As you enter the winter in most of the United States, set aside some time to review your equipment status for your tower climbers. Are their harnesses in need of replacement due to age? What times were you always short of on tower sites this year? Carabiners? Bolt bags? Rope? Contact Lee at TowerOneInc.com to get your orders in. Supply chain issues are always a concern with anything these days, so get your orders in early
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Vintage Wireless Install Photos
Some various install photos over the years. Mainly wireless Internet but some ham radio and two-way stuff in here. Some of the quality isn’t so great due to the age of the photos.
Continue reading...My first wireless enclosure
This “enclosure” was my first attempt at being a Wireless ISP with no budget. The problem I was trying to solve was putting a waverider Subscriber module on top of a 150 grain leg. The Waverider unit was designed for indoor use. You would mount the unit indoors and then run hardline out to your antenna. In our use case, the 160 foot run of hardline would have caused too much loss. So before you is the solution. We put an APC battery...
Continue reading...United States-based WISP distributors
The following is an extensive list of distributors who sell products related to the Wireless Internet Service Provider (WISP) space. This not a total list, but an extensive list. If you are not on this list or want to add your own description then donations are always welcome. It takes time to make these lists and there is nothing more motivating than some Paypal donations (https://paypal.me/j2sw). ISP Supplies Texas-based distributor carrying a big number of product lines such as Cambium, Mikrotik, Airspan, and...
Continue reading...Rack Studs series II
Gonna try these out for mounting equipment in a rack with square holes. www.rackstuds.com
Continue reading...Tower One Inc. 20% off sale
The folks over at Tower One Inc. have a 20% off sale going on. Perfect time to inventory and checks those dates on your gear.
Continue reading...Water tower Install
A water tower install of a network box containing batteries and network gear for a Wireless Internet Service Provider (WISP) blog pinger
Continue reading...Interesting topic on discontinued gear
So an interesting topic came up on Facebook tonight that got me to thinking. As WISPs grow and evolve, what are your thoughts on hoarding gear you have been…
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