Other sources of tall stands, from the ham radio community. Some are
military, most are guyed (or need to be), all are tall.
http://www.floatograph.com/tripod/LWseries/
http://www.fairradio.com/antenn.htm
http://www.blueskymast.com/Antenna-Mast-Products.html
http://www.tmastco.com/
http://www.antennamast.com/products/productsMain.htm
http://www.alpharubicon.com/elect/pvc_towereli.htm
http://www.qsl.net/n9zia/portant/index.html
http://www.eng.mu.edu/~usi/opar.html
http://www.k1cra.com/catalog/product.aspx?productID=3D758
http://www.buddipole.com/16budmas.html (I have this for radio work, tripod
separate)
And extendable utility poles: http://www.mrlongarm.com/poles.html
Bruce Wilson KF7K
http://science.uvsc.edu/wilson
-----Original Message-----
From:
On Behalf Of Walter Knapp
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 11:25 AM
To:
Subject: [Nature Recordists] Re: tall stand
Posted by: "Danny Meltzer"
> http://wwknapp.home.mindspring.com/tall.tripod.1.jpg
>
> Is that higher than 13 feet?
Yes, at the SASS mics about 17'.
> Walt where do you get a lightweight stand quite that tall? The
> tallest Matthews or Bogen stand I see on B&H is 13 feet. I know they
> have Crank-o-vators and stuff that can scale the empire state
> building, but who wants something designed for a 20,000 watt HMI light
> for a microphone?
Off ebay, of course. Even on ebay the really tall stands are not common.
The ones I have are not marked as to brand.
It's a light stand, there are stands lighter than the ones for huge lights.
It's not much different in weight from my photography tripods.
Has air damped lowering. I got two of them in a auction off ebay many years
ago. They were a lot cheaper than buying from B&H.
Only disadvantage of the stands I have is that they are designed for flat
surfaces, I sometimes have to get creative to use them on slopes.
(there are light stands with leveling legs) They are also pretty light for
the height, so if it's windy I'd have to anchor them. Actually if it's that
windy probably won't be a good recording anyway.
Shure made a 22' mic stand that's a similar design, I have it, but it's too
thin for more than a single mic used indoors. The SASS waves around on it
too much for my liking. I also have a Bogen 3076 stand that's 17', but
again it's a bit flexy. My light stands are larger cross section in the
tubing used. I can trust the ones I use with the SASS, my M/S, or the
Telinga with no problem.
Light stands have a special coupling you will have to deal with. I just
machined a conversion coupling for the mics.
Walt
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