WISPs and Tower assets – LLC or what?
As a Wireless Internet Service Provider (WISP) grows they tend to acquire some tower assets of their own. What should the do with them?
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80GHZ microwave antenna alignment (and other mm-wave radios)
Recently we had a teaching moment for a couple of folks who had not had much experience with aligning higher frequency antennas with very tight beamwidths. This particular day we were aligning 2 foot Siklu 80GHZ antennas. One of the questions we often get asked is how do you align these? These questions are usually asked … Read more
Tower climb photos
Some random tower photos from the camera roll.
Some Towers under 200’ now need to be marked
Some points from the news article. Communications towers have the option is the key for you WISP friends. New FAA regulations require landowners to mark any towers between 50′ and 200′ on their property, as well as include the towers in a new database the FAA is developing. The new requirements are due to provisions in the … Read more
Tower Climber Hall of Shame
Don’t be these tower climbers and end up on the wall of shame. OSHA will probably be keeping an eye on you if you make this list.
Tower Climb items you never have enough of
If you are like me you get to a tower site and don’t have enough Carabiners, or something You make a mental note to order more, but after a long day you forget
Antennas on the Empire State Building
Click to access alford.pdf From an article published in 1967 about the antennas on top of the Empire State Building
PTp550 Throughput with RF elements horns
Cambium PTP 550 Throughput with RF elements horns in a noisy environment.
Guy wire anchor points
Proper guy wire grounding for a tower.
