cmaenginsb
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join:2001-03-19
Palmdale, CA
| reply to FightingBlue
Re: Using balloons for wireless internet?
A balloon would be a great idea for a temporary internet setup. Think county fair or something like that.
I'm curious, since you only put minimal gear like the antenna and transciever on the tower how you feel that cost of damage caused by the lightening stike is going to be different?
As to a 4 point tether system, the ballon is still going to be bouncing about enough that your range would not be the same as a similiar height tower. Then you get into the fact that it would be challenging to place sectors on the balloon as well.
Most people using towers have 3 or more radios on them, including backhaul.
My question about maintainance is that you do understand that really the only maintainance done to a tower mounted radio is replacing it when it fails. So you would have to have 2 radios on the blimp, one as a "standby" or the balloon would have to come down. Of course if you wanted to replace the bad radio it would have to come down as well. |
