Author: "Marlon K. Schafer" <ooe@odessaoffice.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 09:56:41 -0800
Hiya Jim, That'll really depend on a number of factors. What frequency are you using? What kind of cable is involved? Here's a very slick calculator from www.timesmicrowave.com. Almost all of the coa
Author: "Marlon K. Schafer" <ooe@odessaoffice.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 21:03:03 -0800
Do you happen to be in Wa. state? I have a 1k spool of lmr400 I could let you take measurements from :-). Probably still have 200ish feet on my "small" roll. I've also got various hardline cable (5/8
Author: "Marlon K. Schafer" <ooe@odessaoffice.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:01:59 -0800
Hi Dan, If you don't already have them, save yourself a LOT of time and trouble and pick up the stripper and deburring tools for the cable size you are working with. http://catalog.digicatalog.com/sh
Author: "Marlon K. Schafer" <ooe@odessaoffice.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2010 08:55:38 -0700
I've found that getting traps out EARLY in the spring helps a lot. If you can get the queens you'll have a lot fewer hives around later in the year. I hate yellow jackets. Any bug that goes actively
Author: "Marlon K. Schafer" <ooe@odessaoffice.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 05:45:27 -0700
FYI. Be careful out there everyone!!!!! marlon _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com http://l
Author: "Marlon K. Schafer" <ooe@odessaoffice.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 15:40:25 -0700
OK, I'm a bit behind. Sorry. John, where are you at? There may be some WISPs in the area (the industry is surprisingly large) that can help you. We've normally got speeds and reliability far and abov
Author: "Marlon K. Schafer" <ooe@odessaoffice.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2010 08:46:56 -0700
I know Nusrat Jamal, owner of Shireen (that's actually his daughter's name to when he was co-owner of www.teletronics.com. I don't know about the Coax cable that he sells but I have been buying my ou
Author: "Marlon K. Schafer" <ooe@odessaoffice.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 15:41:19 -0800
OY! I can't even watch that video. Those guys are just plain nuts. marlon -- Original Message -- From: "Mark Robinson" <markrob@mindspring.com> To: "Tom Osborne" <w7why@frontier.com> Cc: <TowerTalk@c
Author: "Marlon K. Schafer" <ooe@odessaoffice.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 17:33:33 -0800
LOL me either! But heights bother me so much that even watching someone else lean over a 2 story railing bothers me in a physical way! And here I sit with a 65' bucket truck! Go figure. Only had it a
Author: "Marlon K. Schafer" <ooe@odessaoffice.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 08:54:35 -0800
I'd think that it would suck to fall from a ladder only to have a strap catch the ladder and pull it down on top of you too. And who knows how far out you'd swing on the way down because you got caug
Author: "Marlon K. Schafer" <ooe@odessaoffice.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 14:44:42 -0800
Can anyone here help Tyler out on this? marlon See Attached Pictures: I just bought this tower on the cheap. Can anyone tell me what it is? Your message is ready to be sent with the following file or
Author: "Marlon K. Schafer" <ooe@odessaoffice.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2010 09:38:19 -0800
Ug! I forgot about that. Sorry guys. Tyler, can you put the pics on a web site and forward the link? thanks! marlon P.S. Hope everyone had a great Christmas! -- Original Message -- From: <n8de@thepoi
Author: "Marlon K. Schafer" <ooe@odessaoffice.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2011 08:34:37 -0800
One idea that I've been toying with for my towers is to just drop the 110 power completely. Install batteries as needed, hook them up directly to the devices or to an inverter. Then keep the batterie
Author: "Marlon K. Schafer \(509-982-2181\)" <ooe@odessaoffice.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2011 18:12:51 -0700
If you can get by with a 30' I have a couple of the Rohn units at the shop. I think they are 3 section. Actual height is 27 or 28' as I recall. I use them now and again but shipping is via truck so I
Author: "Marlon K. Schafer \(509-982-2181\)" <ooe@odessaoffice.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2011 18:16:25 -0700
That sounds about right. It's why I buy them in lots of 5 :-). Oh yeah, OTA TV viewing is on the rise. Pretty fast I'm told. Most large cities have a lot of channel choices and the image quality is o
Author: "Marlon K. Schafer \(509-982-2181\)" <ooe@odessaoffice.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 11:09:01 -0700
Heya Scott! How's things? We're also a Wireless ISP. Been in the game since 2000. Our contracts are very similar but we don't request an exclusive on the spectrum. Most of my sites (actually nearly a
Author: "Marlon K. Schafer \(509-982-2181\)" <ooe@odessaoffice.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:27:10 -0700
Nearly all of mine (50ish these days) are trade for service. Naturally the tower owner usually gets great service as he's right on the main backhaul to the tower :-). At the very least he gets a LOT
Author: "Marlon K. Schafer \(509-982-2181\)" <ooe@odessaoffice.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 09:04:21 -0700
They must charge more than we do and/or have much lower upstream costs. Our company margin is only in the 12 to 15%. If I paid 10% of revenue on a tower plus the other stuff I'd be working for free!