It depends on how high you push it up. I *HAVE* had it all the way up with a 12" panel, low wind condition, one person on the ground and the other sitting on the gable end of a roof for testing. The top two sections get a little wispy (pun intended) for big panels, or to leave up. I regularly put it 20' - 26' and leave it with a panel attached.
They sell a drive-on mount with a socket for holding it. I just mounted mine through the trailer side with one of those nice alloy dish mounts so I can rotate it to about 45 degrees for transport. When I set it up, I rotate upright, put the end into a socket I made from one of those floor PVC toilet bowl flanges. Eyeball along a building or vertical surface in two planes and you get the whole thing somewhat vertical. Above the mount, on the side of the trailer, I put two stainless eye bolts. Once I get the mast vertical, I put a custom fitted piece of wood with an arc cut in the end to fit the pole, between the pole and trailer and lash it with a bungy cord. Gives it a third attachment point along the trailer side; ground, middle, near the top. It's raining pretty hard right now or I'd take a picture. I can set it up on Friday in about 20 minutes at the market. At 08:03 AM 8/26/2009, you wrote: >Would the wonder pole handle a wind load of an NS2/Canopy? What about a >massive Arc MT combo? > >How do you mount the base? Can this be made mobile/temporary? > >Josh Luthman >Office: 937-552-2340 >Direct: 937-552-2343 >1100 Wayne St >Suite 1337 >Troy, OH 45373 > >"When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however >improbable, must be the truth." >--- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle > > >On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 8:55 AM, ralph <ralphli...@bsrg.org> wrote: > > > Were you speaking of the pneumatic mast in my pics, or of the wonder pole? > > > > Mine is a Wil-burt or Wilburt and they cost a bunch- like $5,000.00 new. > > But since the DTV rollout is complete, there should be surplus ENG trucks > > around with these masts. > > The TV stations started keeping their old trucks to use for testing. I > > actually had one given to me complete with pole and generator. > > I could not go get it and the station decided to keep it for DTV testing. > > Call around to your local stations and ask about "surplus ENG trucks". > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > > Behalf Of Mike > > Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 5:40 AM > > To: WISPA General List > > Subject: Re: [WISPA] solar site > > > > I'd love to add that to my trailer. What is the make? > > > > > > > > At 11:36 PM 8/25/2009, you wrote: > > >That sounds like great public service and a way to get recognized too! > > > > > >If you want to see something that really gets attention, have a look at my > > >site survey/portable AP rig. > > >http://ralphfowler.com > > >I have been reluctant to put signs on it though, for obvious reasons. > > >(people already think I am toting a rocket launcher) LOL > > > Ralph > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > > >Behalf Of Mike > > >Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 10:57 PM > > >To: sarn...@info-ed.com; WISPA General List > > >Subject: Re: [WISPA] solar site > > > > > >This particular setup is mounted to a 4 x 6 x 4 Wells Cargo enclosed > > >trailer. I painted it bright white and added my logo and on one side > > >Solar Powered Wireless. I park it at events and provide free > > >WiFi. I park it downtown every Friday for Farmers Market and the > > >name recognition has been outstanding. > > > > > >I have a 40 foot Wonder Pole mounted to the side I swing into > > >position and hoist a Deliberant panel up. Inside the trailer I have > > >a Deliberant AP2i doing DHCP and giving out access. I don't push the > > >pole up farther than 15 or 20 feet for events, but will run it all > > >the way up for site surveys on occasion. > > > > > >Both radios pull less than an Amp total and the system supplies 2.5 > > >Amp in good sun. The 800 Amp hour battery will run it for 800 hours? > > > > > >Mike > > > > > >At 08:04 PM 8/25/2009, you wrote: > > > >Interesting. What radios are you powering this with? > > > > > > > >Scottie > > > > > > > >---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- > > > >From: Mike <m...@aweiowa.com> > > > >Reply-To: WISPA General List <wireless@wispa.org> > > > >Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:50:14 -0500 > > > > > > > > >I bought two of the Northern Tool $79.00 15 watt panels, their $49.00 > > > > >charge controller, a deep cycle marine battery from Walmart and built > > > > >my own. So far, the "fully charged" light comes on every day. The > > > > >battery should run my two radio repeater for more than a week. Might > > > > >not be the club way to do it, but it works. > > > > > > > > > >Mike > > > > > > > > > >At 11:09 PM 8/24/2009, you wrote: > > > > >>Hi All, > > > > >> > > > > >>Sorry for the cross post. Time is short on this project and I > > > > need a lot of > > > > >>help. > > > > >> > > > > >>I've never done a solar project. Never really even looked at them > > due > > >to > > > > >>the costs I've seen tossed about. > > > > >> > > > > >>Now I have a customer that's willing to purchase the initial > > equipment > > > > >>needed to cover his community. The ONLY way into the area is a hill > > >that's > > > > >>within sight of my tower and NOT anywhere near power. > > > > >> > > > > >>I'll be able to just run a single MT board with two radios in it for > > >this > > > > >>site. One backhaul and 1 distribution. I'll guess that I'll > > > > have less than > > > > >>a 2 amp draw (probably much less than 1 amp in reality). > > > > >> > > > > >>We don't often get long periods of no sun. Could be days of fog or > > low > > > > >>clouds in the winter, but mostly we'll have a lot of sun. 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