Does anyone know of a way to verify Line of Sight between two locations without going through the process of setting up antennas and hardware ? I would like to connect two sites that are exactly two miles apart. It is here in San Jose, so my problem is that tall trees might be in the way. I have discussed with the other party the possibility of putting a 40' mast and antenna on each of our houses in order to make the link. However, I don't want to go through the process of setting them both up and then having several trees be in the los and blocking signal. Or will a few tree tops really affect signal that much ? Does it matter/help what type of antenna I use that might be more sensitive than others ?
So, is there any alternatives that anyone knows about, such as maybe hiring a survey company to check this out for a small fee, or will I have to manually trace the line of sight and measure each tree and building with a protractor, line weight and tape measure. Or maybe rent a couple of 50' boom lifts and verify it that way. Any ideas ?? BTW - my first post and yes, I looked through the archives a few months back looking for ideas. Thanks, Matt __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
