petersonra
Senior Member
- Location
- Northern illinois
- Occupation
- engineer
the salesman sold some ethernet radios for use in a project of mine.
normally, we only use wifi and only indoors, so the standard wifi installs work ok.
these radios are 900 MHz and will be outdoors. they will have to go on a pole (a mast of sorts) so they are up on top of the building.
I am pretty sure no one told the end user about these poles he is going to have to install.
I am thinking a 20 foot piece of 2" EMT bolted to the side of the building is about as cheap as it gets. That also gives us someplace to route the POE cable that goes up to the radio that is up on top. I am not overjoyed with having the radio where I cannot get to it, but that is what was sold.
I don't want anything elaborate and costly as there is no money for any of this in the budget. Anyone have a better idea?
I am not even sure how high the masts would have to be to get up over the roof so the buildings are not in the way. I can change out the POE cables to be up to 300 feet long. I am really thinking about 10 feet above the roof line would probably work OK. is ten feet of unsupported EMT going to be able to take the wind load?
normally, we only use wifi and only indoors, so the standard wifi installs work ok.
these radios are 900 MHz and will be outdoors. they will have to go on a pole (a mast of sorts) so they are up on top of the building.
I am pretty sure no one told the end user about these poles he is going to have to install.
I am thinking a 20 foot piece of 2" EMT bolted to the side of the building is about as cheap as it gets. That also gives us someplace to route the POE cable that goes up to the radio that is up on top. I am not overjoyed with having the radio where I cannot get to it, but that is what was sold.
I don't want anything elaborate and costly as there is no money for any of this in the budget. Anyone have a better idea?
I am not even sure how high the masts would have to be to get up over the roof so the buildings are not in the way. I can change out the POE cables to be up to 300 feet long. I am really thinking about 10 feet above the roof line would probably work OK. is ten feet of unsupported EMT going to be able to take the wind load?