With a CPE you might be able to put a 15 degree sector on it.
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From: "Matt" <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Sent: 9/13/2016 10:27:47 AM
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Wooden pole twisting
I wonder if painting would help keep moisture out? Maybe its a
temperature thing too?
I always thought wood poles would be great for CPE locations but now
maybe not.
On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 3:44 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.
