[TowerTalk] Temp tower idea

[Marlon K. Schafer (509-982-2181)]

I thought about that.  But they may want to use the truck for pictures.  And 
it would take up a fairly valuable vendor parking location.

And, selfishly, it's a dirty dusty mess out there.  I don't really want to 
have to clean up the truck afterwards!  It's bad enough to trash my 
motorhome and service rigs.  Washing the truck off all of the dirt down in 
the thick of it would really suck.

Push comes to shove and I may end up going that route.  If so, does anyone 
have any suggestions for mounting antennas and such to a fiberglass bucket 
without drilling any holes?

marlon

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <jpk5lad at cox.net>
To: "Marlon K. Schafer 5509-982-2181"" <ooe at odessaoffice.com>
Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 11:01 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Temp tower idea


> Hi Marlon --
> Why not place the wifi antenna on the
> available bucket truck.  Quick -- available -- 
> easy.  Voila!
>
> 73,
> Jim - K5LAD
>
>
>
> On 12 Mar 2012 at 10:36, Marlon K. Schafer
> (509-982-2181) wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I've been asked to put in a wifi system for a local event that's
>> wayyyy out of town.
>>
>> We've had wifi available to people for a long time, but the vendors
>> out there are asking for a high reliability version for credit card
>> processing at the site.
>>
>> Winds often hit 30 to 50 mph out there.  Not daily but often enough
>> that I'm worried about the tower's ability to stand up in the middle
>> of a bunch of trailers and tents.
>>
>> Resources I already have on hand are:
>> 50ish foot old TV antenna crank up unit (with no base, but I could
>> build something).  I'm worried about it needing to be guy'd. 6 10'
>> sections of what I think is Rohn 45.
>>
>> What I was thinking of trying is to build a plate (how thick and how
>> big?) that I could place under the tires of a rig.  Then where the
>> plate would stick out from the tires I'd have pins that the rohn can
>> attach to.  I figure 20' up would be plenty for this.
>>
>> I've got a 65' bucket truck so standing the tower sections up would be
>> pretty easy for me.
>>
>> I'm a bit worried that even with a trailer or truck sitting on the
>> base it could blow over if it's not big enough.  But make it too big
>> and I won't be able to move it :-).
>>
>> Thoughts and ideas?
>>
>> thanks,
>> marlon
>>
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