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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I hadn't thought of the D cells in a pipe trick....
but was planning on a pelican case with an HT.. and we have a few fiberglass
telescoping tripod poles. They are very very light (about 25 lbs) and go
over 30' up. The kind that you push the inner pipe up and twist 1/4 turn
to lock the pegs in a slot. I'd just tell the install crew to make the one
wire weather unit point north. It'd also be nice if they could plug a GPS
in for just a moment at powerup and have the opentracker memorize that
position. Then unplug the GPS and hoist it up.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Wes</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=aprssig@lists.tapr.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, June 13, 2006 1:16
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [aprssig] Aprs used during
fire</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=421211117-13062006><FONT
color=#0000ff> > </FONT></SPAN>Portable weather stations would
have been nice. If we'd had 4 of them we could have placed them around
the perimeter of the fire and known when the smoke was going to shift.<SPAN
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=421211117-13062006>Any ideas on implementing this? I think
you'd need a fairly sturdy folding tripod for each unit, something that could
be staked down or held down with bricks. The AAG anemometers can be
easily mounted on a pole. It might be possible to build an OpenTracker
into a pipe segment with some C or D cell batteries, with a BNC on top for an
antenna. Or you could do it in a Pelican case and bolt it to the
pole.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=421211117-13062006>Scott</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=421211117-13062006>N1VG</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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