Thanks Kevin. The utility company is good if you really need to be up really quick. If sB keeps having issues then I may stat away from limited access areas.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kevin Summers Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 12:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [smartBridges] Distance and Links $700 a month for access to a utility pole is steep, and if the poles carry power then you are not likely going to get to do the installs (or maintenance) yourself. Our power company has some nice huge 100-150' high power towers around here that I would love to get on, but they insist (for obvious reasons) that they do all the tower work, which means when there is a problem I would have to pay through the nose and am at the mercy of THEIR schedule. In the end you are likely better off finding a hill and putting up a 98' guyed tower. I say 90' because in most areas if you hit 100' or above then FAA lighting is required. (more expense and headache and paperwork and approvals from other agencies...) As for receiving signal. I've been able to pick up 43% RSSI with my laptop INSIDE our workshop which is 3/4 of a mile from our tower. We of course can't associate with the AP because the laptop card doesn't have enough power to get signal back to the tower, but it's still fairly impressive. Our tower has an AirPoint Indoor, 85 feet of LMR400, 500mW AMP, a band pass filter, and a Maxrad 14db 90* sector antenna. Kevin Summers KISTech Internet Services Inc. www.kistech.com > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Rudolph Worrell > Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 8:28 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [smartBridges] Distance and Links > > > I have notice a lot of talks here regarding links, distances, > antenna types > and Amps. It is a little scary because sB braggs a 21 mile range > with proper > antenna (24dbi) in open space. I took that as a guarantee and I > am betting on > it. > > So far I have been able to get a signal percent or 22% with a 14dbi > directional antenna using the AirNic and a laptop at 6 miles with > decent line > of site. When the 24dbi grid is added to the equation I get about 90-100 > percent at the same 6 miles away. Is this good. Does anyone > else get the > same or better. > > If this works at 6 miles at near 100 with decent LOS I am going > to bet that it > will do the same at 10-15 with clear LOS on a tower without an > amplifier. > Anyone done this? > > Last question. What are your feelings on using utility poles for > distribution > of your services and do you think $700/month is too high? > -- > Rudolph Worrell > President > Phone:(540)664-3950 > Fax:(270)458-6431 > www.wave2net.com > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------- > This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ > ----------ANNOUNCEMENT---------- > Don't forget to register for WISPCON IV > http://www.wispcon.info/us/wispcon-iv/wispcon-iv.htm > > 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 ----------ANNOUNCEMENT---------- Don't forget to register for WISPCON IV http://www.wispcon.info/us/wispcon-iv/wispcon-iv.htm 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 ----------ANNOUNCEMENT---------- Don't forget to register for WISPCON IV http://www.wispcon.info/us/wispcon-iv/wispcon-iv.htm 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
