Good point. It may slow the annual twist and untwist as it ages, but I would not count on it. Put up a tower.
From: Adam Moffett Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2016 8:25 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Wooden pole twisting Good thought, but do you have an 11ghz sector ? ------ Original Message ------ From: "Chuck McCown" <ch...@wbmfg.com> To: af@afmug.com Sent: 9/13/2016 10:24:11 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Wooden pole twisting Some poles have straight grain, some twist. Not anything you can do that I know about. Sector antenna? From: Adam Moffett Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2016 2:44 AM To: Animal Farm Subject: [AFMUG] Wooden pole twisting 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.
