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EFFORT AND NOT INCONSIDERABLE EXPENSE.  WHAT FOLLOWS IS A CAPSULE VIEW OF
WHAT ALL SERIOUS PORTABLE OPERATIONS ENCOUNTER TO ONE EXTENT OR ANOTHER.  I
WILL LOOK PARTICULARLY AT THE HARDWARE, AND ON FIXING THAT HARDWARE IN REAL
TIME WHEN IT FAILS.  ON THE BUS AS KEN KESEY OF THE MERRY PRANKSTERS SAID
IN THE EARLY 1960S OF THEIR PSYCHEDELIC BUS YOURE EITHER ON THE BUS, OR
YOURE OFF THE BUS.  FOR THE GRID PIRATES, K8GP, WERE ON THE BUS GOING TO
SPRUCE KNOB, WV, 4863 FT 1482 M ELEVATION, THE HIGHEST POINT ON THE EAST
COAST BETWEEN MT. WASHINGTON, NH AND THE VA/NC BORDER.  NO PSYCHEDELIC
COLORS BUT WE TRANSPORT OUR ENTIRE PORTABLE STATION SOME 165 MILES 265 KM
OVER STEEP HILLS IN THREE SCHOOL BUSES SEE FIGURE 1.  WE ALSO TOW A 15 KW
DIESEL POWERGUARD GENERATOR ON ITS OWN TRAILER.  EIGHT TOWERS RANGING FROM
9 TO 28 M IN HEIGHT ARE CARRIED ON TOP OF THE BUSES AND ARE SUPPORTED BY
THE BUSES IN THEIR RAISED POSITIONS SO NO GUYS ARE NEEDED.  A NINTH TOWER
IS MOUNTED ON THE GENERATOR TRAILER WITH A 24 FT MAST SUPPORTING A PAIR OF
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