Bob, For a portable mast I would suggest going to your local RV center and asking about one of their portable flag poles. It has a small base approx. 12 x 14 inches (place it on the ground and drive your tire onto it), and a telescoping mast that locks into place with "push-pins". We used one at the pentagon for the 911 mess, and it worked out quite well. Not terribly expensive, about 20 ft tall extended, about 6 foot collapsed. Fairly rugged, and the base plate detaches for storage.
73's Mike Perryman www.k5jmp.us -----Original Message----- From: rtoplus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 6:25 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: portable/mobile GMRS repeater antenna --- In [email protected], Joe Montierth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Something you might look at would be one of the > lightweight fiberglass base station antennas made by > Antennex, Maxrad, etc. These only weigh about 4 or 5 > pounds, you could also get several 6ft sections of > telescopic aluminum tubing to support it, much less > weight and size than the TV masting. For a short run > of cable like that, you could probably use good > quality RG-8X type cable for less weight and good > storability. > > Joe > Thanks Joe...Your comments and suggestions are kinda getting to the crux of the info and recommendations I'm looking for. I think you grasp the idea. Portability, storability, ease of deployment and dis-mantling/moved/re-deployed, simplicity of setup (could be very dark/rainy/snowy/windy/etc. with the best possible coverage is the idea. I currently have one of the comtelco fiberglas base antennas....don't remember the model or specs but it's about 4' tall and couldn't weigh more than about 3 or 4 pounds tops. I'm not familiar with the aluminum telescopic stuff you're referring to....any idea where this could be gotten and could it be stowed on my luggage rack ok? Course, cost is a factor. I'm just trying to do as much as I can for emergency services/Red Cross/ARES/CERT/you name it in my area. Bob, GMRS WPVV845, Amateur KG4WAD, LMRS WPXC892 Yahoo! Groups Links Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
