We just finished installing 3 Powerstation 5's and 2 Nanostation 5's on a 160 foot AM tower using an AC power choke & fiber to the bottom. We put the POE's and stuff at the top of the tower.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Hammett" <wispawirel...@ics-il.net> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 9:33 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] AM radio tower > http://www.lbagroup.com/hottowerart.php > > They make a power isolation coil. Your best bet would be to use one of > those to pass power up the tower and use fiber to transmit data. > > I worked with them on an AM tower in the past. > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Michael Baird" <m...@tc3net.com> > Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 11:25 PM > To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > Subject: [WISPA] AM radio tower > >> *I've recently been approached about expanding our service to an AM >> tower. We would be using 2.4 gear, what kind of problems would I need to >> watch out for when deploying on an AM tower. They said it was >> broadcasting at 1KW and the entire tower is hot. It is in a really good >> area, is a nice tower and the price is minimal, but I want to avoid as >> many service problems as possible by knowing what I'm getting into >> beforehand. >> >> Regards >> Michael Baird >> * >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
