If you’re lucky enough to have good attachment points in the right locations you could guy the antenna instead of using ballast. This results in a more stable installation and lighter roof loading. It rarely works out, but you could get lucky.
Definitely use a pad under the mount. This isn’t for anti-skid purposes. It protects the roof membrane from the mount and any falling ballast should the mount tip over. I also tether the mount so that it stays put. Come from two nearly-opposite directions and leave just enough slack that the antenna can fall over, but can’t move around much from there. You don’t want it damaging anything on the roof, or worse, flying off of the roof. Chuck From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mattson, III, Ken V Sent: Monday, August 08, 2016 6:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Non penetrating roof mounted WiFi antenna Has anyone roof mounted an AIR-ANT2588P3M-N antenna? Do you have pictures of the installation that you could share? How high did you mount it? How much weight did you put on the base? We plan on putting it as high at 8-10 ft. on something like this: http://www.cableandwireshop.com/non-penetrating-roof-mount-with-166-x-120-mast.html Any gotchas we should be aware of? Thanks for any assistance, Kenneth V. Mattson III Director - Network and Data DoIT Creighton University 402-280-2743 402-981-1140 A password is like a toothbrush: Choose a good one, change it regularly and don't share it. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
