[TowerTalk] TowerTalk Digest, Vol 243, Issue 20

[Wilson Lamb]

The reaction time to get updated data is long and I have no idea what the strength measurements mean.  They seem related to data rate.  I did some, but really want a "swing it and watch type measurement.  Thanks,
WL


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Today's Topics:

  1. OT Test Equipment (Wilson Lamb)
  2. Re: OT Test Equipment (D LAST_NAME_SHORT: T)
  3. Re: hexbeam (Rob Atkinson)


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Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2023 11:12:10 -0700
From: Wilson Lamb <infomet at embarqmail.com<mailto:infomet at embarqmail.com>>
To: towertalk at contesting.com<mailto:towertalk at contesting.com>
Subject: [TowerTalk] OT Test Equipment
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OT, but I know there's a lot of experience here.
I have some 2GHz dishes I want to use for a wifi link.
Id like to test them and verify their beam width.


Can anyone suggest a cheap and simple source for a 2GHz carrier and a  receiver to pick it up?
Tanks,
Wilson
W4BOH

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Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2023 13:39:05 -0500 (CDT)
From: "D LAST_NAME_SHORT: T" <k0dan at comcast.net<mailto:k0dan at comcast.net>>
To: Wilson Lamb <infomet at embarqmail.com<mailto:infomet at embarqmail.com>>,	Wilson Lamb via TowerTalk
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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] OT Test Equipment
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Why not use a pair of WIFI access points?


> On 03/27/2023 1:12 PM Wilson Lamb via TowerTalk <towertalk at contesting.com<mailto:towertalk at contesting.com>> wrote:
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> OT, but I know there's a lot of experience here.
> I have some 2GHz dishes I want to use for a wifi link.
> Id like to test them and verify their beam width.
> 
> 
> Can anyone suggest a cheap and simple source for a 2GHz carrier and a  receiver to pick it up?
> Tanks,
> Wilson
> W4BOH
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2023 04:59:02 -0500
From: Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo at gmail.com<mailto:ranchorobbo at gmail.com>>
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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] hexbeam
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10 years ago I helped a friend put one on top of a 55 foot free
standing tower.  Rotator in the tower, mast extending only a foot at
most out of the top section.  The hex beam is heavy enough to make it
pretty hard to stand near the top of the tower and lift it up and
plunk it in the mast.  But it's not like a TH7.  I got the idea for a
gin pole.  We went to Home Depot and got a length of galv. water pipe
and a pulley.  I don't remember how we did it but my friend fastened
the pulley to one threaded end of the pipe and clamped it to a tower
leg (it was one of those stamped riveted sheet metal towers) so the
pulley stuck up around 3 feet above the top of the mast.  That was
high enough to lift it up and get it into the mast.

73
Rob
K5UJ


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