From my understanding the FCC only has provisions
for towers 200 ft or taller, that they register. And guildlines for masts,
not to exceed 10 feet under Otard.
Everything in between is up for debate and
controled by local zoning rules. Not all local governementshave a
classification
I'd like to see Star-OS with the Virtual AP feature, it the most important
to support today.
Mikrotik, has a lot of features, but its GUI is very confusing to
understand, and to difficult for a novice to just configure at a glance.
STAROS on the other hand, I could understand how to configure it
There are FAA guidelines about structures under 200 feet near airports
but I have not searched for those guidelines. If you Google it and find
anything of interest please feel free to pass along to the rest of us
here. I remember something about allowing so many feet above AGL
(Average Ground
Oh goody. Something that'll make Napster's
impact on the internet look tame!
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Scriv,
I used to conduct advanced FAA studies when I worked for a large tower
company. You can use the TOWAIR system on the FCC WTB website to get a rough
idea of the requirements near an airport but to get maximum heights there
are many factors mainly dealing with invisible surfaces that
That's what I had been told.
And even if there is an airport, I had heard that if your tower is not
along the line the airplanes use to land/take off, you're ok.
there are two local airports within 10 miles of my tower and the town
didn't say anything, and the faa friend of the engineer we
Look at APC Environmental Monitoring Units (EMU). If memory serves
correctly, it was $150 or so and it does what you are asking... PLUS you
can SNMP query the device and get real-time readings. I do Temp and
Humidity in my computer room, along with my bandwidth.
Eric Rogers
Precision Data
I have one It works great. I can watch my
local news when I go to the inlaw's. Of course I had to order them
dsl. sorry about that,but could not find a wireless provider
rob
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Marlon K.
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To: wireless@wispa.org
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There's a site somewhere buried inside the FCC tower search where you can input
GPS coords, and it'll tell you whether you need
special FAA approval or not.
The way to FIND that search eludes me at the moment, though.
Sorry
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