I've finder this for installs, but I use a tree line or if I'm lucky a square building, land plot, silo, etc. On Oct 19, 2010 6:03 PM, "Jim Patient" <[email protected]> wrote: > We " hillbilly" them up all the time and most of the time don't need > to go back to tower 1. Every once in a while we might have to go back > and tweak the alignment a little. I use Delorme Topo USA and a GPS > receiver on my laptop. Mark both locations and draw a line between the > towers. Zoom in and start walking directly away from the tower in the > direction of the link and keep the little arrow thingy on the line. I > go out a few hundred feet, make sure I'm on the line and drop a > direction target to shoot at. > > Jim Patient > > Cell: 314-565-6863 > Desk: 636-692-4200 > YIM: jeffcosoho > www.wlan1.com > www.linktechs.net > www.wifimidwest.com > > > On 10/19/2010 10:16 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! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
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