I can test at 25 ft out of the back of my truck now. What I really need is an ability to test at 50-80ft. I can usualy look at a site and tell if a 50-60 ft bracketed will do it or not, but once in a while I am wrong... Then it costs me.
And I wounder how many I said won't work actually would have... Eric Albert wrote: > If this conversation were not so much fun... > > Several years back I contrived this system to support rapid site > surveys. Check out the photos here. > > http://picasaweb.google.com/realbert/MobileMast?authkey=xCpDJSQ-Snk > > We used a flag pole from the "Uncommon Flagpole" company and it worked > great. At the time they did not have a hitch mount so we welded our own. > Uncommon later went on to copy, albeit simplify the design. > > http://www.uncommonflagpoles.com/tfp20s.html > http://www.uncommonflagpoles.com/moha.html > > > I still like the Will Burt for it's stability but this might provide a > few ideas, outside of the cranes that clearly need aircraft clearance > lighting and supplemental oxygen that some have suggested in this > thread. Enjoy! > > > > Eric Albert > Application Engineer > Alvarion, Inc. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Mike Hammett > Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 4:34 PM > To: WISPA List > Subject: [WISPA] Temporary Telescoping Mast > > I'm looking at getting a telescoping mast to check for signals. It sure > would be nice to know just how high I have to go to get good signal vs. > knowing that 7' - 8' (where is as tall as I can hold the antenna) isn't > enough. > > If I'm next to a house, no big deal... someone stands at the base (I > think I saw a steak mount) while someone else stands on the roof to > steady. How would I steady it in the middle of nowhere... i.e.: > checking to see how I could steady it when I'm checking signal in some > experiments\long term production use. > > I do have access to flatbed trailers I could guy to the pockets... not > for transport, though, just stationary testing. > > > ---------- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > ************************************************************************ > ************ > > This footnote confirms that this email message has been scanned by > > PineApp Mail-SeCure for the presence of malicious code, vandals & > computer viruses(190). > > ************************************************************************ > ************ > > > > > > ************************************************************************ > ************ > > This footnote confirms that this email message has been scanned by > > PineApp Mail-SeCure for the presence of malicious code, vandals & > computer viruses(43). > > ************************************************************************ > ************ > > > > > > ************************************************************************************ > This footnote confirms that this email message has been scanned by > PineApp Mail-SeCure for the presence of malicious code, vandals & computer > viruses(84). > ************************************************************************************ > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
