Am I the only one that uses Trigonometry for vertical alignment? Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373
On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 12:12 PM, Jim Patient <sa...@jeffcosoho.com> wrote: > You can also tie a light colored rope on the tower and stretch it out on > the line. Most of the time I just take a milk jug or some other light > colored object and set it out as far as I can to use as the target. > > We use a Starrett angle finder to check the tilt. As mentioned in a > previous post, you can get the tilt from Radio Mobile. > > Jim Patient > Cell: 314-565-6863 > Desk: 636-692-4200 > YIM: jeffcosohowww.wlan1.comwww.linktechs.netwww.wifimidwest.com > > > On 10/19/2010 11:37 PM, Tom DeReggi wrote: > > Jim that is an excellent point. Its how our climbers did it that we pay. > They draw the direction to point on the ground with spray paint or > something. Then when on the tower, looking down, its pretty easy to align > the feed with the line on the ground. For up down, I've seen them use > levels on the dish, and pre-calculate the downtilt. > > Tom DeReggi > RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc > IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Jim Patient <sa...@jeffcosoho.com> > *To:* WISPA General List <wireless@wispa.org> > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 19, 2010 6:00 PM > *Subject:* Re: [WISPA] PtP Dish Alignment > > 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: jeffcosohowww.wlan1.comwww.linktechs.netwww.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: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe:http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > ------------------------------ > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today!http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe:http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >
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