[MiQP-Mail] mobile question

[K9TM]

Trailers are OK as long as the entire setup is capable of motion while operating.  In other words if you're talking about putting antennas on a trailer and driving around with them but stopping to operate, you're likely OK (details of the plan would help).  If you're talking about a tower trailer that you put up while stopped and then collapse to drive, that's not allowed.  If you attach anything to something not capable of motion... like a tree or anything else land based, that's not allowed.

Hope that helps?  It's hard to iterate every possible acceptable case and every possible unacceptable case, that's why it is specified as it is.  You're encouraged to be creative but within the rules.  If you get a semi with a 53' flatbed trailer and want to put up a mast that fits under the infrastructure with full size dipoles or a 2el 20m beam... that would be within the rules.

If you said you were going to drive around with a 43' vertical mounted to a trailer that may raise eyebrows.  You may be able to find a route that allows this but it seems it would be difficult (beyond maybe 2 counties and moving only the minimum distance to count as a new county).  Also, you'd probably have problems as most of those 43' verticals need to be guyed and whatever you have must be street legal. 

73, Tim K9TM


On Mar 24, 2013, at 5:53 PM, NE9U - Jasper wrote:

the miqp rules say a mobile operation "is one which is self contained, (radio, antenna, power source)  and capable of motion while in operation"

does this allow for mobile antennas mounted to a trailer instead of directly on the car?  is this "self contained"?  seems like it would be but want to be sure before we plan our mobile antenna situation for next month.

thanks,

scott ne9u

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