gammaone
join:2004-05-14
Clovis, CA
| reply to Airplane777
The Radio Shack item number is 01-3190 and it has guy rings every 10 feet.
I'm not too sure about testing a link with one type of radio and trying to install another. I would suggest dedicating a setup (antenna and radio) of your preferred brand and leaving it attached to the pole (at least the mounting brackets) then when you have to test a signal just mount the gear back to its brackets. Most CPE gear is POE (Power Over Ethernet) so you can mount your radio right by your antenna and just run Ethernet back to your POE adaptor and your laptop.
As for identifying a solid signal, different radios come with different tools... and the various manufacturers display their signal strengths differently (I used to use all SB gear, now I use Mikrotik AP's and Tranzeo CPE's). I would suggest subscribing to the manufactures part-15 list and asking the people that actually use that vender's gear what they think is a good signal. For the ping test, we do a 1000 pings. If we get NO more than one or two packets lost.. its good.
jdmari1:
If you ever find one of those aluminum poles for a decent price please pass that info on!! |
