You would need more people then.  You can't align the dish without both
radios being powered.

You could do two 3 man crews, one at each site.  Both install at the same
time and they should finish around the same time frame.  Align before coming
down at all.

Josh Luthman
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On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Greg Ihnen <os10ru...@gmail.com> wrote:

> It looks like for around $150 you could get binoculars with a built in
> magnetic compass that you see through the binoculars. Could you use the
> binoculars to find an object on the horizon on the right azimuth and then
> point the dish there?
>
> Greg
>
> On Oct 19, 2010, at 10:46 AM, Mark Nash wrote:
>
> Question:  What tools do you use to blindly put up the first end of a ptp
> without having a visual on the other side?
>
> Details:
>
> When deploying ptp dishes... One team doing both ends at different times.
>
> The first dish must be aligned without a connecting radio at the other end.
>
> We know how to get uptilt/downtilt/azimuth from Radio Mobile.
>
> Uptilt/downtilt is easy to do with a simple gauge.  Azimuth is a different
> story.  If you can see the site that you're aiming for, no big deal, but
> what if you can't?
>
> We have a number of backhaul upgrades to do in the next few months, and we
> have alot of fog here in the mornings this time of year.
>
>
>
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