I finally finished my summer project of building a mobile tower. This was a summer project to build a mobile antenna tower that could be easily moved from vehicle to vehicle. This tower requires only a 2" standard receiver. It is about 11' tall when mounted on my van, which has a low receiver. It is ~26' tall when deployed. Some suggestions that I have received: Put an 18" lead so I didn't have to tear apart the x-30 antenna. Bottom steel bracket needs painted before it starts rusting. Get that motor controller covered ASAP Other suggestions?
I just looked at DX Engineering and they want $25 for 400Max little extension cable. Any place you guys can suggest that is a little cheaper?
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Great idea and construction! You may want to paint the ground rod and guy stakes a fluorescent red/orange, especially when foot traffic is possible. Is there constant 12 VDC on your vans trailer light plug? A simple connector just using the power and ground pins would eliminate the battery pack or just provide a backup power source. consider replacing those "jesus" clips on the wheels with retaining pins on a lanyard Sooner or later, you will get stopped by the police, your license plate is hidden. Dunno if the work necessary to correct that is worth it or not YMMV
No matter how many revisions you made while building it, I'll bet you can think of a few more now, right?
Great suggestions! 7-prong plugs do have a keyed 12V connection for the trailer. Might make sense to make an adapter for that.
