<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:14px"><div><span></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457103883069_3626" class="qtdSeparateBR">As a practical matter, we should probably looking at directional antennas for the Five Points area and links to local repeaters on Monte Sano. I'm just not seeing a HF yagi on a rotator working very well in our current location.<br><br></div><div style="display: block;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457103883069_3586" class="yahoo_quoted"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457103883069_3585" style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 14px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457103883069_3584" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457103883069_3599" dir="ltr"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457103883069_3598" face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Erik Arendall <earendall@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Public discussion about Makers Local and related activities <general@lists.makerslocal.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, March 4, 2016 8:57 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [ML-General] pole wanted<br> </font> </div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457103883069_3583" class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv5054182253"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457103883069_3582"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457103883069_3581" dir="ltr"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457103883069_3580">Here are some home brew ideas for a crank up tower. <br clear="none"><br clear="none"><a id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457103883069_3759" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://telescopingantenna.blogspot.com/">http://telescopingantenna.blogspot.com/</a><br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://sites.google.com/site/g1hznhamradio/homebrew-radio-mast">https://sites.google.com/site/g1hznhamradio/homebrew-radio-mast</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div>you could also automate it, in case you needed to lower it remote due to high winds. <br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv5054182253gmail_extra"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv5054182253yqt1056124653" id="yiv5054182253yqtfd72904"><div class="yiv5054182253gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 8:49 AM, Jeff Cotten <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:omegix@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:omegix@gmail.com">omegix@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="yiv5054182253gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><br clear="none"></div>Overall goal is to stand up a structure that we can mount radio equipment to, that will get us better Line-of-Sight in the 5 points area. <br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div>I think you're right about the Tower, it's too tall for us to be able to tilt it and not hit a powerline, so servicing it would be difficult. Even with obstacles out of the way, a tower tilt is expensive compared to a mast tilt.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div>It sounds like we may have to make a telescoping mast instead of a tilting mast. <br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv5054182253gmail_extra"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv5054182253gmail_quote"><span class="yiv5054182253">On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 4:13 PM, Phillip Showers <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:phillip.showers@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:phillip.showers@gmail.com">phillip.showers@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"></span><div><div class="yiv5054182253h5"><blockquote class="yiv5054182253gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div dir="ltr">Jeff, We have a 40' mast already and decided not to install it at the shop because of interference from the overpasses and proximity to the giant metal building. Am I misremembering? Would a 30' pole be better than the 40' tower that we have, but haven't used? I'm just trying to understand what you're planning.<div>Phil</div></div><div class="yiv5054182253gmail_extra"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv5054182253gmail_quote"><div><div>On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 3:34 PM, Jeff Cotten <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:omegix@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:omegix@gmail.com">omegix@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"></div></div><blockquote class="yiv5054182253gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><br clear="none"></div>If anyone has access to a 30' or larger pole they would be willing to part with, we're exploring the option of erecting a mast at the makeshop to hang antennas on, for both Ham and consumer grade equipment.<br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://www.google.com/search?site=&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1920&bih=969&q=concrete+mast&oq=concrete+mast&gs_l=img.3..0l10.193.1709.0.1819.13.9.0.2.2.0.203.849.0j4j1.5.0....0...1ac.1.64.img..6.7.859.TbvNY_3bNmk#safe=strict&tbm=isch&q=concrete+ham+mast&imgrc=_">https://www.google.com/search?site=&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1920&bih=969&q=concrete+mast&oq=concrete+mast&gs_l=img.3..0l10.193.1709.0.1819.13.9.0.2.2.0.203.849.0j4j1.5.0....0...1ac.1.64.img..6.7.859.TbvNY_3bNmk#safe=strict&tbm=isch&q=concrete+ham+mast&imgrc=_</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><div>A roof mounted antenna is being explored as well, though it's harder to service. <br clear="none"><br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2053587.m570.l1313.TR1.TRC0.A0.H0.Xnon+penetrating+roof+mount.TRS0&_nkw=non+penetrating+roof+mount&_sacat=0">http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2053587.m570.l1313.TR1.TRC0.A0.H0.Xnon+penetrating+roof+mount.TRS0&_nkw=non+penetrating+roof+mount&_sacat=0</a><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><br clear="none"></div>
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