I would weld if the tank owner allows. ----- Original Message ----- From: "St. Louis Broadband" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2008 10:37 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Stand offs for a water tower question...
> 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/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
