It depends where you plan to drive. I believe most semi trucks are 14', so
definitely stay under there. We run with an 11' mast. You have to watch
bridges. We avoid the Merritt Parkway in CT and such, 8' clearances and
under in places. You really have to watch branches on smaller roads, be
paranoid. 13' may be a bit tall. Go where the semis go and you'll be fine.
Make sure you spot yourself and send out your plans, fixed stations will
look for you if they know you're out there. If you head North towards PA,
you'll be heading into Packrats territory and there are quite a few
stations to work. Email their mailing list as well as this list. The
W3SZ/K1RZ database (http://w3sz.x10.mx/k1rz/k1rzmaster.htm) is another good
place.
Good luck, have fun! It's fun to have people with you.
73,
Sean WA1TE (K1SIG/R)
On Sun, May 6, 2018 at 3:56 PM Detrick Merz <detrick@merzhaus.org> wrote:
> Howdy Folks,
>
> A few of us are planning to try June VHF as rovers. Never done VHF
> contesting before, and obviously not rover. But it sounds like fun so we're
> going to give it a go. Planning on 6m, 2m, & 70cm. Omnis in the bed of the
> truck, some yagis for stop-and-shoot. If you care, we're planning two
> rovers (two trucks), 2 ops in each, running limited class. I'm sure we'll
> cause all kinds of problems for each other doing it this way, but we'll
> learn a lot too. And camping is more fun with friends.
>
> Yesterday I finished up the base for securing a mast into the truck bed.
> The mast tubing recesses into this base and gets guy lines from near the
> top to 4 existing anchor points in the bed.
>
> The question of the day is: how tall is too tall for going down the road?
> The truck bed is 3' off the ground, and the tubing as it is is 10'. Is 13'
> too tall, should I cut the tubing down to 8'? Should be no problem on major
> roads, but I'm wondering about tree strikes on smaller roads.
>
> Thanks for any insight,
>
> -detrick
> K4IZ
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