Are the magnets the best (most cost effective) way of completing this type of install? Or is capacitive discharge stud welding going to be the better route?
On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 11:28 AM, Brian Rohrbacher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Do a little reading on rare earth magnets (the strongest magnet there > is). You might be able to do some calculations and figure out what you > would to build your own. > Here are a couple sites I just googled. I think all you need to do is > figure out how much pull force you need to offset the wind load. > > http://www.kjmagnetics.com/neomaginfo.asp > http://www.indigo.com/magnets/rare-earth-magnets.html > > Brian > > St. Louis Broadband wrote: > > I have two water towers that will need 4 to 5 antenna mounts. The water > > towers are both the same. They are approximately 120' with a climbing > tube > > and a bulb at the top. There are no side rails. The hatch opens to the > bulb. > > How do you attach antennas??? Is welding standoffs the best practice? > Any > > ideas on basic costs? > > > > Here is a pic of one of the towers: http://stlbroadband.com/h20.html > > > > Also this was a method mentioned on another thread: > > http://www.metal-cable.com/page13.html > > These guys are nice but $3k apiece. I am thinking that if you went that > > route that you could get three for each tower and ad a mounting pipe > between > > each creating a triangle and mount to that. I am not sure how long they > > would maintain their power for this application, but if you had to move > your > > network these come along versus a welded situation. > > > > Thanks, > > Victoria > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > > http://signup.wispa.org/ > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
