Also a good point! :)
Erich Kaiser North Central Tower [email protected] Office: 630-621-4804 Cell: 630-777-9291 On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 9:11 PM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > Also keep in mind there is a difference between a 6 ft dish at 6 GHz > and a 6 ft dish at 11 or 18 GHz which will not tolerate any twisting of the > tower/mast. > > Although I had an 11 GHz 3 ft dish and a 5 GHz 3 ft backup on a tower that > had additional guy wires added and all the guy wires re-tensioned, and both > dishes took big hits in signal until they were re-aimed. If they had been > 6 ft dishes, the links might have completely dropped. > > > *From:* Erich Kaiser <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Monday, June 01, 2015 8:48 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Mounting a 6 foot dish on a Non Pen. > > Rohn 25 would not work, you would be better off with 4.5" 15ft pipe > non-pen and a separate non-pen for stiff arm, it would need to be angled > toward the weight of the non-pen. I have a non-pen with 15ft 4.5" pipe, > just cant remember brand name at this moment. Are you mounting on a roof > or anywhere near a wall? Even some angle iron would work as a stiff arm. > > > Erich Kaiser > North Central Tower > [email protected] > Office: 630-621-4804 > Cell: 630-777-9291 > > > On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 3:04 PM, Sam Lambie <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hmm the tower idea is a not bad. I have a ROHN 25 sitting in the back. I >> could make a sled for it. Would a 25 work? Or is it too flimsy? >> >> On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 2:01 PM, Justin Wilson - MTIN <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> You need an actual 10 foot tower. You could engineer that to be non >>> penetrating. The dish needs a stabilizer arm to tie back to something. >>> Otherwise you will be visiting it often. If it’s licensed a 1 degree >>> movement could mean the difference between a -60 and a -70. You could do >>> something like the attached, but those are 4 foot dishes. >>> >>> 80 mph is roughly is somewhere around 700 foot pounds of torque on one >>> axis and 900 on another. Thats a lot of power for anything to hold. >>> There is a reason most big dishes are mounted to a tower near the guy wires >>> on a guyed tower. >>> >>> For another example look at the picture on this wikipedia article. >>> >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_broadband >>> >>> >>> >>> Justin Wilson [email protected] >>> http://www.mtin.net Managed Services – xISP Solutions – Data Centers >>> http://www.thebrotherswisp.com Podcast about xISP topics >>> http://www.midwest-ix.com Peering – Transit – Internet Exchange >>> >>> On Jun 1, 2015, at 3:47 PM, That One Guy /sarcasm < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> on our 4' dish we had planned on using angle iron vertically in one >>> corner of the tray with struts going down to the two corners left and right >>> for attaching the stabilizer if we needed it >>> >>> On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 2:34 PM, Sam Lambie <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hey all, >>>> >>>> I am looking to mount a 6' dish on a 10' tall mast (4 1/2" OD) at the >>>> top of the mast with something like this: >>>> https://www.tessco.com/products/displayProductInfo.do?sku=504727 >>>> >>>> Using a Cinderblock tray as the base. >>>> My question is, would this work? And how would I keep the dish from >>>> twisting on the mast? >>>> >>>> Sam >>>> >>>> -- >>>> -- >>>> *Sam Lambie* >>>> Taosnet Wireless Tech. >>>> 575-758-7598 Office >>>> www.Taosnet.com <http://www.newmex.com/> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your >>> team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team. >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> -- >> *Sam Lambie* >> Taosnet Wireless Tech. >> 575-758-7598 Office >> www.Taosnet.com <http://www.newmex.com> >> > >
