Does that work with 2.4 or 5.8? Or 900? On 6/19/09, Kurt Fankhauser <[email protected]> wrote: > The 5/8 heliax is cheaper and has slightly less loss. I don't use the > LMR-900 anymore as it weighs twice as much also. > > Here is a picture of what you could do with the Heliax :) I just had a > lightning storm role by this tower last night which just happens to be by my > house. Needless to say I slept like a baby knowing I was not going to have > to replace any equipment from lightning damage. I sleep a lot better at > night now then I use to a few years back... :) > > 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 10:48 AM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] MiniPCI Radio Cards > > 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! 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