If this conversation were not so much fun... Several years back I contrived this system to support rapid site surveys. Check out the photos here.
http://picasaweb.google.com/realbert/MobileMast?authkey=xCpDJSQ-Snk We used a flag pole from the "Uncommon Flagpole" company and it worked great. At the time they did not have a hitch mount so we welded our own. Uncommon later went on to copy, albeit simplify the design. http://www.uncommonflagpoles.com/tfp20s.html http://www.uncommonflagpoles.com/moha.html I still like the Will Burt for it's stability but this might provide a few ideas, outside of the cranes that clearly need aircraft clearance lighting and supplemental oxygen that some have suggested in this thread. Enjoy! Eric Albert Application Engineer Alvarion, Inc. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Hammett Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 4:34 PM To: WISPA List Subject: [WISPA] Temporary Telescoping Mast I'm looking at getting a telescoping mast to check for signals. It sure would be nice to know just how high I have to go to get good signal vs. knowing that 7' - 8' (where is as tall as I can hold the antenna) isn't enough. If I'm next to a house, no big deal... someone stands at the base (I think I saw a steak mount) while someone else stands on the roof to steady. How would I steady it in the middle of nowhere... i.e.: checking to see how I could steady it when I'm checking signal in some experiments\long term production use. I do have access to flatbed trailers I could guy to the pockets... not for transport, though, just stationary testing. ---------- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ ************************************************************************ ************ This footnote confirms that this email message has been scanned by PineApp Mail-SeCure for the presence of malicious code, vandals & computer viruses(190). ************************************************************************ ************ ************************************************************************ ************ This footnote confirms that this email message has been scanned by PineApp Mail-SeCure for the presence of malicious code, vandals & computer viruses(43). ************************************************************************ ************ ************************************************************************************ This footnote confirms that this email message has been scanned by PineApp Mail-SeCure for the presence of malicious code, vandals & computer viruses(84). ************************************************************************************ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
