Re: [WISPA] Tower Height Regulations

2006-01-11 Thread Tom DeReggi
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

Re: [WISPA] Experience with 802.11a 5Ghz PtMP deployments

2006-01-11 Thread Tom DeReggi
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

Re: [WISPA] Tower Height Regulations

2006-01-11 Thread John Scrivner
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

[WISPA] Fw: [WISP] Wow ! Think of the implications ?

2006-01-11 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
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RE: [WISPA] Tower Height Regulations

2006-01-11 Thread Brian Webster
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

Re: [WISPA] Tower Height Regulations

2006-01-11 Thread Mario Pommier
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

RE: [WISPA] remote temp sensors

2006-01-11 Thread Eric Rogers
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

Re: [WISPA] Fw: [WISP] Wow ! Think of the implications ?

2006-01-11 Thread Rob's list
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 - Original Message - From: Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 To: wireless@wispa.org Sent:

RE: [WISPA] Tower Height Regulations

2006-01-11 Thread Rick Smith
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 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL