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Radio Tower Supplier

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  • 02-03-2009 12:55pm
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    preilly79
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    Hi All,

    I'm working in a building in Dublin city centre that does not have line-of-sight due to taller buildings on all sides. I'm trying to find a company who can supply a radio mast or tower that can be mounted to the side of the building to get above the surrounding buildings.

    Does anybody know of such companies selling these masts?

    Cheers!


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    FusionNet
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    there are lots of diferent companies supplying these but I guess it depends whats its for, what height is needed and what height is the building? Also there are planning issues with radio masts. Can you give us a little more info without obviosly revealing too much about your company?


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    Capt'n Midnight
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    you will need planning permission if you go above 6 meters based on TV aerial exemptions

    you may need it even if you don't

    will 6m be enough ?

    if the other point isn't too far away you could try bouncing off a tall building

    very dependent on frequency and power and location of the transmitter
    if in the GHz then near line of sight is a must

    how is phone reception at the site ?


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    preilly79
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    Thanks for the replies guys.
    FusionNet wrote: »
    there are lots of diferent companies supplying these but I guess it depends whats its for, what height is needed and what height is the building? Also there are planning issues with radio masts. Can you give us a little more info without obviosly revealing too much about your company?

    Company is located in Smithfield, trying to get line of sight to the Digiweb transmitter at the Guinness Storehouse. Building is three story's tall, with 4 and higher story buildings surrounding.
    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    you will need planning permission if you go above 6 meters based on TV aerial exemptions

    you may need it even if you don't

    will 6m be enough ?

    if the other point isn't too far away you could try bouncing off a tall building

    very dependent on frequency and power and location of the transmitter
    if in the GHz then near line of sight is a must

    how is phone reception at the site ?

    We had somebody come to do a line of sight check and were told that 5m should be enough. Hopefully they're correct!

    Regarding bouncing off another building, that's not really an option for us. If I was a home user and was very stuck i'd consider that but not for a business.

    Phone reception is awful. We've had zero luck getting a stable DSL connection from any provider. Engineers who have done site visits have told us that the copper in Smithfield is old and very poor, and we're 2.5km away from the North Main Exchange.

    We're going to weigh up fixed wireless against leased lines from Eircom and BT, and an SDSL option from Magnet.


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