Oh one more thing, you want to have at least a 3' standoff on the omni, or your omni will see it's reflection and really kill your signal's distance.
---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Dennis Burgess" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 00:26:09 -0500 >Marlon.. I very much appricate your comments. > >I am going to mount my equipment around the 150-175 foot mark on there 250 foot >tower. I may come lower if needed. I was convinced in using a amp cause of the >trees that are in the area. Most homes do not have line of sight without some trees. >I understand what you are saying though. > >What kind of range could i expect from a 8db omni assuming line of sight? > >dennis > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Marlon Schafer (509-982-2181) > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 10:46 PM > Subject: Re: [smartBridges] Radio Station Tower > > > I stay away from the station towers as much as I can. The massive quantities of rf > can and often do shut our gear down. > > By far my most troublesome site is on a radio station tower. I wished then and do > now that I'd have had somewhere else to go, anywhere else to go! Especially now > that they've increased the power on the radio station. Got 400KBps coming in and 70 > going out. yuck. > > Other systems up there (at ground level rather than up on the tower) will deliver > 250ish out at 12 miles! Grrrrrr. > > Stay as low as you can. > > Also, please note that I've MOVED this thread to the wisp list rather than the sb > list. > > marlon > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dennis Burgess > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 8:07 PM > Subject: Re: [smartBridges] Radio Station Tower > > > I would really like to get a answer on this one! > > Thanks everyone, > > Dennis > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dennis Burgess > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 8:50 PM > Subject: [smartBridges] Radio Station Tower > > > I am getting ready to sign a deal with a radio station. They have a 250 foot > tower, I can place equipment anywhere on. However, they run both a AM and FM > station off the top. Will there transmission and me using a omni cause any ill > effects? > > Thanx, > > Dennis > > --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus By Avolve.net] The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe smartBridges <yournickname> To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe smartBridges) Archives: http://archives.part-15.org
