Keithb
join:2003-09-16
US
| New POP, PTP backhaul
We are considering a new POP about 6.5 miles out from our main tower and I've been looking at the Highgain 5GXi PTP kit: »www.highgainantennas.com/New_Hig···i-40.htm
I'm curious how high both antennas would have to be. The grain elevator is approximately 110' from estimating the height without actual measurement. Our bucket truck can reach 60'. I was planning to just use the bucket to mount on our tower, and use the height of the elevator to compensate for the lack of heigh at our location? Would an RM plot be better to decide? I'll have to pull out the how-to on RM again, BTW, that was a great write-up.
Main Tower:
N29° 12.416'
W96° 15.14'
Grain Elevator:
N29° 8.939'
W96° 19.629'
We are running PPPOE, so I suppose I would need a transparent bridge. We plan to just have 2 sectors, or an Omni facing North West/SouthWest since the other areas are being covered by our other POP?
Any ideas? If I could figure out how to export this map from TopoUSA, I'd post a pic here. I have one at home, but unfortunately didn't put it on my jump drive. |
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PersComp
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join:2005-08-17
Cayce, SC
| Keith,
15 meters or 49' gives a full 1.0 on RM. I didn't get specific on radio specs since you were just looking at height.
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Are these instructions or corrections??? |
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rawgerz
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join:2004-10-03
Grove City, PA
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| reply to Keithb
said by Keithb  :I'll have to pull out the how-to on RM again, BTW, that was a great write-up.  |
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LLigetfa
join:2006-05-15
Fort Frances, ON | I'd be worried on how tall the trees are and add that to the 49 foot height. |
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Keithb
join:2003-09-16
US
| reply to Keithb
After looking at the grain elevator, I would suspect it's close to 130' to the top, more than likely where we would put the backhaul radio. So we'd be shooting from 60' up to 130' or so. It's mostly shooting down a major Highway, clipping some tree coverage but not a great deal.
Worst case is we'd get someone to mount it higher but I'd like to see if it would work at 60' first.
When we get the new tower constructed, I suppose we could get it mounted then, unless we do this POP prior to that. |
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