[VHFcontesting] Telescopic Masts
Robin Midgett
KB4IDC at comcast.net
Thu Jan 27 15:52:48 EST 2005
Telescopic masts appear from time to time here:
http://www.govliquidation.com/index.html
1. Rohn Telescoping Masts (JT Croteau)
> 2. RE: Rohn Telescoping Masts (JT Croteau)
> 3. Re: Rohn Telescoping Masts (Mike (KA5CVH) Urich)
> 4. Tom Cook WA2BPE SK (Thomas Viselli)
> 5. 2005 ARRL Jan VHF - Claimed Scores 27Jan2005 (Dinkelman, Michael)
>
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>Message: 1
>Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 09:59:24 -0800
>From: "JT Croteau" <jt at w6cfo.net>
>Subject: [VHFcontesting] Rohn Telescoping Masts
>To: <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>
>Message-ID: <20050126175935.46E8D31920D at dayton.akorn.net>
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>Anyone using any of the Rohn telescoping masts in any of their rover setups?
>I'm curious to know what their collapsed lengths are as I am not finding it
>listed in any of the specifications that have come up via google.
>
>Thanks
>
>- JT
>
>
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>Message: 2
>Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 12:57:27 -0800
>From: "JT Croteau" <jt at w6cfo.net>
>Subject: RE: [VHFcontesting] Rohn Telescoping Masts
>To: <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>
>Message-ID: <20050126205743.08B6F318F98 at dayton.akorn.net>
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>John:
>
>I'm replying to the list in hopes that others will read my added babble to
>this reply.
>
>K9JK wrote:
>
> "Are you actually FINDING Rohn Telescoping masts??"
>
>Well, I've found a couple different sites which sell communications
>equipment that have them listed online. One of the sites is here:
>
>http://www.ecwest.com/shopping/PriceList.asp?sType=3
>
>3/4 of the way down the page. Whether they have them in stock or not is a
>different question.
>
>I haven't decided on what I am going to do just yet for my rover. I know
>what antennas I want up in the air and I know I want some type of
>telescoping mast with the rotor bolted to the bed of the pickup truck but my
>fabrication skills are severely limited and I don't have access to a lot of
>tools.
>
>I've been looking at a lot of pictures of various rovers over the past few
>weeks. All are excellent but, especially all that incorporate rotors in
>pickup beds, never seem to take closeup shots of the key areas of install.
>Most photos are taken from a good distance away from the vehicle for a great
>overall few of the whole rig.
>
>Here's a nice example of a very clean and simple install similar to what I
>am trying to achieve. Unfortuately, he is not using any type of telescoping
>methods to gain more altitude:
>
>http://www.ka5cvh.com/photos/albums/userpics/roverpix/rover_02.jpg
>
>And here's another nice pickup rover:
>
>http://www.ka5cvh.com/photos/albums/userpics/roverpix/rover_16.jpg
>
>Wimo in Germany has several different masts that would be ideal for roving,
>and they are priced within reason until you add on the freight costs from
>Germany. I am half tempted to go this route however and just swallow the
>heavy price tag.
>
>Here are the Wimo masts I am talking about:
>
>http://www.wimo.de/cgi-bin/verteiler.pl?url=mastalu_e.htm
>
>
>Thanks to all.
>
>- JT
>
>
>
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>Message: 3
>Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 18:43:38 -0600
>From: "Mike (KA5CVH) Urich" <ka5cvh at gmail.com>
>Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Rohn Telescoping Masts
>To: VHF Contesting <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>
>Message-ID: <15b2c6c7050126164357dadf59 at mail.gmail.com>
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> > K9JK wrote:
> >
> > "Are you actually FINDING Rohn Telescoping masts??"
>
>Mike wrote
>
>Texas Towers had some last summer.
>http://www.texastowers.com/
>
>--
>Mike Urich, KA5CVH
>http://ka5cvh.com
>
>Character is how you treat people who can offer you nothing in return
>
>
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>Message: 4
>Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 23:36:32 -0500
>From: "Thomas Viselli" <k2uop at raven-villages.net>
>Subject: [VHFcontesting] Tom Cook WA2BPE SK
>To: <VHFcontesting at contesting.com>
>Cc: Bob Cavallaro <bobcav at charter.net>
>Message-ID: <007601c50429$c9e7a960$a44a7642 at ravenvillages.net>
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>Like many of you on the VHF Reflector and the ham community I was shocked
>and saddened by the news that Tom, WA2BPE had passed on.
>Tom and I grew up just several blocks apart in Corning, N.Y.
>We met before either one of us became hams through our mutual interest in
>radio. He was two grades ahead of me in school so I was learning a lot
>from him concerning theory and building techniques. Somewhere along the
>way another close friend(Bob Cavallaro - K2UOR) and I got our ham liscense
>before Tom, so I convinced Tom to learn the code(he was already
>profficient in the theory) and get a ticket so he could get on the
>air. He had previously built a Heathkit AR-3 receiver so he set out to
>build a 6AG7 crystal controlled transmitter from a handbook design in
>anticipation of the arrival of his ticket. I tested it out on the air at
>his house and he was set to go when the WA2BPE call arrived. Tom had a
>well equipped workshop that took up half of the family basement. The
>other half was occupied by shelves and benches set up pemanently for
>wrapping Christmas presents. This was another hobby that Tom and his
>older brother Richard shared. Their Christmas wrapped packages were
> a work of art just like all of his ham projects.
>After Tom got his Technician Class liscense he got very serious in 6 Meter
>operation. A love that endured many years. He was the first person that
>I knew of that operated double sideband (DSB) on 6M using a transmitter of
>his own design.
>We both joined the Corning Amateur Radio Association and enjoyed operating
>from a prime mountain location where the club maintained a clubhouse with
>equipment and antennas.
>Whenever there was a good 6M band opening Tom would get me and we would
>drive to the club station to work some exciting DX that we could not work
>from our valley homes. We always dreamed of the day that we each could
>own and live on such a mountain top location. That dream came to pass for
>both of us. After Tom married Barbara he built a home on a mountain near
>Corning, and after I retired I settled on a mountain in West Virginia.
>After high school Tom went off to college at Alfred State Tech, but we
>would always get together on his visits home.
>He was like a big brother paving the way for me to follow. After we both
>got jobs we found out that we had another common interest in sport
>cars. I had bought a MGB and he upmanshipped me by buying a Corvette
>Stingray. On one trip to Corning he took me out for a ride and then
>turned the wheel over to me for a spin. I guess I never told him how
>proud I was that he trusted me behind the wheel of that rocket.
>My job with the CIA took me to a lot of overseas locations but Tom and I
>always stayed in touch though our favorite medium of ham radio. While I
>was in Liberia, West Africa, from 1978-1982 we did not have phones in our
>privte residences so Tom built a phone patch so I could talk with my
>mother and father in Corning. We had a regular twice a month
>schedule. During this period I left my Johnson 6N2 Thunderbolt amplifier
>with Tom to use on 6M. I was liscensed as EL2AV and got permission from
>the Liberian Telecommunications to operate 6 Meters. We had some good
>band openings to the states and Tom, using my amp, was one of my first
>stateside QSO's on that band. What a thrill that was for both of us. Tom
>later went on to achieve 6 Meter DXCC, an award he was very proud of. He
>was also very proud to be a member of the Rochester VHF club. He was
>always excited about winning trophies from the club for his VHF contest
>accomplishments. I know, like many of you, I will miss rec
> eiving that FN12 grid multiplier from Tom.
>I don't think he ever missed a Rochester Hamfest either. During our many,
>very long, telephone conversations he always had to tell me of the
>treasures he bought at each hamfest.
>As a ham and a dear friend Tom has given me many wonderful and cherished
>memories and he will be sorely missed. Rest in peace Tom DE K2UOP.
>
>
>
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>Message: 5
>Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 08:00:52 -0800
>From: "Dinkelman, Michael" <michael.w.dinkelman at medtronic.com>
>Subject: [VHFcontesting] 2005 ARRL Jan VHF - Claimed Scores 27Jan2005
>To: "3830vhfcontesting" <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>
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>2005 ARRL Jan VHF - Claimed Scores 27Jan2005
>
>Submit logs by: February 22, 2005
>E-mail logs to: JanuaryVHF at arrl.org
>Mail logs to:
> January VHF
> ARRL
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>3830 Score Web Page - http://www.hornucopia.com/3830score/
>http://lists.contesting.com/pipermail/3830/
>Submission info ( tnx WA7BNM) - http://www.hornucopia.com/contestcal/
>Contest Station Database - http://www.pvrc.org/
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>73 dink
>
>
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>W2FU 707 215 349,160 Rochester VF Group
>W3SO 769 172 32 174,064 PVRC
>KB1DFB(@KB1H) 491 69 40,434 CT RI Contest Group
>K1KC 70 23 1,817
>
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>K5ETX 74 26 2,210 CTDXCC
>KE5BAV 46 22 18 1,166
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>K1JT 674 128 33 135,808 Mt Airy VHF Radio Cl
>W6TE 271 77 45,353 NCCC
>
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>Rover LP
>W5LL/R 181 55 16 14,080
>WW1M/R 100 25 3,400 Grand Mesa
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>Single Op HP
>K1TEO 918 210 27 376,950
>W3SZ 340 69 69,759 Mt Airy VHF Society
>WZ1V 422 95 13 60,610 North East Weak Sign
>N3HBX 435 86 20 46,870 PVRC
>WB9Z 303 104 12 44,512 SMC
>W4WA 219 99 29,700 SECC
>W0ZQ 181 61 20,557 Northen Lights Radio
>K0HA 80 48 3,840
>W5SIX(K5AM) 19 7 1 182
>
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>Single Op LP
>K2DRH 465 181 32 133,216 SMC
>K1TR 413 90 13 71,820 YCCC
>K8MR 191 80 12 20,000 MRRC
>K9MU 174 58 12,876 CVVHF
>VA3KA 123 37 18 6,475 CCO
>W8RU 103 45 4.5 6,030 MRRC
>AB9H 130 36 5,256
>K2DBK 103 21 2,352 10-70 Repeater Assn
>W9RAY 76 17 2,295 Chippewa Valley VHF
>VE3WG 84 24 8? 2,232 CCO
>
>NT9E 89 20 2,220 SMC
>VE3CRU 65 24 18.5 1,560 CCO
>K1EP 102 12 1,356 YCCC
>N1RR 83 16 12 1,328 YCCC
>KO1H 60 16 5 992 CT RI Contest Group
>N0AX 61 15 6 900
>W1NN/8 38 19 6 817 MRRC
>K5NZ 39 18 3 738 CTDXCC
>KB3KAQ 63 11 693 PVRC
>W1ECT 37 15 8 570 YCCC
>
>WN6K 29 11 385 SCCC
>KI5DR 31 9 24 333 CTDXCC
>KR1ST 22 11 275
>NU4SC(K3IXD) 23 10 250
>VA3DF 13 8 208 CCO
>NS3T 30 6 3 186
>N5XU(WM5R) 6 4 28
>VA3OR(VE3RCN) 5 5 25 CCO
>KN4Y 7 3 15 21 FCG
>
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>
>Operators:
>K1JT K1JT,K3DMA,KC2DLA,N0YMV
>K1KC K1KC,WA4BLM
>K5ETX K5ETX,KC5YKX
>KB1DFB KB1DFB,KB1H,KE1LI,N1ROZ,W1MKM
>W2FU AF2K,K0SM,K2AXX,K2DH,NG2P,W2FU,WA2TMC
>W3SO AI3M,K4VV,W3BTX,W3SF,W3TEF,W3YOZ,WR3Z
>W5LL/R W5BL,W5LL
>W6TE K6AAB,W6ALE,W6TE
>
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Thanks,
Robin Midgett K4IDC
VHF+ Glutton
God Bless America, in God we trust.
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