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From: RickG <[email protected]> Reply-To: WISPA General List <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 00:29:29 -0400 To: WISPA General List <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Tower mounting pics wanted! There are some of those towers spread around the country. Pretty amazing self supporting structures. You could park several semi trucks under it. I met the original owner of the one in WPB and he said it was $1.2 Million! He claimed it would take a cat5 hurricane. Pylon footings were 110' down. On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 1:21 PM, Patrick Shoemaker <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey, that looks like our Hughes Memorial Tower here in DC: > > http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Washington,+District+of+Columbia&ll= > 38.963889,-77.027759&spn=0,0.006539&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=38.963786,-77.027765 > &panoid=4Ar2-y_7Pek7ryLgjPdMUA&cbp=12,142.6,,0,-30.81 > > 761 feet. > > Patrick Shoemaker > Vector Data Systems LLC > [email protected] > office: (301) 358-1690 x36 > http://www.vectordatasystems.com > > On 9/14/2010 12:24 PM, RickG wrote: >> > I know what you mean! In West Palm, we were on a 550' monster off I-95. >> > You could see it for miles around. The equipment 330' up on a standoff >> > that was 10' from the tower, 330' up. I admit, it took me two separate >> > tries to get the guts to walk out on it. Pics attached. We were plagued >> > by lightning hits that picked on the switch in the enclosure at the top. >> > I moved the enclosure off the standoff and left the radios on the mast >> > on the standoff which helped a lot. Eventually, I ran fiber up and that >> > fixed the issue altogether. >> > >> > >> > On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 10:07 AM, Justin Wilson <[email protected] >> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> > >> > If it is a2-3 foot standoff it gets tricky. I replaced a 2 foot >> > dish on a 3 foot standoff last year. Clipped the lobster tails to >> > the tower and had to use the positioning hooks to balance myself on >> > the end of the standoff. One of those places where once you get it >> > positioned its fairly comfortable. Takes a little getting used not >> > having any tower under you though. >> > >> > Had to go out on this standoff once: >> > >> http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30529837&l=89297015d2&id=1289017769 >> > >> <http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30529837&l=89297015d2&id=1289017769> >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Justin Wilson <[email protected] <http://[email protected] <http://mtin.net> >> >> > http://www.mtin.net/blog xISP News >> > http://www.twitter.com/j2sw Follow me on Twitter >> > Wisp Consulting Tower Climbing Network Support >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> > *From: *Mike Hammett <[email protected] >> > <http://[email protected] <http://ics-il.net> >> >> > >> > *Reply-To: *WISPA General List <[email protected] >> > <http://[email protected] <http://wispa.org> >> >> > *Date: *Tue, 14 Sep 2010 06:59:24 -0500 >> > >> > *To: *WISPA General List <[email protected] >> > <http://[email protected] <http://wispa.org> >> >> > *Subject: *Re: [WISPA] Tower mounting pics wanted! >> > >> > I have no idea how people use standoffs. How do you access the >> > gear on the standoff? >> > >> > >> > ----- >> > Mike Hammett >> > Intelligent Computing Solutions >> > http://www.ics-il.com >> > >> > >> > On 9/13/2010 9:36 PM, Robert West wrote: >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > I know you got em. >> > >> > >> > >> > I¹m looking for some nice pics of the various ways of mounting >> > sector antennas. I have a tower with 5 to 10 and even 20² >> > structural tube to mount to, three sided classic 1980¹s tower. >> > 300 footer. I¹m the king at ripping off designs and welding >> > up my own (sorry, my bad) and am looking for some good ideas >> > for this thing. >> > >> > >> > >> > I¹d say pretty please but I¹m not that pretty and I never >> > please. Well, so says the wife.. **sigh** >> > >> > >> > >> > Bob- >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------->> --- >> > WISPA Wants You! 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