Long Haul Repeater in Photos of Broadband gear http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20412232 en Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:01:19 EDT Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:01:19 EDT Re: Long Haul Repeater http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20448650 LazMan :
said by DaMaGeINC See Profile :

For their to be rats, they would need something to eat. I highly doubt they keep food in those.
Actually - rodent damage to the exposed fibre-cable is fairly common - they naw on it; although I have no idea if that's because the plastic sheath is hard, and good for them to wear their teeth down on, or because they like the taste...

As for the 'mess' - as these are along rail lines, dust and film from the diesel exhaust, and dead flies are the biggest problems...

Laz]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20448650 Wed, 07 May 2008 21:55:21 EDT Re: Long Haul Repeater http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20448119 battleop : Yea, isn't that what I said? :) Heh]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20448119 Wed, 07 May 2008 20:19:40 EDT Re: Long Haul Repeater http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20447548 DaMaGeINC :
said by battleop See Profile :

Some of the transmitter sites we colo at have problems with rodents. I don't think it's so much food they are looking for but someplace that is warm in the winter.
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20447548 Wed, 07 May 2008 18:22:44 EDT Re: Long Haul Repeater http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20446969 battleop : Some of the transmitter sites we colo at have problems with rodents. I don't think it's so much food they are looking for but someplace that is warm in the winter.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20446969 Wed, 07 May 2008 16:37:53 EDT Re: Long Haul Repeater http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20446273 DaMaGeINC : For their to be rats, they would need something to eat. I highly doubt they keep food in those. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20446273 Wed, 07 May 2008 14:43:34 EDT Re: Long Haul Repeater http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20428657 AMD Phreak : Those are cool vehicles.

Laz I bet those site are full of rat crap eh? :)

I hate going to sites like that, full of that stuff and spiders..... yuck. :huh:]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20428657 Sun, 04 May 2008 00:35:18 EDT Re: Long Haul Repeater http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20426708 tantivy :
said by Edrick See Profile :

hi-rail?
Fiber is frequently run alongside railroads (long uninterrupted right of way). To access sites along the railroad that are otherwise not accessible by road, the railroad (and others) use what are called Hi-rail vehicles, which are basically a pickup truck or similar vehicle, fitted with drop down flanged steel wheels to allow the truck to drive on the railroad tracks.

There are a wide variety of hi-rail type vehicles, ranging from small track cars, to tractor-trailer rigs.

»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road-rail_vehicle
»www.northeast.railfan.net/mow10.html
»www.northeast.railfan.net/mow21.html]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20426708 Sat, 03 May 2008 16:22:45 EDT Re: Long Haul Repeater http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20426285 Edrick : hi-rail?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20426285 Sat, 03 May 2008 14:42:31 EDT Re: Long Haul Repeater http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20421415 LazMan :
said by AMD Phreak See Profile :

Nice and clean shelter.

:)
Thanks - Since this one is easy to get to (can drive to it) - it get's maintained pretty well. I have one site that's hi-rail and helicopter access only. It's not as pretty... ;)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20421415 Fri, 02 May 2008 13:31:05 EDT Re: Long Haul Repeater http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20421349 AMD Phreak : Nice and clean shelter.

:)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20421349 Fri, 02 May 2008 13:17:12 EDT Long Haul Repeater http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20412232 LazMan : Here's a couple of pics from a long-haul system I also maintain... Huts are located every 60 mi or so; 4-5 amplifiers, then a regen site to clean the signal up; then repeat.

This gear is ~6 years old, and is capable of 16 x OC192/10Gig channels, and is being ripped out and replaced this year, for something faster... Scarey, eh?
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Small site
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Main amplifier
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Dispersion compensators
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Self-contained DC power
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