Raising Tower for Field Day 2009

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  1. Druidemporor
    Druidemporor says:

    you used a portable tower!! (never new the had them)
    the feild day i went to we used 4 wire antennas (feedlines in the middles) that were strung up in trees! lol i had fun
    73

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  2. Druidemporor
    Druidemporor says:

    me and som fellows were using 2 meters the other night talking ( kinda like a net) and 1 of them said something about have a winter feild day what do you think!! and others
    ya might be cold but good practice for emergency, just bundle up with blankets lol
    73 KB1SAY

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  3. retrochad
    retrochad says:

    WOW that’s quite a tower! I was just out at an oilfield service company and they were demonstrating some new products…one was a 50 foot tower on a trailer like this but unguyed. It is for use at remote drilling locations to get internet access and uses a small antenna in the 5ghz band.

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  4. AllAmericanFiveRadio
    AllAmericanFiveRadio says:

    Yep it is, I happened to rider along when the now owner first looked at it. It still amazes me. He is going to use it as his main tower at his place and then once a year for field day.
    By any chance do you know what protocol their using on 5ghz band, GSM or CDMA or another one? I am using CDMA.

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  5. musicman0150
    musicman0150 says:

    Wow that is quite a tower, is that strictly for ham users or can that kind of setup work for AM/FM radio and low power VHF/UHF analog television? How much would a tower, antenna and rotor setup like that run in general? I can just imagine how far a signal can travel with one of those.

    Gary

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  6. AllAmericanFiveRadio
    AllAmericanFiveRadio says:

    Hey Gary,
    You could configure the tower for many different bands by what you stack on top of the tower. Commercial AM would be a problem because the AM tower is hot and this tower is supported by the ground. But for anything you can stack on top will work great! Thanks.

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  7. AllAmericanFiveRadio
    AllAmericanFiveRadio says:

    The Doc. is the guy that owns it. He got a very good deal on it. I’ll try and remember to get his call to you. It is an amazing thing to watch and use. They did real good this year.

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  8. Daniel Hileman
    Daniel Hileman says:

    I am getting ready to homebrew a portable tower (not near this fancy or tall, but very inexpensive) from an old boat trailer…gonna be about 40-50′ and will handle a 3-4 element tribander nicely, with a nice winch on it…all for about $500 …73, N9WX

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