We have a similar situation.  The pole is pretty old and it still twists with 
the seasons so I don’t know that waiting is going to help you.

I suppose you could put a torque arm bracket on the pole and a couple of guy 
wires ;-)

Mark

> On Sep 13, 2016, at 4:44 AM, Adam Moffett <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I've got a 70' (61' AGL) class 3 pole with an AP and backhaul on it.  It's 
> been in the ground about 3 years now.
>  
> This past spring we noticed the signal drop slowly on the backhaul over the 
> course of a month.  A climber went up and adjusted it by about 9 degrees, but 
> he said the mount was tight when he got there.  This past month the RSSI on 
> the backhaul has been slowly dropping again. 
>  
> The humidity here tends to shoot way up in the summer and drop in the winter. 
>  I'm supposing this beast must be twisting as it soaks up moisture and then 
> dries out again.
>  
> Is this a problem that might diminish as the pole ages, or is there perhaps 
> any possible remediation?  I guess the permanent fix is a real tower or a 
> steel pole, but I guess I'm hoping that one of you old phone guys knows some 
> magic trick.  Seems like if there was a wire attached to this pole, that a 9 
> degree twist would put some wicked tension on it.

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