Then you're still invincible! I'm old. I know I'll go splat and I try to avoid wearing dirt at every opportunity.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of 3-dB Networks Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 11:28 AM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: Re: [WISPA] Wind! 23 I think... but I'm just about to turn 26 :-) A stupid squirrel chewed through the cable on an AP that had close to 80 customers on it... and it had been down for at least 24 hours before I said screw it. I honestly don't feel that I wasn't safe... but it's amazing how much a tower can really sway (or at least feel like its swaying) when you're up there. If you account for your body as adding X amount of wind load to the tower... you can pretty much figure out if it is safe or not. In this case there was only a few Canopy AP's and reflector dishes on the tower... and it was built for a heck of a lot more load than that. If your 100ft self supporter is close to capacity I'd probably think twice about climbing it. Daniel White 3-dB Networks http://www.3dbnetworks.com -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robert West Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 9:24 AM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: Re: [WISPA] Wind! And you were, that, 19 years old at the time? Bob- -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of 3-dB Networks Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 11:22 AM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: Re: [WISPA] Wind! You mean being on a 100ft self supporting tower in wind like that :-) Once had to climb 100ft up a Rohn 25 tower in wind like that... that was the most terrifying experience on a tower in my life :-) Daniel White 3-dB Networks http://www.3dbnetworks.com -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David E. Smith Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 9:18 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Wind! On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 10:12, Robert West <[email protected]>wrote: > Windy today, supposed to have gusts up to 50mph before days end. You haven't lived until you've seen a 100' freestanding tower swaying in the wind on a day like this. Simultaneously awesome and terrifying. David Smith MVN.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- 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/
