Why would you do conduit and copper when it's more expensive and won't work out better?
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Sep 8, 2016 9:14 PM, "Chadwick Wachs" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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> > > _______________________________________________ > Wireless mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > >
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