Re: [WISPA] AM radio tower
http://www.lbagroup.com/hottowerart.php They make a power isolation coil. Your best bet would be to use one of those to pass power up the tower and use fiber to transmit data. I worked with them on an AM tower in the past. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -- From: Michael Baird m...@tc3net.com Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 11:25 PM To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Subject: [WISPA] AM radio tower *I've recently been approached about expanding our service to an AM tower. We would be using 2.4 gear, what kind of problems would I need to watch out for when deploying on an AM tower. They said it was broadcasting at 1KW and the entire tower is hot. It is in a really good area, is a nice tower and the price is minimal, but I want to avoid as many service problems as possible by knowing what I'm getting into beforehand. Regards Michael Baird * WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] AM radio tower
We just finished installing 3 Powerstation 5's and 2 Nanostation 5's on a 160 foot AM tower using an AC power choke fiber to the bottom. We put the POE's and stuff at the top of the tower. - Original Message - From: Mike Hammett wispawirel...@ics-il.net To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 9:33 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] AM radio tower http://www.lbagroup.com/hottowerart.php They make a power isolation coil. Your best bet would be to use one of those to pass power up the tower and use fiber to transmit data. I worked with them on an AM tower in the past. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -- From: Michael Baird m...@tc3net.com Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 11:25 PM To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Subject: [WISPA] AM radio tower *I've recently been approached about expanding our service to an AM tower. We would be using 2.4 gear, what kind of problems would I need to watch out for when deploying on an AM tower. They said it was broadcasting at 1KW and the entire tower is hot. It is in a really good area, is a nice tower and the price is minimal, but I want to avoid as many service problems as possible by knowing what I'm getting into beforehand. Regards Michael Baird * WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] AM radio tower
Any problems I expect will be ethernet related. What frequency is the tower? On 9/9/09, Michael Baird m...@tc3net.com wrote: *I've recently been approached about expanding our service to an AM tower. We would be using 2.4 gear, what kind of problems would I need to watch out for when deploying on an AM tower. They said it was broadcasting at 1KW and the entire tower is hot. It is in a really good area, is a nice tower and the price is minimal, but I want to avoid as many service problems as possible by knowing what I'm getting into beforehand. Regards Michael Baird * WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however improbable, must be the truth. --- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] AM radio tower
Michael, If you get any responses off-list, I would be happy to hear. I have a similar situation, but down in Honduras. I posted nearly an exact question to yours, and the consensus was. 1) Install Noise Suppression, and Shielded Twisted Pair 2) Install only when the Tower is unpowered In my situation we want to use the 1KW AM Radio because of how tall the tower is, our stuff is 2.4 as well but we plan on 5.8 soon. -Israel Michael Baird wrote: *I've recently been approached about expanding our service to an AM tower. We would be using 2.4 gear, what kind of problems would I need to watch out for when deploying on an AM tower. They said it was broadcasting at 1KW and the entire tower is hot. It is in a really good area, is a nice tower and the price is minimal, but I want to avoid as many service problems as possible by knowing what I'm getting into beforehand. Regards Michael Baird * WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] AM radio tower
Tricky, but it's been done. You'll have to insulate your installation of radios, cables and antennas. and they will have to power down the tower while you install. -- From: Michael Baird m...@tc3net.com Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 11:25 PM To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Subject: [WISPA] AM radio tower *I've recently been approached about expanding our service to an AM tower. We would be using 2.4 gear, what kind of problems would I need to watch out for when deploying on an AM tower. They said it was broadcasting at 1KW and the entire tower is hot. It is in a really good area, is a nice tower and the price is minimal, but I want to avoid as many service problems as possible by knowing what I'm getting into beforehand. Regards Michael Baird * WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
