Well it's ePMP so tx power should be put under control.  I'm more worried
that it's shooting WAY over it's head.

There is nothing at the base.  Regarding steel reflection - it's actually a
150' concrete building/grain silo.  I would normally do the Loco ptp link
like your example.


Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373

On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 12:10 PM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote:

> Do you have a cabinet or shelter at the bottom of the tower?  I have been
> considering just putting an omni down there, since it rarely works well
> shooting up at the APs.  At grain legs, I have sometimes done a low powered
> PTP link with something like NS5 Locos just for a scale house, maintenance
> shop, or house right at the leg.  Then you can tilt it down.
>
> I think it’s more than just hearing all the APs, there seem to be problems
> being outside the main lobe of the antenna, plus reflections off tower
> steel, even once you get the signal level to an acceptable point, SNR and
> modulation can be disappointing.
>
> If you’re convinced the only problem is too strong a signal, you could
> always use an external antenna and an inline coax attenuator.
>
>
> *From:* Josh Luthman <[email protected]>
> *Sent:* Thursday, October 22, 2015 11:02 AM
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* [AFMUG] Serving customers next door to tower
>
> Does anyone have any tips for this?
>
> My only thought process was to do an integrated radio *inside* the office
> building to keep from hearing every AP on the tower.  We've had some issues
> with nearby customers using a Force110/Beam hearing way too much of the
> tower so we moved to Integrated/Nano to solve their problems.
>
> I have a business that needs service and it's literally the same address
> as the tower (150 feet up).  It's 60 feet away to the middle of the office
> but the ends are about 120 feet away.
>
> Josh Luthman
> Office: 937-552-2340
> Direct: 937-552-2343
> 1100 Wayne St
> Suite 1337
> Troy, OH 45373
>

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