I don't recall the exact length but we have an enormous fiberglass 450 mhz omni on our tower. At least 12 ft and it withstood the hurricane of Ohio with 60 mph winds a few months back.
On 11/17/08, Steve Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Even in our area in eastern Indiana there is lots of 5.8 still available > for PTP. 700 PTP is not necessary in my opinion. > > I am concerned about 700 Mhz antenna sizes. Aren't sectors going to be > huge to get the 4 watt at the antenna? I am also concerned about the > CPE Panel size. Going from a 15" Panel to a 20" panel gives us a lot > more wind issues at the client. > > Don't get me wrong I am excited about the whitespace out come. I > appreciated the work of the Whitespace committee. > > We have tower owners who are concerned about the sizes of our antennas > now. Change from a 12 foot 900 Omni to a 16+ foot 700 will not get rave > reviews. > > Steve Barnes > RC-WiFi > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Mike Hammett > Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 8:35 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: [WISPA] TV Whitespaces PtP Backhaul > > I keep seeing desire to have a special category set aside for PtP > backhaul operations in the whitespaces. > > To those of you that understand the extreme rural environments... Is > this at all necessary? I don't see why it would be. > > > ----- > 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/ > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/ > -- Sent from my mobile device Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. --- Henry Spencer -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
