Well, the story on this is, the competitor dude, he bought the wisp from a friend of mine who was near death from cancer and he bought it to make cash, didn't know a thing about wifi or networking. But the 2 motivators for him was, his guys were using 1/2" galvanized water pipe and fittings to make up mounts for whatever situation they were in.......... Dunno how that was ever gonna work right and it never did. When the wind blew these things would move about on the fittings and the guys would take forever making up some bracket out of legos, basically. The second motivation is that the new owner of the wisp is an insurance agent and won't allow roof penetration, which is a good idea for anyone. So somehow he came up with this pipe bent at the muffler shop idea and I have to say, it looks like a winner. Cheap, cheap, cheap and from what the guys say, they can have the bracket mounted in a matter of minutes.
I'll see if I can locate one or two installs and get some pics. Bob- -----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Chuck Profito Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 1:28 PM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: Re: [WISPA] Antenna Mount extensions Robert, Not a bad idea at all. It would cut out a tripod and possible roof damage liability. That 'u' part, what is the apx depth of the 'u'? 18" 24"? and 10-12" vertically? If you are running around in the next few days, can you shoot a photo or two of a representative sample? I do like the idea of rolling it to the side and lagging it to the eve. Also, when extending it, you could add two pieces of EMT at a 45's, similar to a overhead power drop. Chuck Profito 209-988-7388 CV-ACCESS, INC cprof...@cv-access.com Providing High Speed Broadband to Rural Central California -----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Robert West Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 8:27 AM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: Re: [WISPA] Antenna Mount extensions My competitor here uses 1.25" EMT conduit from Home Depot, 13 bucks for a 10' section. He takes them to the local muffler shop and has them bend them with a block U shape so that he can mount them to the side of the house under the peak and the bend allows him to swing the mount to the eave as well for stability. For additional height he inserts the next smaller size of EMT 1 to 2 feet inside the 1.25" and puts a couple of 1/4" bolts to attach them together. He can add another 8 or 9 feet this way. BUT, EMT is a soft allow, it's made to bend easily so I certainly wouldn't want to trust it with anything with a large wind load very high up. I haven't tried it but he says it works perfect for him and his guys install a lot faster now. Bob- -----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Michael Baird Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 10:49 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] Antenna Mount extensions As we get into more and more installs, we are discovering installations where we just need a little more height, 5-10 ft. or so. Currently the majority of our installs are roof mount via a dish type screw in mount, or antenna tower mount. I'm looking for suggestions on additional mounting options, specifically we would like to be able to extend off the roof another 5-20ft if possible with some sort of simple/economical extension that will remain stable into the future. Regards Michael Baird ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org 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: wireless@wispa.org 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: wireless@wispa.org 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: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
