[VHFcontesting] ROVER WITH 80 FOOT TOWER!

[Mike (KA5CVH) Urich]

On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 6:25 PM, K8TB <k8tb at bosscher.org> wrote:

>     I seriously would drop a letter every TV station with a news
> department for 150 miles around you. They run the daylights out of their
> ENG vans, and the vans get nothing for trade. Sometimes they will move
> the pneumatic mast to a new vehicle, many times they do not. Might be
> worth the look see.

Mike wrote

One of our local guys is in tight with most of the media and picked up
a used ENG van with ~48 Will-Burt pneumatic tower pretty reasonable.
Like you said the van is pretty worn out and the seals on the mast
leak but nothing he can't put up with.

I priced a brand new Will-Burt 60' @ ~$11,000 a couple of years ago.
I also recently stumbled across these folks but I haven't gotten any
prices.  http://floatograph.com/telescoping-masts/index.php

Also check out N1UZ's tower.  You can google him and get the article.
I just stole his pictures and now have a tower just like it ready to
be restored and put on a trailer this fall.
http://ka5cvh.com/p/radio_pics_all/radio_n1uz_trailer_tower/


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