When are you writing you "how to mount anything on anything" book? We have the Jack Unger book, and the Mikrotik book, you must add yourself to this elite group :-)
On 1/12/10, lakel...@gbcx.net <lakel...@gbcx.net> wrote: > Ok. There is no way to service or install equipment on a stealth pole > without a manlift or crane with a basket > > The pole is a spindle design inside. Picture a solid pipe *axel" with two > solid round "wheels" one on each end. Now take the whole assembly and stand > it on end. Now stack several of them and put them at the top of a standard > open monopole. There are cable ports cut in the "wheels" so the cabling can > run thru the sections. The sections are wrapped in polyethelyne (or > similar) covers usually 2 to 4 per level. They are held in by bolts or > special latches. > > Now the warning...... > > As a contractor I mark all my jobs up an additional 50% when working on a > stealth flagpole. The suck to work on. > > You need two guys to remove a cover MINIMUM. They don't have handles so they > are very hard to handle. The slightest wind can make removal or install > super difficult if not impossible. There have been times where we needed to > return a day or two later to put covers on when the weather calmed down. > > They don't line up correctly when reinstalling them. You need a large narrow > awl or HD screwdriver for leverage. > > The covers are VERY expensive. The cheapest one I have seen is $2K and they > crack and break real easy even though they are 1/2" or so thick. On older > poles they can be as much as $5K. > > If you are located on a level below cell carriers you may be in trouble. > When installing cell cabling in a monopole a capstan is used. The cable can > get hung up on your CAT5 cabling and tear it out or damage it. Your radios, > antennas and mounts need to be rugged and withstand physical jarring. Your > cable needs to be well restrained. This is not the site to go cheap on the > install. > > When installing on one of these sites you need to keep an open mind and > consider everything especially the unknown. > > Personally I would walk away. > > Good Luck > > -B- > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > > -----Original Message----- > From: "jree...@18-30chat.net" <jree...@18-30chat.net> > Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 07:10:56 > To: <sc...@brevardwireless.com>; WISPA General List<wireless@wispa.org> > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Anyone ever mount gear on flagpole style tower? > > I used some 4in pipe for a mast (about 15ft). Welded studs and used J > mounts. On > another one we used angle iron and grade 8 bolts to make a brace, welded > studs > off the angle. > > Scott Carullo wrote: >> I will need to... can you share with me how it is configured inside? >> Thinking about some UBNT gear up there. >> >> Is a crane the only way to work on gear on this type tower? Not sure I >> can >> shimmie that high lol >> >> Scott Carullo >> Brevard Wireless >> 321-205-1100 x102 >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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/ > -- Sent from my mobile device -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
