You are right, fiber IS the best long term solution. Not a possibility just yet but will be down the road. So, maybe I re-phrase. :-) Is conduit a workable shorter term solution with shielded cable inside or will it not provide the RF protection the Ethernet needs? It will certainly make pulling the fiber and DC easier when we go that route.
Problem with fiber today is we are on a "H" shaped antenna tower and have antennas on both legs of the "H" which requires two fiber runs and two Netonix switches. Not in the budget just yet. On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 7:07 PM, Josh Luthman <[email protected]> wrote: > Fiber and DC to Netonix. Shielded cable to your radios hopefully with > minimal distance. > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > On Sep 8, 2016 9:03 PM, "Chadwick Wachs" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> With two new FM stations moving onto the tower I am on, I need to solve >> the FM noise problem once and for all. I've been using Ferrites on each >> end of the Ethernet cable and its been pretty successful but I need to add >> a couple more antennas so I am considering conduit. >> >> This is not my area of expertise but from what I read, it sounds like >> running conduit up the tower (only 75' for my antennas) is the best long >> term solution? My plan was to buy some 3/4" EMT in 10' sections and clamp >> it to the tower from bottom to top and run my shielded cables inside of >> that. >> >> Is that the route to go? I am guessing I want to keep my service loops >> at the top of the conduit pretty short or I negate what I just did. I do >> have longer loops at the bottom in the building so my Ethernet cables are >> longer than my antenna ground wires. I'm planning on not putting Ferrites >> on the cables that are in the conduit. >> >> Tower has 5 FM stations on it, a 900mhz paging company and two UHF DTV >> stations - along with some other 5 Ghz stuff. The FM stations are "lower" >> power (250 - 400 watts) but it sounds like those are the culprit for >> Ethernet issues (other than AM which is no where near this tower). >> >> Thanks for the advice. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wireless mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Wireless mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > -- ____________________________ AU Wireless (Golden Wireless) www.AUwireless.net <http://www.auwireless.net/> *Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/AU-Wireless-1630781100539377/>* | @auwirelessnet <https://twitter.com/AUWirelessNet>
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