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Good afternoon Mark,</div>
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I have a friend who is looking to put an antenna up on a building to help collect data for weather purposes. I submitted an email to the bvarc.org main set because I don't know anyone in the club. I have been a member but not active, where I'm located my handheld
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Here is his email. Any help is appreciated:</div>
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<font color="black" face="Calibri,sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b><span> </span>John Frederick <houstonweatherman@gmail.com><br>
<b>Sent:</b><span> </span>Friday, May 21, 2021 1:03 PM<br>
<b>To:</b><span> </span>Aaronb1275@msn.com <Aaronb1275@msn.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b><span> </span>Mounting Antenna</font>
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<div style="margin:0px">As per our conversation, I'm looking for (ideally) a 10 to 20 foot building that has a way for me to mount my 6 inch low power antenna and repeater. The repeater needs to mount to a suitable structure (be it an existing tower or a pole).
The repeater measures only 6" x 8" x 10". The repeater operates at 915 mhz and will need wifi and connect to a power outlet unless using PoE. The repeater uses about $9 worth of electricity each year.</div>
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<div style="margin:0px">Ideally, I'd like to be able to mount to a roof pole or tower near its base at about 5 feet from the base so I can walk up to it and service it if needed. Hence the reason for the tall building versus a tall tower which I do not want
to climb. Leasing a space on a roof tower would be ideal. I'd like to keep the repeater at around 5 feet and then extend a pole with cable another five feet with the antenna about 5 feet above the repeater.</div>
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<div style="margin:0px">The repeater(s) are to forward weather data and the like.</div>
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<div style="margin:0px">It's preferred the building(s) be located close to downtown Houston but not so close the other buildings interfere with the signal. Places like around the Galleria would be better. The following software will help you see what buildings
are ideal around Houston.<span> </span><a href="https://osmbuildings.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" style="margin:0px">https://osmbuildings.org/</a></div>
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<div style="margin:0px">I hope this helps explain my needs.</div>
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<div style="margin:0px">Please ask your colleagues if they know of a place I can mount such a device.</div>
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<span style="margin:0px">Thanks, John D.</span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" style="margin:0px"><span id="" title="" class="">Thank you,</span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" style="margin:0px"><span title="" class="">Aaron Bennett KI5IOB</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="margin:0px"><span title="" class="">281-450-9440</span></div>
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