Now go to sitepro1.com, find the tower steel section, and find a standoff mount suitable for a 4.50" OD sch80 galvanized pipe and the wind loading of an 8' dish... The pipe and mount are going to weigh 300 pounds guaranteed... You're not gonna mount a 8' dish direct to a tower, no matter what type it might be, tapering self supported with tubular legs, angle steel legs, or vertical guyed tower.
On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 1:57 PM, Mike Hammett <[email protected]> wrote: > http://www.commscope.com/catalog/wireless/product_details.aspx?id=25986 > > 276 lbs. That said, that's without radome. > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> > <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> > <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> > Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> > <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> > The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> > > > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Eric Kuhnke" <[email protected]> > *To: *[email protected] > *Sent: *Tuesday, May 16, 2017 3:50:07 PM > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Does anyone have a 28-34dBi 2.4GHz 2x2 MIMO antenna > > An 8' dish is way over 500 pounds. Do you have any idea how expensive it > is to put an 8' dish on a tower??? And have you calculated if the tower > can even take the new wind loading of an 8' dish at EIA/TIA 222G > calculations for its exposure category? > > Weight aside the wind loading of an 8' dish is considerable. > > If you do end up hanging the thing from a man lift I want photos, because > there are a few OSHA inspectors I would like to give nightmares to. > > > > On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 1:33 PM, Rory Conaway <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I’m going to use a man-lift assuming the antenna is under 500lbs. >> >> >> >> Rory >> >> >> >> *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Mitch Koep >> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 16, 2017 11:04 AM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Does anyone have a 28-34dBi 2.4GHz 2x2 MIMO >> antenna >> >> >> >> These are not real fun >> >> Especially over 170 feet pray for a calm day and >> >> a good crane operator >> >> >> >> Mitch >> >> >> >> On 05/16/2017 11:22 AM, Chuck McCown wrote: >> >> 16’ dish >> >> >> >> *From:* Mathew Howard >> >> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 16, 2017 10:18 AM >> >> *To:* af >> >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Does anyone have a 28-34dBi 2.4GHz 2x2 MIMO >> antenna >> >> >> >> Yeah, but what if it doesn't work with the 8' dish? once you have some >> kind of a link in place, it's pretty easy to get a good idea of what's >> going to happen when you get bigger dishes on there. >> >> >> >> On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 11:08 AM, Rory Conaway <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> The amount of revenue is high enough that the cost of the antenna isn’t >> an issue. It’s more important that the link work. >> >> >> >> Rory >> >> >> >> *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On >> Behalf Of *Mathew Howard >> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 16, 2017 9:04 AM >> *To:* af >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Does anyone have a 28-34dBi 2.4GHz 2x2 MIMO >> antenna >> >> >> >> Putting up an 8' dish without having any idea what it's going to do seems >> kind of risky - I'd assume that's not going to be cheap to put that up. I >> would want to put up some kind of a test link before I went there, even if >> it was just a pair of PowerBeams. >> >> >> >> On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 10:44 AM, Rory Conaway <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> I ran the numbers in linkplanner. Too much tree variable for anything to >> be accurate. >> >> >> >> Rory >> >> >> >> *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On >> Behalf Of *Gino A. Villarini >> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 16, 2017 8:36 AM >> >> >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Does anyone have a 28-34dBi 2.4GHz 2x2 MIMO >> antenna >> >> >> >> Cambium LinkPlanner would help you get a good guess of your outcome, use >> the PTP 25600 Radio as a AF2 replacement in your calcs, add the foliage and >> voila! >> >> >> >> *From: *Af <[email protected]> on behalf of Rory Conaway < >> [email protected]> >> *Reply-To: *"[email protected]" <[email protected]> >> *Date: *Tuesday, May 16, 2017 at 11:18 AM >> *To: *"[email protected]" <[email protected]> >> *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Does anyone have a 28-34dBi 2.4GHz 2x2 MIMO >> antenna >> >> >> >> Not in this case. If they won’t let me put a 1 or 2’ dish on the tower >> they run to get extra bandwidth to the school (7 T1’s for 300 kids) or the >> medical clinic (2 T-1’s), I’m thinking they aren’t going to let me cut down >> or trim a mile of trees. >> >> >> >> Everytime I proposed something I was answered with “we have a plan, just >> be patient”. Not really my strong suit. This plan involves towers but >> nobody knows who gets awarded or when. So, 2.4GHz through a mile of >> trees, here I come. >> >> I thought of the 2’ dish and see what happens but I don’t want to have to >> pay tower climbers so do this twice. I’m going to do the 8’ dish on the >> tower and 2’ dish on the roof. Once I see those numbers, I can make >> adjustments on the roof. Biggest issue is AF2 through trees. I’m thinking >> that I’m bringing up a pair of ePMP 2.4GHz radios also to compare. I’m >> also considering putting up a Cambium 450i 900MHz as backup with a Yagi. >> >> >> >> Rory >> >> >> >> *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On >> Behalf Of *Chuck McCown >> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 16, 2017 6:44 AM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Does anyone have a 28-34dBi 2.4GHz 2x2 MIMO >> antenna >> >> >> >> Actually, you would be surprised. I have asked them to remove trees in a >> microwave path before and they had no problem doing it. >> >> >> >> >> >> *Gino A. Villarini* >> >> President >> >> Metro Office Park #18 Suite 304 Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 00968 >> >> *From:* Rory Conaway >> >> *Sent:* Monday, May 15, 2017 9:15 PM >> >> *To:*[email protected] >> >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Does anyone have a 28-34dBi 2.4GHz 2x2 MIMO >> antenna >> >> >> >> I’d like to stay out of jail and I’m pretty sure the U.S. Forestry >> service frowns on that. >> >> >> >> Rory >> >> >> >> *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On >> Behalf Of *Eric Kuhnke >> *Sent:* Monday, May 15, 2017 1:23 PM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Does anyone have a 28-34dBi 2.4GHz 2x2 MIMO >> antenna >> >> >> >> Have you considered the rigging/hoisting and mounting costs of 8' dishes, >> vs chainsaw or doing something more creative in dish location with 2.5'/3' >> size dishes to get real LOS? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 6:23 AM, Rory Conaway <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> I’ve got to punch through a mile of trees with AF2x radio so I’m probably >> going to for the 6’ or 8’ dishes. >> >> >> >> Rory >> >> >> >> *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On >> Behalf Of *Colin Stanners >> *Sent:* Sunday, May 14, 2017 7:05 PM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Does anyone have a 28-34dBi 2.4GHz 2x2 MIMO >> antenna >> >> >> >> Gain is never an exact number as it always varies over the covered >> frequency range and polarization, but from what I understand Ubiquiti >> overstates their gain by 2-3 db over the 'industry standard' measurements. >> Similar to how they say the AF24 can go up to 10miles, which is effectively >> bs, the max 99.99% availability reliable range is 3-4 miles almost anywhere >> on earth that a substantial number of those radios coild be installed. >> >> >> >> On May 14, 2017 8:44 PM, "Christopher Gray" <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Gain is not quite as high as you are asking for, but L-Com goes up to a >> 900mm dish. I can't quite tell if UBNT over states their gain, L-Com >> understates their gain, or if there is another fundamental difference, but >> the L-Com 900mm dish is only rated at 25 dBi. >> >> >> >> I have not used it, but I've been happy with their 400mm unit. >> >> >> >> http://www.l-com.com/wireless-antenna-24-ghz-dual-polarized- >> dpd-series-parabolic-dish-antennas >> >> >> >> -Chris >> >> >> >> >> On Sun, May 14, 2017 at 5:22 PM, Eric Kuhnke <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> I have not seen one that is anywhere near reasonably priced and can be >> equipped with a (first party or third party) side shield/radome kit. The >> Radiowaves stuff exists but is a design from 15 years ago. Willing to bet >> the Radiowaves 3' and 4' size 2.4 GHz dishes are great at gathering >> unwanted 2.4 noise from the sides... >> >> >> >> On Sat, May 13, 2017 at 2:42 PM, Rory Conaway <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Looking for something bigger than the Ubiquiti RD-24 dish. >> >> >> >> Rory >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Mitch Koep >> >> >> >> A Better Wireless >> >> 218-851-8689 cell >> >> > >
