Re: [WISPA] AM radio tower

2009-09-09 Thread Mike Hammett
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

Re: [WISPA] AM radio tower

2009-09-09 Thread Doug Ratcliffe
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

Re: [WISPA] AM radio tower

2009-09-08 Thread Josh Luthman
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

Re: [WISPA] AM radio tower

2009-09-08 Thread Israel Lopez-LISTS
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

Re: [WISPA] AM radio tower

2009-09-08 Thread Paul Rice
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