Thanks From: Vince West Sent: Friday, February 13, 2015 3:07 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Pipe Mounts
We use a fair amount of UBNT RD-5G30 dishes, and I prefer to mount them with M-TOW-P-36. I don't know what size the pipe is, but I find that it is useful for just about everything we do. If we are doing something like a PTP-800 or SAF links, I use a larger pipe with a different type of mount. For smaller links using ARC IE kits, we use the M-TOW-10. Again, the pipe diameter is perfect. For a tower mount with a larger pipe, do you plan to still use the same design for fixing it to the tower (ie. saddle to saddle with bolts)? Or will something more heavy duty be used with u-bolts to a mount that holds a pipe? To clarify, this CommScope kit uses brackets that mount to the tower and separate brackets to hold the pipe. I ask because one of the things I like the most about the M-TOW mounts, especially the 36" mounts is that I can mount the dish to it and then have sent up the tower. For larger dishes, I like to have the pipe mounted to the dish, but have the hardware for mounting to the tower sent up separately. Depending on the tower, sometimes I have to loosen other cables to get my mounts fixed and doing this with a large dish and mount at the same time can be a pain. Vince West Tower Hand Technical Support Shelby Broadband 148 Citizens Blvd Simpsonville, KY 40067 Phone: 1-888-364-4232 On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 4:27 PM, George Skorup (Cyber Broadcasting) <[email protected]> wrote: 2-3/8" OD rigid. No reason to go larger. If we're putting up a 3' or 4' licensed dish, then it will be with heavy-duty pipe-to-pipe kits with 5/8" all-thread and probably 4-1/2" rigid pipe. Just my opinion. On 2/13/2015 1:46 PM, [email protected] wrote: I am doing this universal pipe mount that will allow a larger dish on a Rohn type or crappy sheet metal freestanding type. And doing the larger version of the M-TOW-P The question is, what size pipe? I had initially designed it with 3 inch pipe which is actually 3.5” OD. Looking at the pipe chart, 2.5” has an OD of 2.875”. The smaller pipe would be noticeably lighter to heft. Is that large enough to make SAF type mounts happy? Or would y’all rather have the larger pipe.
