In the long run we might be doing that, yeah.
------ Original Message ------
From: "Ken Hohhof" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: 9/13/2016 11:10:35 AM
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Wooden pole twisting
Wow, I would not have thought of putting an 11 GHz backhaul dish on a
wood pole. Could you a Rohn 25G next to the wood pole, basically using
the wood pole instead of guy wires? Or look for a surplus metal light
pole to replace the wood pole?
From:Adam Moffett
Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2016 9:25 AM
To:[email protected]
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Wooden pole twisting
Good thought, but do you have an 11ghz sector ?
------ Original Message ------
From: "Chuck McCown" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
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.
