I second that opinion. My experience shows SEVERE ambient issues with rooftop sites. -- Sincerely,
Randall T. Flinders EMC Engineer Emulex Network Systems V: (714) 513-8012 F: (714) 513-8265 randall.flind...@emulex.com ______ ______ ______\ /______ ______/ \______ E M U L E X Chairman Orange County Chapter IEEE EMC Society r.flind...@ieee.org ---------- From: Hans Mellberg Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 1999 7:59 AM To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org; bogda...@pacbell.net; Gary McInturff Cc: 'Brent DeWitt'; Allen Tudor; emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: Re: Precompliance Testing Before you put a rooftop OATS, (assuming you are not located in Easter Island or the Caribean Islands!) you are going to deal with substantially higher ambient signals. It so happens that when you need a stronger signal, a common practice is to raise the antenna! I have battled those problems twice in my past and I would not reccomend rooftop OATS anymore. --- bogda...@pacbell.net wrote: > May I add a note of caution: > It may be worthwhile to check the permissible > loading of the roof, especially > when you are in the Southwest where roofs are mostly > for shade and a few drops > of rain. I guess that you don't want to appear > suddenly in the conference room > below.... > Bogdan. > > Gary McInturff wrote: > > > I'll agree with Brent, and others, the headaches > of a metal room or the > > metal studs et al, in a building are going to make > you pull your hair out. > > But there is an alternative to the parking lot. > You may want to consider the > > roof. The ground reference can be put up there as > well, especially if you > > are doing pre-compliance stuff. You don't have to > give up parking space - > > which is sure to irate somebody. The roof gets a > little hot, but that only > > gives you the opportunity to work in your cutoffs, > and showing up to a > > meeting with the suits dressed like this is always > good for a laugh! > > Gary snip === Best Regards Hans Mellberg EMC Consultant _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com --------- This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to majord...@ieee.org with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the quotes). For help, send mail to ed.pr...@cubic.com, jim_bac...@monarch.com, ri...@sdd.hp.com, or roger.volgst...@compaq.com (the list administrators).
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