???
Even the US Post Office requires a drivers license or other suitable photo ID
to use a VISA card - at least the ones in Oregon and Washington that I ship
things from.
-----Original Message-----
>From: Jim Rhodes <jimk0xu@gmail.com>
>Sent: Mar 12, 2012 9:14 PM
>To: dotravel@aol.com
>Cc: ooe@odessaoffice.com, towertalk@contesting.com
>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Temp tower idea
>
>Of course if you insist on checking ID's you could lose your visa contract.
>That is a no-no.
>
>On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 10:38 PM, <dotravel@aol.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Marlon, here are a couple of curve balls --- #1 Unless the event is a
>> felons convention, don't do real time processing, batch the transactions
>> and process them later. I have operated businesses that ran hundreds of
>> thousands of $ in charges onto cards (check IDs) and the amount of $ lost
>> in bad transactions cost less than the real-time solutions. #2.If you have
>> cell/data coverage in the area use a cell/data based charge system.
>>
>> Just other options, John NA6L
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Marlon K. Schafer (509-982-2181) <ooe@odessaoffice.com>
>> To: towertalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
>> Sent: Mon, Mar 12, 2012 10:36 am
>> Subject: [TowerTalk] Temp tower idea
>>
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I've been asked to put in a wifi system for a local event that's wayyyy out
>> of town.
>>
>> We've had wifi available to people for a long time, but the vendors out
>> there are asking for a high reliability version for credit card processing
>> at the site.
>>
>> Winds often hit 30 to 50 mph out there. Not daily but often enough that
>> I'm
>> worried about the tower's ability to stand up in the middle of a bunch of
>> trailers and tents.
>>
>> Resources I already have on hand are:
>> 50ish foot old TV antenna crank up unit (with no base, but I could build
>> something). I'm worried about it needing to be guy'd.
>> 6 10' sections of what I think is Rohn 45.
>>
>> What I was thinking of trying is to build a plate (how thick and how big?)
>> that I could place under the tires of a rig. Then where the plate would
>> stick out from the tires I'd have pins that the rohn can attach to. I
>> figure 20' up would be plenty for this.
>>
>> I've got a 65' bucket truck so standing the tower sections up would be
>> pretty easy for me.
>>
>> I'm a bit worried that even with a trailer or truck sitting on the base it
>> could blow over if it's not big enough. But make it too big and I won't be
>> able to move it :-).
>>
>> Thoughts and ideas?
>>
>> thanks,
>> marlon
>>
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