Howdy guys, changing my tx location in Ireland. But it looks like I'm going to have to put it on the roof of a building, usually I would have it tucked away inside.

Power won't be a problem, I'm looking at enclosures to house the tx. Asking opinions and basically opening a discussion regarding ventilation, types of enclosures, what to use and what not to.. Any troubles people have run into with moisture etc.

It's gunna be on 24/7 and in the Irish elements.

This has been used a lot in The Netherlands as a proven concept
And it's cheap!

Hahah nice. I'm actually in Enschede right now. Was Squatting in Amsterdam a few years back and patapo had their repeater on the roof of our squat.

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You are going to struggle keeping the damp out of the electronics, anything cold in the box steam up like a mirror in the bathroom - best o luck! Argos have a heavy duty plastic storage box for under €15, its a bit swankier than what mike123 said and its lockable.

Lol mike
It's me holding a old laserfm box
in the late 90s we loosing almost every week a rig and this was a cheap way to do
Also yes about patapoe rig in Amsterdam it was a 300W rig with a big mast and a 5/8 antenna on top
The building is now gone after a big fire

We used to use plastic milk crates, with the rig in folded aluminium boxes (the bending bars were a great investment!). The Boxes were sealed with hot-melt glue at the seams to keep the moisture out, and the folds would keep the RF inside. We used to get huge sheets of aluminium for £5 - 8 and make several rig boxes out of each sheet! We also made finned heatsinks with folded aluminium!

the good old days
Albert


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I've used something similar to this in the past:

http://www.eibmarkt.com/cgi-bin/eibmark ... edProducts

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Schneider-Ele ... erUkdLC3mA

Very nice, but look at the price!

RF-Head wrote:Lol mike
It's me holding a old laserfm box
in the late 90s we loosing almost every week a rig and this was a cheap way to do
Also yes about patapoe rig in Amsterdam it was a 300W rig with a big mast and a 5/8 antenna on top
The building is now gone after a big fire

That's right. Someone stabbed outside the night before and the media used it as an angle.. A stabbing the night before and now a fire.. I was there for quite some time and became good friends with flo and some other guys in the house.. When I arrived straight away I asked what's on the roof.

yellowbeard wrote:You are going to struggle keeping the damp out of the electronics, anything cold in the box steam up like a mirror in the bathroom - best o luck! Argos have a heavy duty plastic storage box for under €15, its a bit swankier than what mike123 said and its lockable.

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So I've priced up a few outdoor enclosures, I've already got my tx in a case, so I'm basically just gunna stick it inside it. From there just add vents when the fans will be lining up..

I spotted some of the crates used before, anyone ever have their tx blow due to moisture?

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