[TowerTalk] Long pole / simple, tall construction for small antenna

[ve4xt at mymts.net]

Hi

I think your solution is financial, not mechanical. 

Sign up customers needing towers with a fixed-term contract into which you incorporate the cost of the tower into the monthly rate. 

Here, some wireless broadband providers set a monthly rate assuming everyone needs a tower and build the cost of the towers into their business plan. 

You also need to talk to your insurance provider. Not sure how tort law works in Norway, but here, a tower failure without liability insurance could be a fatal blow to the business. That insurance would also have to be built in to the business model. 

Kelly
ve4xt 

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> On Oct 27, 2014, at 6:02, "Vegard Svanberg" <vegard at svanberg.no> wrote:
> 
> Thanks, all!
> 
> Really helpful.
> 
> I'll post back when I've something up running.
> 
> * Vegard Svanberg <vegard at svanberg.no> [2014-10-26 16:54]:
> 
>> Hi guys,
>> 
>> I work in broadband and from time to time we have customers we want to
>> hook up, but we're unable to gain a free line of sight from the customer
>> to the nearest tower.
>> 
>> There must be a free LOS, which means no trees, branches, mountains,
>> buildings etc.
>> 
>> The most problematic cases are when people live in areas surrounded by
>> trees.
>> 
>> Since cost is an issue here, we can't build towers for each and every
>> one. But I'm considering a low cost solution to get the antenna higher
>> in the air - often as much as 20 meters (about 65-70 feet) is required
>> to gain proper LOS.
>> 
>> So... I'm considering making a simple, cheap and tall construction.
>> I've been pondering either just putting together cheap and thin
>> aluminium tubes with guyings to stiffen the construction, or have
>> someone make something for me in composite materials. For instance poles
>> I can insert into one another to get the length (height) I need, also
>> here with guyings.
>> 
>> Apart from the pole itself, an issue is also proper anchoring in the
>> ground (rocky ground is easy, obviously, while sandy and muddy soil
>> could be tricky).
>> 
>> The weight of the antennas are only about 400 grams and the surface area
>> is small (HxW = ~300 x ~80 mm) so we're talking pretty light and simple
>> stuff here.
>> 
>> Before I go ahead and start constructing this myself, I was just
>> wondering if someone here has done something similar before, or know
>> someone who sell ready-made kits I can buy.
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> 
>> -- 
>> Vegard Svanberg <vegard at svanberg.no> [*Takapa at IRC (EFnet)]
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