Hawk shell AC and Table install

[jdavis]

Got my office situation in place for an extended fishing trip to Lake Superior. Figured I would share to help anyone else looking to do the same. The AC mount was inspired by longhorn1.

 

[Vic Harder]

Where do you keep your antenna's and mast when not using it? Hard to aim?

 

[jdavis]

The main mast is a two piece telescoping fiberglass pole. I have 3 different antenna attachments I can put on it. I keep them all in the crew cab part of my truck. Aiming the 4G antenna is not bad. I basically just loosen up the trigger clamp slightly and spin the pole. I use Network Cell Info app to get me pointed in the general direction.

 

[Vic Harder]

sick! For comparison, I'm using a Husky Parsec antenna and am pretty impressed, even though it is omnidirectional and permanently mounted.

 

[jdavis]

Wow thats a nice antenna. I might have gone that route had I known about it. Do you have a thread that covers the details, setup, etc?

 

[Vic Harder]

Wow thats a nice antenna. I might have gone that route had I known about it. Do you have a thread that covers the details, setup, etc?

Thanks for the prompt.... I have not yet written that up, but just started a thread on that topic!!
https://www.wanderthewest.com/forum/topic/24867-so-you-want-to-work-remotely-cell-boosting-and-more/

 

[jclifb]

How do you take the AC mount off of the window? Going to be building mine this weekend!

 

[jdavis]

I used two vertical boards outside that use bolts to hold the frame in place. Really I just use those to keep it steady when Im putting the AC in place, after that the weight of the AC holds everything in place. So to remove the frame I take the 4 bolts out and then it comes right off. Let me know if want some additional pictures.

One thing worth noting is I used pipe insulation on the bottom of the frame, where it rests on the wood inside the camper. This mostly eliminated any vibration/noise from the compressor.

 

[jclifb]

Thanks. I figured thats what you did, but was curious if maybe it stayed there full time. I built mine yesterday and will finish it today. I decided on eye-bolts for the interior for easy deployment.

Good idea on the insulation for vibrations. Will add that to my list.

I used two vertical boards outside that use bolts to hold the frame in place. Really I just use those to keep it steady when Im putting the AC in place, after that the weight of the AC holds everything in place. So to remove the frame I take the 4 bolts out and then it comes right off. Let me know if want some additional pictures.

One thing worth noting is I used pipe insulation on the bottom of the frame, where it rests on the wood inside the camper. This mostly eliminated any vibration/noise from the compressor.

 

[jdavis]

Made some more progress on the workspace. Setup a mini computer thats attached to the table. It has an i5 and 16g ram with a 512 nvme, so solid enough to do some actual work. The computer wants 19v and the display wants 12v. Instead of having different adapters etc, I got a USB PD outlet that was made to hardwire. Neither the computer nor the display know anything about USB PD voltage negotiation, but! I found some cool usb C to 5.5mm cables that have chips built in to do the negotiation. Turned out pretty clean, would look nicer if I went with a wireless keyboard, but the ones I found just weren't blowing my skirt up. The computer and monitor combined are using about 30w.