Augh..4 bucks a foot. What's the difference between LMR900 and 5/8 heliax?
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 On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 10:30 AM, Kurt Fankhauser <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
