At the risk of flaming, yea stick to smartbridges questions and the [EMAIL PROTECTED] for other questions that could have anything to do with any other radio equipment.
---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "John Hokenson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2003 20:03:35 -0700 >I have to side with Marlon....you get too much off topic stuff going and Smartbridges >will stop listing to the list and you have lost your factory tech support on the list. > >USe the other lists. > >JH > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Joe Email > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 6:12 PM > Subject: RE: [smartBridges] Towers > > > Marlon > > I'm not trying to argue, but I respectfully disagree > I still say if you are using sB radios and anything that concerns them are > relevant, ie towers, servers, routers, backhauls, battery backup, solar power, > antennas, etc. > Why should you have to monitor several sites if you are using sB radios, this one > is hard enough to keep with > Don't take this the wrong way, I may need your advice sometime > > > My observation > Joe K > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Marlon Schafer > (509-982-2181) > Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 7:01 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [smartBridges] Towers > > > righto. But this particular list is there for support of the RADIO's not > everything else. There are 2 other good email lists and a web based forum designed > for generic questions. > > That help? > marlon > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Joe Email > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 4:14 PM > Subject: RE: [smartBridges] Towers > > > OK Marlon > > I've seen this happen more than once on this site > For some reason or another someone only wants to talk about the subject they > want to talk about > I would think if you are a smartBridges user and you were using them on a tower > and you wanted to ask about a tower or > anything concerning these radios you should be able to post a question > Some of us may not be as learned as others > Why not ask questions to the people using the same radios as you are > > My observations > Joe K > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Marlon Schafer > (509-982-2181) > Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 6:06 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [smartBridges] Towers > > > btw guys, i didn't notice what list this is on. These generic questions > really belong on the [EMAIL PROTECTED] list rather than the TT tech support one. > > thanks > marlon > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: John Hokenson > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 11:26 AM > Subject: Re: [smartBridges] Towers > > > $2500 is not expensive compared to spending $500 a month to be on someone > else's towe. > > JH > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dennis Burgess > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 11:11 AM > Subject: Re: [smartBridges] Towers > > > Ouch. Thats what I have been finding out. Much simpler and cheaper to > run off other towers unless you have the cash to outlay :( > > Any other suggestions? > > Dennis > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Gloria Vester > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 1:00 PM > Subject: Re: [smartBridges] Towers > > > We built our own tower and it was rather inexpensive. I have a friend > who was in the two way radio business for 40 years and built lots of towers, so he > was very helpful. We bought the 100' steel tower (Rohn 25G) from Hutton > (www.huttononline.com), picked it up locally, for less than $1k. We used friends / > relatives for labor (free) so the only additional cost was the concrete, rebar, guy > wires, and miscellaneous hardware. It was not that difficult to build, took us > about 4 days, mainly due to the over 100 degree heat. Total investment was less > than $2.5k. If you need any help with how to build one, what parts to buy, want to > see pictures of ours going up, etc., just email me offline ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and I > will be happy to help. > > Gloria > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dennis Burgess > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 12:50 PM > Subject: [smartBridges] Towers > > > I was wonder what everyone is doing for towers? I have high trees in > my area, 70 foot high in some cases. I'm running off a radio station tower now, but > what other options are there? I have found a 100 foot telescoping tower for like > $3,200 bucks, but you need a crane and a big ass crew just to get the thing up, not > to mention the guy wires. > > Anyone have any suggestions? > > Dennis > > --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus By Avolve.net] The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe smartBridges <yournickname> To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe smartBridges) Archives: http://archives.part-15.org
