I have done this with LMR400, I ran 150 foot of LMR400 up a tower and put a 250mw amp at the top. With the choosen antenna I was right at 36db power output. It actually worked very well. Just as good or better than having the radio's at the top. It was a cheap way to put your radio's on the ground. BUT the first time the site got a lightning hit again I was screwed :(
So I quickly figured out the cost of replacing amps after 1 hit that I could have spent the extra money on the LMR900 or 5/8 HELIAX and I would have actually come out cheaper by not going the amped route. Kurt Fankhauser WAVELINC P.O. Box 126 Bucyrus, OH 44820 419-562-6405 www.wavelinc.com -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Josh Luthman Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 10:09 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] MiniPCI Radio Cards Is that how we can get 2.4 and 5.8 gear on the ground, with an amplifier? I would love having the gear inside and just coax and amp and antenna outside way up there! On 6/19/09, Jeremy Parr <[email protected]> wrote: > 2009/6/19 Scott Carullo <[email protected]> > >> >> My first advice is ditch the amp, not necessary and most likely illegal >> power. You can get what you need out of the minipci card. >> >> You will want to purchase from US distributor, search for RB411 and you >> should have plenty of options, best one probably close to you so you get >> them quickly prices are roughly the same everywhere. Titan Wireless is an >> excellent source of Mikrotik Product and they are good to work with. >> > > I would like to ditch the amps, and run the radios tower-top, but we have so > much lightning here. I'd like to limit towertop equipment to an amp, since > its easy to troubleshoot and replace. This will let me locate the radios in > the shack at the base, and troubleshoot easily without a climb, or 20 trips > up and down replacing one bit at a time. I'm only planning on a 250mw or > 500mw amp. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > 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/ > -- Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 "When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however improbable, must be the truth." --- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- 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/
