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Need Repeater Advice

Thread starter Nerumph
Start date Dec 14, 2015
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baofeng repeater uhf

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RFI-EMI-GUY

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Jul 21, 2016

That sounds like a lot of overkill for a temporary mast. You can find portable fiberglass masts in various amateur publications. In fact some garden tools like tree pruners have pretty decent telescoping fiberglass poles sufficient for a small lightweight 3-6 dB fiberglass antenna. The weak point will be the section couplers, so shop for something well made.

"As well, in the case which we are using this system in large direct action movements and we need alot of surface area, what is your recommendation for a temporary antenna mast? I was thinking of using 3/4 inch well drilling pipe cut to 5' segments coupled together to form something around 25ft high. It would be rooted in a large drum of concrete and tied down with carbon-hardened bailing wire. Just how would that work in the P90 business license if we were so inclined to go that route?"