie - KB1H wrote:
>Locally quite a few people have picked up surplus government communications
>trailers. They use them for enclosures at the base of towers, Field Day 
>trailers,
>or just portable units. Not sure where to look for these but a search on 
>the net
>will produce a source I suspect.
>
>73