Solar and antenna holder

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• Sharon_is_SAM Administrator Posts: 9,740

  November 2021

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

  Sharon / 2017 T@B CSS / 2015 Toyota Sienna Minivan / Westlake, Ohio
  

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• AnOldUR Member Posts: 1,387

  November 2021

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

  Stockton, New Jersey
  2020 nuCamp T@B 320S * Jeep Wrangler
  

  
  

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• pthomas745 Moderator Posts: 3,956

  November 2021

  I am looking forward to the rest of the plan!
  

  2017 Outback

  Towed by 2014 Touareg TDi
  

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• Michigan_Mike Member Posts: 2,861

  November 2021

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

  Mike - Elmira, Mi / 2019 T@B 400 / 2021 Chevy Silverado LTZ

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• Jim30587 Member Posts: 6

  December 2021

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

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• Sharon_is_SAM Administrator Posts: 9,740

  December 2021

  That looks solid!

  Sharon / 2017 T@B CSS / 2015 Toyota Sienna Minivan / Westlake, Ohio
  

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• TomCanada Member Posts: 290

  December 2021 edited 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..
  
  
  

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• Jim30587 Member Posts: 6

  December 2021

  Sharon_is_SAM said:

  That looks solid!

  Jim30587 said:

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

  Jim30587 said:

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

  
  

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• Jim30587 Member Posts: 6

  December 2021

  
  New pictures

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• Sharon_is_SAM Administrator Posts: 9,740

  December 2021

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

  Sharon / 2017 T@B CSS / 2015 Toyota Sienna Minivan / Westlake, Ohio
  

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• kmulh Member Posts: 36

  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.
  
  
  

  2021 T@B 400 BD
  2020 F150 3.5 ecoboost
  Columbus, OH

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• Marceline Member Posts: 1,598

  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.
  
  
  

  San Francisco Bay Area
  2013 CS-S us@gi
  2015 Toyota Tacoma PreRunner Double Cab

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• pthomas745 Moderator Posts: 3,956

  January 2022 edited January 2022

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

  
  

  

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• Denny16 Member Posts: 5,431

  January 2022 edited 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
  

  2018 TaB400 Custom Boondock,  Jeep Gladiator truck, Northern California Coast.

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• pthomas745 Moderator Posts: 3,956

  January 2022 edited 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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  Towed by 2014 Touareg TDi
  

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