I’ve only ever encountered one tower (at former job) that was pretty “bulletproof” …
The tower was 350ft and located on the highest elevation for about 100 square KM area … so it was a prime target for lightning strikes. I don’t know exactly how many times a year it took a hit but would guess at 8-10 times per year it would have a direct hit. There was only one time where any damage occurred and it was because of some shoddy updates by a 3rd party contractor whom didn’t do proper isolation at an entry point (effectively bypassing some layers of protection). That site had a full cellular deployment along with several PTP600’s for backhaul and PMP320/PMP100 - with the cellular being at the very top and the Cambium gear further down. Paul > On Aug 16, 2017, at 9:11 AM, Eric Muehleisen <[email protected]> wrote: > > No such thing as a bullet proof tower. At least not in my area. All the > over-engineering in the world can't stop a direct strike. Some days you get > lucky, some days not. It's a roll of the dice. > > On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 7:29 AM, David Milholen <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > I am asking for pure simple curiosity. > > How far would you go and how much would you spend to have a bullet proof > Tower site? > > I am looking for answers in small class tower to super duty types or leases. > > What I mean by bullet proof is How many time a year are you replacing gear > due to weather complications > or how many times are you going to back to the site to reboot something . How > many times are you remoting into a > site to adj power or channels to avoid interference. How many times are you > having to make adjustments to ethernet ports. > > All these tasks add up in time. > > Our team this year has only had to visit 2 sites unexpectedly due to weather > and take the next step in making it bullet proof. > > > > -- > <Davidmvcf.jpg> >
