WispMon Pro has a phone app that will tell you distance and bearing to any of the towers in your database from your current location and plot it for you on a map. We are toying with making the app available for a small price to the general public, but it will need some mods so you can enter your tower locations manually and store them in a local file/db on the phone. Hit me offlist if you are interested and we'll try to get it out quicker if there is a big show of hands.
Regards, Cameron On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Josh Luthman <[email protected]>wrote: > I've never put a dish up half together. I've always seen it done putting > everything together then hoisting it up. > > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > > On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 12:09 PM, Tom DeReggi > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Actually not true in many cases. >> If the distance is really long beyond site, such as 20-30miles, I'd agree. >> But if say LOS within 10 miles or so on a clear day, its pretty easy. >> >> After our tech eye balls the alignment, I'll usually have the tech do a >> fine align just in case we can improve it. BUt 9 out of 10 times, it was >> not necessary and maybe we'll gain a half DB. >> >> The secret to aligning dishes is to look through the feed hole before the >> feed is screwed in. (for example PAC wireless parabolic dish). You then home >> in on the far side area aiming for, positionioned in cetner of hole, and >> make sure the Ring around the hole appears equal size all around to verify >> it is aligned. Because the hole has metal around it that has DEPTH, maybe >> 1/4-1/2 inch, you can see the depth of this inside surface all around the >> hole. >> >> As matter of fact, if we dont get our link budget acheieve and we need to >> trouble shoot why, we check cables first, because the odds of having a bad >> cable is higher than the tech getting the first alignment attempt wrong. >> >> Panels are harder to align, because looking from the side. >> >> Sure it can be harder to align a big dish with radome that does not have a >> removable feed. >> >> Tom DeReggi >> RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc >> IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> *From:* Josh Luthman <[email protected]> >> *To:* WISPA General List <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 19, 2010 11:34 AM >> *Subject:* Re: [WISPA] PtP Dish Alignment >> >> That's not realistically possible. You would have to be extraordinarily >> lucky to align that first dish without having any measurements. >> >> Josh Luthman >> Office: 937-552-2340 >> Direct: 937-552-2343 >> 1100 Wayne St >> Suite 1337 >> Troy, OH 45373 >> >> >> On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 11:28 AM, Mark Nash <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> (sent a message a few minutes ago but through strange indicators I >>> think it may not have sent out...sorry if it's a double-post) >>> >>> I'm trying to have 1 crew and not do the 2nd trip to the first tower. >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> *From:* Josh Luthman <[email protected]> >>> *To:* WISPA General List <[email protected]> >>> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 19, 2010 8:28 AM >>> *Subject:* Re: [WISPA] PtP Dish Alignment >>> >>> 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 >>> Office: 937-552-2340 >>> Direct: 937-552-2343 >>> 1100 Wayne St >>> Suite 1337 >>> Troy, OH 45373 >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Greg Ihnen <[email protected]>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. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> WISPA Wants You! 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