Sounds like good setups all around right now we are also going to do a similar thing with the local telco , we're going to do some websites and hosting in our US Colocation for them and in turn we get access to all there telco towers (10 or so of them) best thing is CELL TOWERS ARE EVERYWHERE TO GET GOOD COVERAGE so as long as you follow the cell towers you know youll be able to do wide coverage area's, also something nice we worked out with the telco is the fact they have a fiber ring going to all the towers and there DSLAMS for the telco's dsl service so we are going to work out bringing the entire infrastructure back to our NOC on Fiber because we already have a few fibers from them that are just sitting there so booya instant infrastructure expansion but like he said Keep the radio's on the antennas minimum cable 0' if possible (barrels are nice) and also if your looking for good thick saturated coverage use high quality sectors, HyperLink and Radiowave are both good companies hyperlinks on the expensive side but they have really high quality hardware we are redoing our entire network with there antennas and amps partially the reason we don't have money for the telco tower expansion at the moment :( But good luck with yours and it sounds like a good idea and your thoughts on it using on the lower base as long as you have a good clear LOS with no obstructions ANYWHERE close to block ANY of the beam to end up reflecting back to you the signal then your set. Stay above tree's and rocks and stuff that might be on the hill.
Chris
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> I'm thinking about setting up a repeater (2 APPO's back to back)
> in an existing cell phone/TV tower. This is a European cell phone
> tower, that is, using GSM. I know we all use different frequencies,
> but does it make sense to install the repeater in the same tower
> as this other equipment?
>
> The other antennas are located higher in the tower, the repeater
> can be located closer to the base, since this tower is already
> on a mountaintop, with nice LOS to the area I want to cover?
>
> I'm going to start talking to the tower owners, but first I'd
> like to know your opinions, experiences with this, etc?
>
> Any interference issues, or any other problems ?
>
> I'll be using a directional antenna to receive the signal, and
> then maybe a sector or an omni to retransmit it.
>
> Suggestions?
>
> Thanks!!
I would think this shouldn't be a problem. I'm hardly an expert at this,
so this advice may be worth what you're paying for it. Just make sure your
radios are as close to the antennas as possible (so you won't need amps).
Sounds to me like what you're doing should be just fine.
My repeater consists of 2 13dB panel antennas and 2 airPoints in a NEMA
box. It's only supporting 2 people now, and will not need to support more
than 4 due to the geography in this area.
My next repeater will need to support several dozen customers (or more!).
I'll have one aPPO feeding a switch and the switch feeding 3 or 4 aPPOs.
.at least... that's the plan for now.
Tim Foster
www.AledoBroadBand.com
Aledo's only high-speed ISP
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