[VHFcontesting] Dream Rover (was: Re: One Missing Rover)

[John D'Ausilio]

You also can't load those pneumatic masts too heavily either, and
water retention and freezing has been a problem for at least one rover
I'm aware of.

I adapted a 20 foot crank-up pole (army surplus lighting system) and
set it on top of a yeasu G800 rotor, and I can crank up my entire
H-frame /dish with 903-10G up in about a minute. Running height is
under 12 feet.

As far as Mike's rover layouts .. trailers can be bad depending on the
type of roads you travel. Small is better than large, better gas
mileage and gets into more places. I'm in a minivan ('88 Astro) and
I'm considering a move to a full-size van .. but I don't want my
height over 12ft and that's going to be tough with the additional
height of a standard van.

http://w1rt.us/c1.jpg

de w1rt/john

On 8/8/07, Mike (KA5CVH) Urich <mike at ka5cvh.com> wrote:
> On 8/8/07, Nate Duehr <nate at natetech.com> wrote:
>
> > A radio/TV truck with hydraulic mast and/or a cellular-on-wheels (COW)
>
> Mike wrote
>
> I looked at a couple of used ENG (Electronic News Gathering) vehicles
> with pneumatic (not hydraulic) towers but way outside of the range of
> my expendable dollars.