AB 1386 Antenna QUEM

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This is a 28mm (heroic scale is quite exaggerated by about half) representation of the 1386 QUEM antenna utilized by the US army Signal Corps. The Antenna toppers for this kit can be found with my OE 254 Antenna Kit located here: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5463127(larger antenna is the QUEM mast in the pictures)Utilize this as terrain for your wargaming tables to represent Retrans operations and communications points, integral to radio operations in modern and near future wargames. From Radio Nerds website: https://www.radionerds.com/index.php/AB-1386~UQuick Erect Antenna Mast System (QEAM) [AB-1386/U]The QEAM is a mobile quick erect antenna mast used for elevating tactical communications antennas to a maximum height of 33 ft (10M) which results in more reliable communications over extended ranges.The QEAM replaces the OE-254, which is vastly more difficult to raise and lower due to its large volume of mast sections and other parts which are easily lost.The QEAM mast can mount antenna receivers (feed cones, etc) such as the AS-3166 (P/O OE-254), MP-68 (P/O RC-292), AS-4292 (P/O MSE) and A3005068 (P/O EPLRS). The mast can be deployed and operated in ground and vehicular (wheeled and tracked) mounted configurations. The mast can be erected in 7 ½ minutes with two persons and in 15 minutes with one person.Accessories are provided to assist with guying, anchoring, and operating the mast in its ground mount configuration. They include a hammer, a tripod, guy assemblies, guy stakes, baseplate stakes, crank handle, baseplate, and a radius rope.Two mounting kits may be used to adapt the HMMWV and the tracked vehicle with brackets and hardware to deploy the mast. The mounting kits are used to anchor the mast to the vehicle and to stabilize the mast when deploying it under normal conditions (i.e., winds below 25 mph [40 kph]).Order of assembly:Base: QUEM Base2nd Section: QUEM Second Support3rd Section: QUEM Between Second and Last Support4rth Section: QUEM Last Support5th Section: Topper of actual antenna you wish to place on top of antennaafter printing and gluing, attach 4 guy wires to each 45 degree edge of the hexagonal extrusions on each of the 3 main sections to represent stabilization at a near 45 degree angle. Go forth, and spread HOT COMMO!Seriously though, if anyone is actually printing all this commo stuff, please show me and share your work, I do this for fun and clout, seeing it in the wild would be awesome.