Solar and antenna holder

Jim30587 · November 2021

This is what I have come up with for a solar panel holder, using a telescoping ladder cut down and will install the solar panel and antenna on top , it will be mounted on a turn table,the ladder is about 15 pound

Sharon_is_SAM · November 2021

I think your solar panel may take flight like a kite😁

AnOldUR · November 2021

Is the plan is to extend the ladder above the tree tops so you can park in the woods?

pthomas745 · November 2021

I am looking forward to the rest of the plan!

Michigan_Mike · November 2021

Interesting concept and agree, will be nice to hear the rest of the story.

Jim30587 · December 2021

a little update on the ladder solar. Will complete next week.

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Sharon_is_SAM · December 2021

That looks solid!

TomCanada · December 2021

How high is the ladder going to get you? I'm thinking of a 25 foot extending antenna pole for a cell booster like this: https://www.wilsonamplifiers.com/wilson-outdoor-antenna-mounts/?sku=WA900203&gclid=Cj0KCQiAk4aOBhCTARIsAFWFP9EsJJqqZOy919Z7zv336l2Q3Oxo_woYZwx3JN-k9hCO3gBdIBcZ7WUaAtETEALw_wcB

But I'm not in love with the idea of attaching it to the side of the Tab. The ladder idea is an interesting one..

Jim30587 · December 2021

Sharon_is_SAM said:

That looks solid!

Jim30587 said:

a little update on the ladder solar. Will complete next week.

Jim30587 · December 2021

New pictures

Sharon_is_SAM · December 2021

Ok, so I had visions of a solar panel swaying in the wind like a flag. This is original. And it rotates!

kmulh · January 2022

For my weboost antenna I ended up going with a relatively inexpensive 15ft portable flag pole and 3D printed some custom mounting brackets to easily hold it to the boondock platform. Setup only takes a couple minutes and it's held up to high winds and a couple storms. The gear ties aren't really needed, I just put them on to be safe.

Marceline · January 2022

TomCanada said:

How high is the ladder going to get you? I'm thinking of a 25 foot extending antenna pole for a cell booster like this: https://www.wilsonamplifiers.com/wilson-outdoor-antenna-mounts/?sku=WA900203&gclid=Cj0KCQiAk4aOBhCTARIsAFWFP9EsJJqqZOy919Z7zv336l2Q3Oxo_woYZwx3JN-k9hCO3gBdIBcZ7WUaAtETEALw_wcB

But I'm not in love with the idea of attaching it to the side of the Tab. The ladder idea is an interesting one..

The ladder idea is pretty cool for a rigid solar panel but I think that it's overkill for an antenna. I strapped my antenna to an extending painters pole with hose clamps. The pole is lashed to the front driver's side handle of the T@B and the bottom of the pole drops into the center hole of a yellow leveling block. I've had it up in some pretty strong breeze (30mph+) and it's held up just fine.

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pthomas745 · January 2022

Wow, the Ground Controlled Approach trailers sure have improved from back in the day!

Denny16 · January 2022

Thanks, those are are trailers we had kitted out at a field Intel photo lab in Viet Nam, back in the day…. The smaller front trailer is the control room (we used for a finishing room and office to examine the aerial photos. The electronics/equipment was in the larger rear trailer. The front control van, was insulated and sound proof, and we added an AC unit to it. I would have loved to have a TaB 400 as an office instead.

cheers

pthomas745 · January 2022

This is my GCA unit from 1980 at Barber's Point in Hawaii. That giant truck (the "Prime Mover") had to be tested every month, and we used to fight to do the driving. Behind the truck is the guts of the radar processor and maintenance shack, and the actual radar "bays" were in there under the antennas. Freezing cold in there. It was a very nice, advanced, radar type for the time. This is a "CPN-4 Ground Controlled Approach Unit."

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