Peugeot 806“Mobile shack”

for salePhil G3TCU

• I plan to offer this vehicle for sale to the ukcontest community around the end of Feb.

• It is an old (1998) Peugeot 806, 7 seater with 115,000 miles on it but has been very reliable and an excellent resource for me over the past four years. No work has been required on it to pass MOTs in these four years but I have made many small fixes

• It will be offered with a full year’s MOT. It was last serviced less than 1000 miles ago

• I have removed the middle and rear rows of seats and fitted a bench with a shelf above it across the middle of the vehicle

• The 5 removable seats will be supplied with the vehicle in case a 7 seater is ever required. These seats simply clip in

• It has a number of dents and scratches but nothing that detracts from its functionality

• It is ideally suited as a mobile shack as it has a sliding door on both sides and the two front seats revolve (“Captains seats”) to face the bench

• The rear quarter light windows are ideal for cables to enter

• I plan to offer the vehicle for £500. I believe it is viable to operate for several years yet

Both side doors open in warm Wx!

Mast options

• I have developed a number of mast systems to use with this wagon and I plan to offer this hardware as ‘optional extras’

• Interested parties can arrange to visit and inspect the vehicle and any of the mast options hardware or I can bring the vehicle to demonstrate these within a reasonable driving distance from SW Surrey

• After 50 years of contesting, I have an excess of mast sections, drums of guy ropes etc. so I’d invite enquiries from anyone interested in such items

Mast option - 1

• For one man UKAC operations, I use local hilltop sites and a 20’ mast consisting of two 10’ alloy scaffold poles, supported by two struts from the roof bars. The mast is mounted on a rotator on an aluminium ground plate.

• The two 10’ alloy poles go inside the vehicle for transport

• This is quick and easy for one person to assemble and push up

• From sites with a good take-off, the 20’ mast has performed very well

• It has been stable is some quite severe windy weather

• I’d offer the mast, rotator (KR-400RC) on its plate and control box and a 100m drum of rotator cable (with connectors) for £150

4m 6 ele on 20’ mast prior to raising.

4m 6ele on 20’ mast

20’ mast with 67ele 23cm ant showing support struts from roof bars and plate mounted rotator on the ground

Inside – set up for 400W on 23cmTransverter on the top shelf, PA on the floor

A closer shot of the bench and shelf

Mast option 2: 40’ Clark QT mast• To achieve greater antenna heights I bought a 40’ Clark QT mast (3.5” dia bottom section) and

have tried various methods of mounting it on the back of the wagon. The photos show the steel angle and hinge block solution I settled on

• The QT mast fits inside the vehicle for transportation. I made a wooden trolley to make it easier to transfer it in and out of the vehicle. The mast weighs 22kg so is easily handled

• I also made a box containing a 12V compressor with a pressure regulator and UHF remote controlled ‘up’ and ‘down’ valves

• I had a spigot made to convert the QT mast 20mm top socket to 49mm for a rotator etc.

• The QT mast is not suitable for use with very large antennas as the clamps that lock the sections together are not strong enough to prevent rotational slippage. It’s fine with a 4m 6 ele (but not a 12 ele!)

• I bought the QT mast new in 2015 and it’s only been used about half a dozen times.

• I’d offer the mast, trolley, 49mm spigot, compressor unit and the mast fixings for £1000

4m 6 ele mounted on Clark QT mast prior to raising

Clark QT mast showing support struts from roof bars and (white) hinge block on the ground

A closer shot of the hinge block and compressor box

Mast Option 3: 12V winch• For longer and typically daytime contests, I have used a 12V winch, mounted via

an adaptor plate on the vehicle rear tow hitch, to pull up free standing guyed masts via a gin pole.

• These masts are made of alloy scaffold. 60 feet of mast, with three sets of guys and a 20’ (2 X 10’) gin pole, is entirely feasible but takes some time to set up because of all the ground pegs needed for the guys.

• A 30’ mast is easy and 40’ is feasible with only one set of guys if it’s calm

• I would offer just the 12V winch and adaptor plate together with cables to run the winch from the vehicle battery for £150

30’ mast and 10’ gin pole being winched up

Closer shot of the winch

Free standing, guyed mast

Any questions?

• Please drop me a line: P.Guttridge@ucl.ac.uk