110¹ in the ground? WOW!
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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
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>> >     Wisp Consulting ­ Tower Climbing ­ Network Support
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >     
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>> >     *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 Œem.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >         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 wifeŠŠŠŠ..  **sigh**
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >         Bob-
>> >
>> >
>> >
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