I think I would just prefer mounts that are level. seems much easier. On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 3:06 PM, Chuck McCown via Af <[email protected]> wrote:
> Rotation along the propagation axis. > > *From:* TJ Trout via Af <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Monday, October 27, 2014 3:39 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Mounts for trylon supertitan? > > 30 degrees sector uptilt and only loose 1.2db??? You must be talking > about mounting a dish off tilt and then turning it 90 degrees which ends up > with some scewed polarity? > > On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 1:03 PM, Sean Heskett via Af <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I knew I should of included an *asterisk in my comment :) >> >> Thx Chuck!! >> >> >> >> On Monday, October 27, 2014, Chuck McCown via Af <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> 10 log (cos (tilt angle)^2) >>> 10 degrees = .1 dB >>> 20 degrees = .5 dB >>> 30 degrees = 1.2 dB >>> >>> You can go off polarization up to 20 degrees easy without losing much >>> gain. However, in a dual pol situation, you do lose lots of your cross >>> pol rejection. That falls off much much more rapidly than gain does. >>> >>> >>> *From:* Sean Heskett via Af >>> *Sent:* Sunday, October 26, 2014 9:30 PM >>> *To:* [email protected] >>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Mounts for trylon supertitan? >>> >>> Chuck McCown has shown at animal farm using high quality test equipment >>> that tower leg tilt has vertually zero effect unless you are at a 45* >>> angle. >>> >>> With those mounts you can fit 6 x 2' sectors or really any combo of 2' >>> antennas etc. We turned the ubolt bracket backwards and force it to >>> "settle" into the angle iron. There are angle iron to pipe mounts out >>> there if you really want to go that far. The mounts are EXTREMELY strong >>> and galvanized. If the mount was to break you'd have much bigger problems >>> on your hands (like a tornado blew down the tower) >>> >>> We love them and the WISPA membership at wispapalooza voted and gave >>> wbmfg the "product of the year" award for the mounts. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sunday, October 26, 2014, TJ Trout via Af <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Will that bolt to angle iron? What about the taper of the tower will >>>> the mount compensate or the sectors have enough adjustment to have any >>>> downtilt ? You think two of those can support 8 sectors and 4x 2ft or 3ft >>>> dishes ? >>>> On Oct 26, 2014 4:23 PM, "Sean Heskett via Af" < >>>> javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Wbmfg.com M-TOW-3P-48 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sunday, October 26, 2014, TJ Trout via Af < >>>>> javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I'm looking at leasing a aprox 96ft trylon supertitan (at least >>>>>> that's what I think it is) and I need to be able to mount 3-4 sectors and >>>>>> 1-2 backhauls with the ability down the road for 6-8 sectors and 2-4 >>>>>> backhauls, I've browsed through the trylon accessories catalog but >>>>>> nothing >>>>>> really jumps out at me, can someone point me in the right direction as to >>>>>> what I might need to make this happen? Can I make something myself? Or >>>>>> what >>>>>> part numbers I might need? >>>>>> >>>>> >
