Bob, Was hoping you would pipe in. Well there you have it! This is the way that I will go. Do you have a ball park figure of what this might cost?
Here is a pic of the tower: www.stlbroadband.com/h2o.html Thanks! On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 12:14 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > V- > > CSW is the way to go. > > In my book magnets on an elevated structure is just a bad idea. I know we > have expelled a ton of bandwidth in the past on this subject but I would > look at how it would reflect in court if I had an issue. > > I would not put anything on a tank I could not repel (descend) from. Do it > and do it right. Don't take chances and don't reinvent the wheel. > > You can purchase heavy duty tank tripods from Site Pro 1 (www.sitepro1.com) > and get someone to install them for ya. > > I am sure the water authority's engineering staff would also approve the > CSW mwthod faster. > > Good luck > > Bob > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > > -----Original Message----- > From: "St. Louis Broadband" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2008 11:37:39 > To: WISPA General List<[email protected]> > 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/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
