Re: [WISPA] Height above metal roof

2006-06-30 Thread George Rogato
Wonder how well OFDM performs in this situation? George Jason wrote: Ryan, I would think that the vertical beam width of the antenna you choose would have something to do with it. Do a little trig and see if the signal hits the rooftop or clears the edge; throw in some safety factor. A

Re: [WISPA] Height above metal roof

2006-06-30 Thread Jason
Ryan, I would think that the vertical beam width of the antenna you choose would have something to do with it. Do a little trig and see if the signal hits the rooftop or clears the edge; throw in some safety factor. Also, calc the freznel zone at the edge of the roof. Just my gut instin

Re: [WISPA] Height above metal roof

2006-06-30 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
It really depends on the roof. If it's pretty flat then you'll likely have to get up there a ways. If it's sloped away from your antenna it may not take much. This, sir, will likely be a try it and see issue. If you're gonna press for a number though, I'd probably put up one of those 20 or

Re: [WISPA] Height above metal roof

2006-06-29 Thread Tom DeReggi
The bigger issue is wether the barn is high enough for being a cell site. If the Barn is up on high ground elevations, it might be OK. Remember the freznel zone needs to be above the tree line for the LOS freqs. I can tell you that I get nad reflections of regular roofs in many cases when using

Re: [WISPA] Height above metal roof

2006-06-29 Thread Blair Davis
I always put my omnis at least 1/2 the diameter of the roof, (water tower or silo), higher than the roof if in the center -- Ryan Spott wrote: I have been offered the roof of a barn in my area to mount 900, 2.4 and 5.8 APs. What is the minimum height above the metal that I want to be at i

RE: [WISPA] Height above metal roof

2006-06-29 Thread Mac Dearman
I don't know how high off the roof it would take to not have bad multipath issues. I do know that I had a CPE on one end of a metal building that was longer than a football field & twice as wide(was shooting over the length of it) and I "the Devil" trying to correct that issue while it was in that