The phone app will also run LOS profiles between your location and a chosen tower...FYI.
On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 11:20 AM, Cameron Crum <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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