Stock Cisco omnis, we were hanging them from light poles. John
RickG wrote: > Which antenna did you use? -RickG > > On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 6:03 PM, John Thomas <jtho...@quarnet.com> wrote: > > >> We have mounted omnis upside down because an omni pattern tends to >> radiate from the base of the antenna upward. By turning the antenna >> upside down, it becomes slight better at receiving and sending. That, >> and Cisco 1500's make it easy to do... >> >> John >> >> RickG wrote: >> >>> Thanks! >>> Is there any advantage for a WISP to do this? >>> -RickG >>> >>> On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 4:02 PM, Eje Gustafsson <e...@wisp-router.com> >>> >> wrote: >> >>> >>>> Those are more than likely cell phone sites that have those big whip >>>> antennas going up and down (believe they are 800Mhz frequency range >>>> systems) >>>> My understanding it has one out of two reasons why they are built like >>>> that. >>>> Antenna diversion or increased base station density. >>>> Have one not too far from me that has a crown with a total of 6 omni's. >>>> >> 3 >> >>>> up >>>> and 3 down, mounted on a triangular crown. Those omnis are massive and >>>> >> my >> >>>> guess are they are at least 10-15 feet it's hard to tell because the >>>> >> access >> >>>> road is blocked and I never walked down to get close enough to compare >>>> >> to >> >>>> the tower leg joints. >>>> >>>> / Eje >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On >>>> Behalf Of RickG >>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 2:55 PM >>>> To: WISPA General List >>>> Subject: [WISPA] omni upside down >>>> >>>> While traveling around, I've noticed a few towers with omnis mounted >>>> >> upside >> >>>> down with a neighbor omni mounted right side up. Whats the purpose in >>>> >> this? >> >>>> -RickG >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >>>> ---- >>>> 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/ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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/
