[TowerTalk] Temp tower idea

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Marlon, here are a couple of curve balls --- #1 Unless the event is a felons convention, don't do real time processing, batch the transactions and process them later.  I have operated businesses that ran hundreds of thousands of $ in charges onto cards (check IDs) and the amount of $ lost in bad transactions cost less than the real-time solutions.  #2.If you have cell/data coverage in the area use a cell/data based charge system.

Just other options,  John NA6L


-----Original Message-----
From: Marlon K. Schafer (509-982-2181) <ooe at odessaoffice.com>
To: towertalk <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Mon, Mar 12, 2012 10:36 am
Subject: [TowerTalk] Temp tower idea


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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