[TowerTalk] Coax and control lines in same PVC

[Jim Lux]

On 6/18/13 5:17 AM, Pete Smith N4ZR wrote:
> It's a very neat system, much evolved from when I did a test for QST (in
> April 2010), but in that test I neededthe higher power XBee radio
> modules for reliable communications from inside my frame house to my
> tower ~250 feet away. I suspect one mile must require line of sight, no
> intervening structures, and maybe some sort of directional gain antennas
> on both ends.


The gain antennas are readily available from any number of places. I use 
L-com, but there are others: Amazon has dozens.