At 7/27/2010 02:12 PM, you wrote: >We ourselves are an electric co-op and ISP, most of our "towers" are >65ft poles. If your local co-op is friendly, it's a good way to go.
Thanks... I think the ccop will be friendly enough, where they have poles. I've tried to locate nodes along pole routes when possible. Some back roads don't have poles, though, so we may need to put up our own. Most antenna mounts want to be on a 1-3 inch metal pole. What hardware do you use to attach to the wood pole? And do you ever put antennas above the primaries, on a nonconductive mount, or do you always stay down in the safe zone? Thanks... >-Paul > >On Jul 19, 2010, at 1:23 PM, Fred R. Goldstein wrote: > > > A design I'm working on is in a hilly wooded rural/resort area, not > > farmland. It will need a fair number (perhaps a few dozen) sites to > > cover the planned turf. Each node will need both backhaul (mesh, in > > the loose sense) and access antennas. The obvious place to put these > > is atop utility poles. I think the local electric cooperative will > > cooperate and let us rent pole space. We may however need to put > > additional poles in some places. They seem cheaper than metal towers > > and are less likely to raise the locals' eyebrows. > > > > Does anyone out there have experience with this sort of > > arrangement? We're in the budgeting stage now. I have an idea what > > the radios cost but the installation might be the bigger deal. The > > big engineering firms are more used to fancy cellular and fiber > > installs, not WISP-style radios. So we may also want to bring in > > someone with this kind of WISP experience to do some consulting or > > setup with us too. Thanks. > > > > -- Fred Goldstein k1io fgoldstein "at" ionary.com ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/ +1 617 795 2701 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
