Mix & Match -- Hotspot & UHF

Steve Douty

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I often have a base that has great Cell/hotspot coverage. However when I get to the job I don't have cell coverage or a good place to set a base. I work in the mountains and communication and sky are major issues for me. I can often get a spot that is within cell coverage and close enough to the project for UHF, however the spot has poor to no sky.

My question: Is there a setup or equipment that will allow me to set my base with cell coverage and then use UHF as a "repeater" of the correction?
 

Nate The Surveyor

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I like the way you think. (Good idea).
Another solution might be to buy a Hixon brand prism pole. A 16' one is a really good pole. Don't extend the top section all the way. Maybe run it at 14'. Drive rebar in a triangle around it, and fasten it all with ratchet straps. All this for your base. With this pole, you can now utilize base sites that were not possible. Hixon also makes a 25' pole. I have one. I've used it before, set at 20' up. The Hixon pole bubbles are top notch. Even if the bubble is not perfect, you can orient it the same way each day, and you will have repeatability.
Same with optical plummet. Orient it the same, and use similar HI, and you have repeatability. You can also go to a nearby clearing and shoot a point, to double check your base location each day.
Or, use m-local.
I did a job that had no suitable base site for miles. I wound up leaning a pole against a house, (not plumb, but stable), then setting a ctrl point, to localize off of.
There's always a new trick...


Nate
 
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