As far as FM stations you have to one up your standards for ethernet 10
fold.
I have found that placing a metal enclosure or ip66 near the APs
within 20 or so feet and
use only superior essex copper jacket with the heads bonded to the
copper at each end
and using hybrid fibre to the box all is good. Also, we only used CMM4s.
Did this 3 times and no issues at all.
One thing i did learn is dont use the mikrotik 260GS for the fibre
converters.
They dont like the heat.
On 7/22/2015 7:29 PM, George Skorup wrote:
And if the SS pops, then you'll be climbing it anyway...? And the it
keeps tripping because of the FM, then you'll be climbing to take it
out. Just sayin'. :)
On 7/22/2015 6:39 PM, Josh Luthman wrote:
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
<mailto: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 <tel:937-552-2340>
Direct: 937-552-2343 <tel:937-552-2343>
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373
On Jul 22, 2015 7:15 PM, "George Skorup" <geo...@cbcast.com
<mailto: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 <tel:937-552-2340>
Direct: 937-552-2343 <tel:937-552-2343>
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373
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