[AFMUG] 5GHz Omni standoff

2016-03-10 Thread Jason McKemie
Anyone have suggestions for a standoff mount for use with a 5GHz omni? It will be mounted to the side of a Pirod tower, so I'm going to need some sort of standoff to minimize shadowing. -Jason

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2016-03-10 Thread Chuck McCown
Here is a good ‘un: http://www.mccowntech.com/24-inch-pipe-standoff/ From: Jason McKemie Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2016 12:00 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] 5GHz Omni standoff Anyone have suggestions for a standoff mount for use with a 5GHz omni? It will be mounted to the side of a

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2016-03-10 Thread George Skorup
I have used a lot of the Andrew S2000. On 3/10/2016 1:00 PM, Jason McKemie wrote: Anyone have suggestions for a standoff mount for use with a 5GHz omni? It will be mounted to the side of a Pirod tower, so I'm going to need some sort of standoff to minimize shadowing. -Jason

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2016-03-10 Thread Jason McKemie
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 10, 2016 12:00 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* [AFMUG] 5GHz Omni standoff > > Anyone have suggestions for a standoff mount for use with a 5GHz omni? It > will be mounted to the side of a Pirod tower, so I'm going to need some > sort of standoff to minimize shadowing. > > -Jason >

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2016-03-10 Thread Ken Hohhof
: Jason McKemie Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2016 2:02 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 5GHz Omni standoff I had looked at those, I just didn't know if it had enough standoff for use with an omni - from a shadowing perspective. On Thursday, March 10, 2016, Chuck McCown wrote: Here is a

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2016-03-10 Thread Jason McKemie
andoff. Or > Connect-It Wireless S2-S6. Can be used on vertical or sloping tower legs. > Sitepro1 also has several solutions, some of which are YUGE! > > > *From:* Jason McKemie > *Sent:* Thursday, March 10, 2016 2:02 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] 5GHz Omni st

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2016-03-10 Thread Chuck McCown
This one will do 24 inches: http://www.mccowntech.com/side-arm-tower-mount/ From: Jason McKemie Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2016 1:29 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 5GHz Omni standoff I'm not exactly sure how much standoff I need, I guess that is part of the question. On Thu, M

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2016-03-10 Thread Ken Hohhof
ndoff. Or Connect-It Wireless S2-S6. Can be used on vertical or sloping tower legs. Sitepro1 also has several solutions, some of which are YUGE! From: Jason McKemie Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2016 2:02 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 5GHz Omni standoff I had looked at tho

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2016-03-10 Thread Chuck McCown
. From: Ken Hohhof Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2016 1:35 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 5GHz Omni standoff I thought Chuck posted something awhile back about X many wavelengths, I suspect 2 ft should be fine at 5 GHz, but no matter what I assume you’ll lose some signal going through

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2016-03-10 Thread Jason McKemie
om > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] 5GHz Omni standoff > > I'm not exactly sure how much standoff I need, I guess that is part of the > question. > > On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 2:25 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: > >> How much standoff do you need? I have used Andrew S200 like George says &

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2016-03-10 Thread Chuck McCown
To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 5GHz Omni standoff Do you know of any distributors who stock these? On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 2:33 PM, Chuck McCown wrote: This one will do 24 inches: http://www.mccowntech.com/side-arm-tower-mount/ From: Jason McKemie Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2016

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2016-03-10 Thread Kurt Fankhauser
m:* Jason McKemie > *Sent:* Thursday, March 10, 2016 1:46 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] 5GHz Omni standoff > > Do you know of any distributors who stock these? > > On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 2:33 PM, Chuck McCown wrote: > >> This one will do 24 inc

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2016-03-10 Thread George Skorup
lt;mailto:j.mcke...@veloxinetbroadband.com> *Sent:* Thursday, March 10, 2016 2:02 PM *To:* af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] 5GHz Omni standoff I had looked at those, I just didn't know if it had enough standoff for use with an omni - from a

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2016-03-10 Thread Chuck McCown
What do you pay for an Andrew/Comscope S200? From: Ken Hohhof Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2016 1:25 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 5GHz Omni standoff How much standoff do you need? I have used Andrew S200 like George says (2 ft standoff) or S300 (3 ft), actually they go up to 6 ft

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2016-03-10 Thread Kurt Fankhauser
i thought i was paying somewhere in the $150 range for it On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 7:16 PM, Chuck McCown wrote: > What do you pay for an Andrew/Comscope S200? > > *From:* Ken Hohhof > *Sent:* Thursday, March 10, 2016 1:25 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG]

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2016-03-10 Thread Lewis Bergman
S200? >> >> *From:* Ken Hohhof >> *Sent:* Thursday, March 10, 2016 1:25 PM >> *To:* af@afmug.com >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] 5GHz Omni standoff >> >> How much standoff do you need? I have used Andrew S200 like George says >> (2 ft standoff) or S3

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2016-03-10 Thread Ken Hohhof
$78 (plus shipping) here: http://ciwireless1-px.rtrk.com/product/tower-antenna-standoff/ From: Kurt Fankhauser Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2016 6:31 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 5GHz Omni standoff i thought i was paying somewhere in the $150 range for it On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 7

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2016-03-10 Thread Ken Hohhof
Hmm, Tessco has Andrew at $138, house brand at $118, not sure why so expensive. Of course the shipping adds a lot unless you buy a bunch at once shipped freight on a pallet. From: Lewis Bergman Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2016 6:48 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 5GHz Omni standoff

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2016-03-10 Thread Lewis Bergman
m, Tessco has Andrew at $138, house brand at $118, not sure why so > expensive. Of course the shipping adds a lot unless you buy a bunch at > once shipped freight on a pallet. > > *From:* Lewis Bergman > *Sent:* Thursday, March 10, 2016 6:48 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subjec

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2016-03-10 Thread Seth Mattinen
On 3/10/16 16:59, Lewis Bergman wrote: You have to watch Tessco. They are in Maryland so if you aren't on the east coast shipping gets high. There said they are opening a San Antonio warehouse but o don't know if they are open. Talley and Hutton have more locations. Tessco has two distribution

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2016-03-10 Thread Jaime Solorza
I used to buy tons of stuff from Hutton...and Electrocomm as well... On Mar 10, 2016 6:07 PM, "Seth Mattinen" wrote: > On 3/10/16 16:59, Lewis Bergman wrote: > >> You have to watch Tessco. They are in Maryland so if you aren't on the >> east coast shipping gets high. There said they are opening

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2016-03-10 Thread Chuck McCown
Hmmm, that is very low. Like lower than wholesale low. I wonder how they do it for that... From: Ken Hohhof Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2016 5:48 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 5GHz Omni standoff $78 (plus shipping) here: http://ciwireless1-px.rtrk.com/product/tower-antenna-standoff

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2016-03-10 Thread Bill Prince
ug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] 5GHz Omni standoff $78 (plus shipping) here: http://ciwireless1-px.rtrk.com/product/tower-antenna-standoff/ *From:* Kurt Fankhauser <mailto:lists.wavel...@gmail.com> *Sent:* Thursday, March 10, 2016 6:31 PM *To:* af@afmug.com &l

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2016-03-10 Thread Eric Kuhnke
gt; *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] 5GHz Omni standoff > > $78 (plus shipping) here: > http://ciwireless1-px.rtrk.com/product/tower-antenna-standoff/ > > > *From:* Kurt Fankhauser > *Sent:* Thursday, March 10, 2016 6:31 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:

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2016-03-10 Thread Chuck McCown
OK, that makes a huge difference. On a mount like that my galvanizing would cost me close to $10 alone. From: Bill Prince Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2016 7:27 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 5GHz Omni standoff Chinese steel. Otherwise known as zinc-plated lead. bp On 3/10/2016

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2016-03-10 Thread Chuck McCown
Funny they use a drawing that they must have gotten from Andrews because it has the same error... From: Ken Hohhof Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2016 5:48 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 5GHz Omni standoff $78 (plus shipping) here: http://ciwireless1-px.rtrk.com/product/tower-antenna

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2016-03-10 Thread Ken Hohhof
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 5GHz Omni standoff Hmmm, that is very low. Like lower than wholesale low. I wonder how they do it for that... From: Ken Hohhof Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2016 5:48 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 5GHz Omni standoff $78 (plus shipping) here: http://ciwireless1

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2016-03-10 Thread Ken Hohhof
: Bill Prince Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2016 8:27 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 5GHz Omni standoff Chinese steel. Otherwise known as zinc-plated lead. bp On 3/10/2016 6:25 PM, Chuck McCown wrote: Hmmm, that is very low. Like lower than wholesale low. I wonder how they do it

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2016-03-10 Thread Ken Hohhof
Most tower steel is a clone of either Rohn or Andrew. From: Chuck McCown Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2016 8:46 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 5GHz Omni standoff Funny they use a drawing that they must have gotten from Andrews because it has the same error... From: Ken Hohhof Sent

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2016-03-11 Thread Bill Prince
arch 10, 2016 8:27 PM *To:* af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] 5GHz Omni standoff Chinese steel. Otherwise known as zinc-plated lead. bp On 3/10/2016 6:25 PM, Chuck McCown wrote: Hmmm, that is very low. Like lower than wholesale low. I wonder how they do it for

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2016-03-11 Thread Adam Moffett
t virtually all brand name tools are made in China, not just Harbor Freight. They can make junk and they can make good stuff. *From:* Bill Prince <mailto:part15...@gmail.com> *Sent:* Thursday, March 10, 2016 8:27 PM *To:* af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] 5GHz

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2016-03-11 Thread Jeremy
do not hide, it > is stamped right into them. I am sad to report however that the quality > seems quite good. > > Remember that virtually all brand name tools are made in China, not just > Harbor Freight. They can make junk and they can make good stuff. > > > *From:* Bill P

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2016-03-11 Thread Ken Hohhof
ems quite good. Remember that virtually all brand name tools are made in China, not just Harbor Freight. They can make junk and they can make good stuff. From: Bill Prince Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2016 8:27 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 5GHz Omni standoff

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2016-03-11 Thread chuck
Oh, I can do it for that price, but I have a distribution channel and they have to be able to have a margin too. From: Adam Moffett Sent: Friday, March 11, 2016 9:54 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 5GHz Omni standoff That price is a little crazy though. You could just maybe buy that