I imagine the pole would win that tug of war over time.
Looking at a photo of this pole, it has a noticeable curvature near the
top. Maybe we'll move the dish below the curve and see if that helps.
------ Original Message ------
From: "Jay Weekley" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: 9/13/2016 10:44:11 AM
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Wooden pole twisting
For us they are and haven't hand problems with twisting. We've got one
with a link that's been steady for 6 years or more. The problem is
accessing the link on short notice since we don't know a bucket truck
and operators are very busy. It seems like you could put two wood
posts on either side of the pole and secure a 4x4 with large lag screws
to keep it from twisting.
Matt wrote:
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.
