Me.  I don't want the radio to pop if I have to climb it :(

Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373
On Jul 22, 2015 7:27 PM, "George Skorup" <geo...@cbcast.com> wrote:

>  I debated installing a GigE-SS-HV up next to the radios, but every time
> I've tried that on FM sites in the past, we had to take them out, so I
> skipped it and pray for the best. And the 450 has built-in TVSS, which I
> know has saved a couple radios in the past. Plus the ePMP radio is $100, so
> who cares.
>
> On 7/22/2015 6:20 PM, Josh Luthman wrote:
>
> That's definitely enlightening.  I'll be doing the climbing and I'm really
> expecting to do fiber and two wire for 250 feet leaving 20' cat5
> eth/power/sync runs.
>
> Josh Luthman
> Office: 937-552-2340
> Direct: 937-552-2343
> 1100 Wayne St
> Suite 1337
> Troy, OH 45373
> On Jul 22, 2015 7:15 PM, "George Skorup" <geo...@cbcast.com> wrote:
>
>> I have a connectorized ePMP on a 2' dish at 125 feet on a 50kW FM site.
>> The bays start at 420 feet though. And it's 50kW EIRP. Something like
>> 15-16kW actually on the transmission line. There's also a low power station
>> at 250 feet, but it's under 3kW I think. The 450 AP at 225 feet sees some
>> CRC errors sometimes. The ePMP radio doesn't have any problems though. The
>> guys didn't listen to me and ran our cat5 bundle right next to the high
>> power transmission line. "But there were waveguide brackets there, it was
>> so easy!" I smash your face now.
>>
>> On 7/22/2015 4:00 PM, Josh Luthman wrote:
>>
>>> Has anyone had good luck on FM stations recently? I would *LOVE* for the
>>> radios to have an SFP, but it seems that's just not available.  I'm wonder
>>> if fiber up ~250' and then 10-20 foot shielded cat5 would be sufficient to
>>> protect the ethernet ports from such high power.
>>>
>>> I'm also weary about getting on the tower for having such high power 250
>>> feet away, but that's a secondary issue.
>>>
>>> Josh Luthman
>>> Office: 937-552-2340
>>> Direct: 937-552-2343
>>> 1100 Wayne St
>>> Suite 1337
>>> Troy, OH 45373
>>>
>>
>>
>

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