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Photos of towers and masts

Tue Apr 17, 2018 1:53 pm

Hi Everyone!

Let us make this topic a showcase of your tower and mast installations of MikroTik products. Post the types of masts and towers that you see the most, and showcase your installations. How are you mounting your devices? Who has the highest installation? Anything interesting is welcome.
 
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Re: Photos of towers and masts

Tue Apr 17, 2018 2:44 pm

We have 4 x BaseBox 5 (RB912UAG-5HPnD) with sector antennas in the Gerbrandy Tower in IJsselstein, Netherlands for the HAMNET network.
They are housed inside a cabin at 220m (the tower itself is 372m high).
Unfortunately in such locations DFS is causing big problems, it false-triggers and makes the channel change unneccesarily...

Picture of the entire tower:
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Picture of one of the accesspoints in the cabin:
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The site also has a RB260GSP and a RB2011UAS router, and some PtP equipment from the competitor.
 
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Re: Photos of towers and masts

Wed Apr 18, 2018 3:47 pm

Thanks for the photos!

Anyone else? It would be great to see different types of masts and any tricky situations where you had to mount something.
 
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Re: Photos of towers and masts

Thu Apr 19, 2018 11:57 am

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Re: Photos of towers and masts

Thu Apr 19, 2018 11:59 am

Doesn't have to be "cool", just post any installation photos where we could see how you mount the products. Any kind of tricky masts, or maybe other challenges you have seen in placing a MikroTik device onto a tower? Close ups welcome.
 
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Re: Photos of towers and masts

Thu Apr 19, 2018 12:01 pm

i couldn't upload pic , next to options no attachments
 
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Re: Photos of towers and masts

Thu Apr 19, 2018 12:04 pm

i couldn't upload pic , next to options no attachments
fixed it ! try now
 
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Re: Photos of towers and masts

Thu Apr 19, 2018 12:07 pm

As you can see there is a panel because we had issues with electricity. SXT for link and other antennas for customers. This base is made on the top of the Hotel.
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Thu Apr 19, 2018 1:49 pm

Solar powered relay using Sextants.
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Re: Photos of towers and masts

Fri Apr 20, 2018 6:56 am

Hi!
Installation on chimny ~50m hight! We have monted SXT (x3), Mant (x1), DynaDish (x3). We welded special brackets, becouse previous version what we monted on aluminium pipe, was very unstable and was moving in the wind! This is very strong bracket no moving at all!!
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Re: Photos of towers and masts

Fri Apr 20, 2018 10:09 am

We welded special brackets, becouse previous version what we monted on aluminium pipe, was very unstable and was moving in the wind! This is very strong bracket no moving at all!!
Very nice! And mounting is always very important. We have dishes as well in the tower shown on the first picture, in the concrete base. And during a storm the wind is very strong there due to wind deflection around the tower. So we had to make strong mountings as well, and because we used round tubes the dishes still slipped and changed direction...
Otherwise, I see that Latvia is just as flat as the Netherlands! :D
 
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Fri Apr 20, 2018 9:35 pm

For anti slipping we use construction tape which - is used for concrate floor perimetere for elastic barrier.
 
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Re: Photos of towers and masts

Thu Apr 26, 2018 9:13 am

...well it's not mine...and it's not from mikrotik as i see... but it's good :)

take a look :)

https://hybridtechcar.com/2018/04/24/th ... -internet/
 
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Re: Photos of towers and masts

Thu Apr 26, 2018 9:18 am

...well it's not mine...and it's not from mikrotik as i see... but it's good :)

take a look :)

https://hybridtechcar.com/2018/04/24/th ... -internet/


Wow,If MikroTik giving present for this topic you will get, i'm sure 100%
 
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Re: Photos of towers and masts

Thu Apr 26, 2018 9:40 am

Calling Rio de Janeiro :-) :-)
 
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Mon Apr 30, 2018 2:34 pm


Unfortunately, on May 10, these antennas will be removed. The priest, under the pressure of the faithful and the bishop, decided to remove them.
(in Polish: https://www.money.pl/gospodarka/wiadomo ... 04577.html)
 
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Re: Photos of towers and masts

Wed May 02, 2018 8:42 am

Small towers fixed on the rocks with steel rods or galvanized iron piles,
We use them for small POPs in the rural areas of Sardinia (IT). Very often in the hills it is not possible to have electricity, so we use 24V photovoltaic panels and batteries. The low power consumption of MT devices allows for electrical continuity throughout all the year.

This type of small POPs are usually made with two or more sectoral antennas mANTBox 15s/19s or MTAS-5G-19D120 with Netmetal and RB2011 for switching.

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Re: Photos of towers and masts

Wed May 02, 2018 9:08 am

Small towers fixed on the rocks with steel rods or galvanized iron piles,
We use them for small POPs in the rural areas of Sardinia (IT). Very often in the hills it is not possible to have electricity, so we use 24V photovoltaic panels and batteries. The low power consumption of MT devices allows for electrical continuity throughout all the year.

This type of small POPs are usually made with two or more sectoral antennas mANTBox 15s/19s or MTAS-5G-19D120 with Netmetal and RB2011 for switching.

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Wow nice job!!!!

Near Cagliari?
 
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Re: Photos of towers and masts

Wed May 02, 2018 10:57 am

Small towers fixed on the rocks with steel rods or galvanized iron piles,
We use them for small POPs in the rural areas of Sardinia (IT). Very often in the hills it is not possible to have electricity, so we use 24V photovoltaic panels and batteries. The low power consumption of MT devices allows for electrical continuity throughout all the year.

This type of small POPs are usually made with two or more sectoral antennas mANTBox 15s/19s or MTAS-5G-19D120 with Netmetal and RB2011 for switching.

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Wow nice job!!!!

Near Cagliari?
Ciao sono installazioni fatte nell'oristanese e medio campidano.

The installations were made in some areas of Sardinia with Digital Divide.

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Fri May 04, 2018 6:35 pm

One I made earlier :-)
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Tue May 15, 2018 8:11 pm

One for real and one for celebration [emoji4]ImageImage

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Re: Photos of towers and masts

Wed Jun 06, 2018 11:33 am

We got over 100 houses with Mikrotiks mounted to the roofs and chimneys.
I'll try to get some got pictures - in the meanwhile some of the older setups.
Everything that holds up the antenna counts right?
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Thu Jun 07, 2018 4:09 pm

Images from Sardinia, RB433 and RB435
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Re: Photos of towers and masts

Thu Jun 14, 2018 11:47 am

5x directional antennas (ARC) and 1x 90 degree sector antenna (MTI)
Routerboards in the antennas and as router inside the manholes.
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Sat Jun 30, 2018 4:36 pm

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Thu Jul 05, 2018 2:22 pm

Mikrotik RB433AH with radio cards R52n-M tower setup photo from WaveLink Networks (Connecting Beyond) :)
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Wed Jul 18, 2018 5:21 am

Welcome to West Africa :)
When there is no way to find the tower, palm tree's always solve the problems :D
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Re: Photos of towers and masts

Wed Jul 18, 2018 10:52 am

Does a solar panel can generate enough power for a full house? :? :?
Yes it can :)
 
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Fri Aug 10, 2018 3:23 pm

Inside of blank box there are 1 RBM33G + CA433U + R11e-LTE + R11e-LTE-US and all coaxial cables from Mikrotik. At the top of the mast, 2 mANT-LTE-5o. Then the U/FTP cables (violet) are Cat 6A from Leviton/BrandRex. The other side there are a Basebox 2 with UBNT AMO2G-10 and RF Elements adapter for Basebox. Inside of the closet there is a RB450G + CA150. All backed up with an APC BackUPS Pro 550VA.
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Re: Photos of towers and masts

Mon Aug 13, 2018 11:33 pm

So we had a bit of a rain and wind storm and somehow a bit of water got into one of my SXT's and now the unit does not boot.
Luckily I had a LDF and a spare dish but could not mount it properly. Was in quite a hurry here and needed to get something up till I can replace the SXT.

I felt like such an idiot doing this but Its all I could do for now.

Due to the dish not having anything to mount it with, I had to cable tie it horizontally in order to get the correct tilt. Working perfectly though with 100% signal!
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Re: Photos of towers and masts

Tue Aug 14, 2018 10:16 pm

Real world without tie-wraps does not exist :-)
 
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Tue Aug 14, 2018 10:36 pm

Real world without tie-wraps does not exist :-)
Lets not forget about Duct Tape :-)
(Although that's more for temporary installations haha)
 
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Tue Aug 14, 2018 11:48 pm

Is it possible to use a solar tower in country like India?
Is it possible to have a forum without spammers?
 
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Tue Aug 14, 2018 11:50 pm

Small towers fixed on the rocks with steel rods or galvanized iron piles,
We use them for small POPs in the rural areas of Sardinia (IT). Very often in the hills it is not possible to have electricity, so we use 24V photovoltaic panels and batteries. The low power consumption of MT devices allows for electrical continuity throughout all the year.

This type of small POPs are usually made with two or more sectoral antennas mANTBox 15s/19s or MTAS-5G-19D120 with Netmetal and RB2011 for switching.

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Do the routers really use that much power, or did you simply add extra panels and batteries to avoid unnecessary downtime?
 
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Re: Photos of towers and masts

Wed Aug 22, 2018 8:17 pm

Hi.
There are some photos from my album.


It was a temporary installation just for 4 days.
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It's a stable link (about 2 km) for a local television... from sport arena to head end.
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How to serve a 3store building with only one Mikrotik... some VLANs and some smart switches. :)
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Just some micros on the top of a castle.
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And some others on the top of the harbor pole.
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Best regards: CsXen
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Thu Nov 08, 2018 12:12 am

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Thu Nov 08, 2018 12:17 am

Inside the tower of the church
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Fri Nov 16, 2018 12:29 am

Some of our masts in Southern UK :)
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And one of our MT network PoP's :)
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Re: Photos of towers and masts

Fri Nov 16, 2018 1:49 pm

Great photos!
 
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Fri Nov 16, 2018 2:10 pm

5x directional antennas (ARC) and 1x 90 degree sector antenna (MTI)
Routerboards in the antennas and as router inside the manholes.
Cool! (pun intended)
 
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Thu Jan 17, 2019 11:14 am

Inside rack :)
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Thu Jan 17, 2019 12:07 pm

Inside rack :)
The rack is in the middle of a meadow? :wink: This is recent photo?
 
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Thu Jan 17, 2019 12:24 pm

Inside rack :)
The rack is in the middle of a meadow? :wink: This is recent photo?
No, rack is inside the tower of the church
 
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Fri Jan 18, 2019 12:06 am

Inside rack :)
The grasshopper is only one hop away ;)

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Fri Jan 18, 2019 11:02 pm

Recent installation on tower ImageImage

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Fri Jan 18, 2019 11:40 pm

^^^^
You can pay me what you want, you will not get me on that tower :shock: :shock:
 
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Sat Jan 19, 2019 2:39 am

^^^^
You can pay me what you want, you will not get me on that tower :shock: :shock:
Well, what I want to pay may not be so much... :lol:
 
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Mon Mar 04, 2019 5:30 am

Inside rack :)
The grasshopper is only one hop away ;)

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Recent installation on tower ImageImage

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Hi how long it can stay on battery?

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Tue Jul 09, 2019 1:24 am

Hi. I did my first external installation using a wAP LTE Kit to provide a secondary internet link to my home.
So, the router was installed in a mast that is used for a UHF TV antenna and I got interesting signal rates to LTE 2600 (B7) since the carrier's towers are far (around of 2.3 KM).

The performance is good and I'm getting speeds around of 16Mbps/9Mbps. The carrier apply bandwidth limit, so it's a good speed for that, since it's similar to cellphone speeds when it's near of a tower.

Link to album: https://imgur.com/a/VCmRAgH
 
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Thu Aug 08, 2019 2:00 am

Finally, my network is done.

First mast:

- Ubiquiti AirMAX AMO-5G13
- MikroTik BaseBox 5 + RF Elements EB912

Second mast:

- Ubiquiti AirMAX AMO-2G10
- MikroTik BaseBox 2 + RF Elements EB912

Third mast:

- L-COM DAS HG72710XP-065 (x2)
- TP-Link TL-ANT200PT (x4)
- MikroTik LtAP LTE kit + R11e-LTE-US + RP-SMA to U.FL generic pigtails (x4)
- MikroTik PowerBox Pro (x2) + S-RJ01 (x2)

Fourth mast:

- Ubiquiti Bullet AC
- Altelix AUV2458G6-NF
- Tibox TJ-AT-3428
- Raspberry Pi 4B (4GB/1TB)
- Logitech USB Unifying Receiver
- Arduino UNO R3
- Dallas Semiconductor DS18B20
- Eone Electronics 2004A
- Generic Mini Piezo Buzzer
- StarTech.com HDADFM5IN

Others:

- Leviton 129-UFPAZ-5VS
- Trimerx RJ45 FTP Cat. 6A
- APC Back-UPS Pro 550
- APC Back-UPS Pro 1600S
- Lenovo ThinkCentre M715q Tiny 2Gen (AMD Ryzen 5 2400GE @ 3,2Ghz - 16GB @2666 Mhz - WD 1TB Blue SSD PCIe + WD 1TB Blue SSD SATA - AMD Radeon RX Vega 11) + WD Black P10 5TB + Behringer UMC202HD
- ASUS ROG Strix G513IC-HF061T (AMD Ryzen 7 4800H @ 2,9Ghz - 16GB @ 3200 Mhz - WD 1TB Blue SSD PCIe (x2) - Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 4GB) + WD Black P10 5TB + Behringer UMC404HD
- ASUS ROG Strix B450-F Gaming II (AMD Ryzen 7 3700x @ 3,6Ghz - 16GB @ 3600 Mhz - WD 1TB Blue SSD PCIe (x2) - AMD Radeon RX 6700XT 12GB ASUS ROG Strix) + WD Black P10 5TB + WD Elements 5TB + WD Elements 4TB + WD My Passport 4TB + WD My Passport Ultra 2TB + Behringer UMC204HD

All running RouterOS 7.13, AirOS 8.7.11, Windows Server 2022 21H2 Datacenter, Windows 11 23H2 Enterprise and Debian 12.4 Core.

That's all.

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Regards.
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Re: Photos of towers and masts

Mon Sep 23, 2019 1:48 pm

Hi Guys,

Coming to you from South Africa, Northern Cape where we make Mikrotik proud xD here are a few of our towers, unfortunately i dont have too much photos hope these will do. we are currently running 5 Wisps throughout 4 Cities

This is our equipment in Johannesburg Teraco Exchange (NAPAfrica IXP)

https://imgur.com/PgmfPgZ
https://imgur.com/QW6zHaF

This is our main breakout in the city of our HQ

https://imgur.com/IhWqyAS
https://imgur.com/ypTFWIw

This is our Main breakout in one of our extension cities (this site was not yet done at the time)

https://imgur.com/D8JyxOV

This is our Main Tower outside the city of our HQ (recently revamp'd)

https://imgur.com/C6sOxqP
https://imgur.com/9OAaAgU
https://imgur.com/pOwewRx
https://imgur.com/hmWXsIb

This is our Main tower (60m) in the city next to our City HQ (unfortunetaly no tower picture only cabinet picture(although this site runs 36 AP's arranging from mANTBox 19s to RF Elements 60 degree with Netbox 5))

https://imgur.com/ATxjoz3
https://imgur.com/WVMpful

This is a Tower (42m) we built 3 km's away from the above mentioned city

https://imgur.com/8ykVoyG

This is our Offices Tower (36m) (same city as our Main breakout at HQ)

https://imgur.com/iSpM12P
https://imgur.com/8XVCaFD

This is a Tower in one of the smaller cities next to our HQ City (btw this is me xD)

https://imgur.com/pq5SumO

This is a tower at a smaller city around 140km's from our HQ City (We had to improvise since people kept stealing our equipment)

https://imgur.com/sBFxist
https://imgur.com/nPuiC7O
https://imgur.com/1Q4Lu7Y
 
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Mon Sep 23, 2019 4:59 pm

My WISP network. (under construction cable managers filled patch panel)
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Thu Nov 07, 2019 8:50 pm

Hello to everyone :D
This is one of many installments I done by myself from ground. :) Every time I become better and better. Feel free to suggest some modifications to make it even more better and more practical. ;)
P.S Please don't look at the "spagetti" cables in the middle it wasn't finnished when I shoot this photo.
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Fri Nov 08, 2019 12:50 am

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Here is my tower to get 4G back to the house.
MikroTik SXT LTE
MikroTik SXT Lite2
VictronEnergy 140W panel
VictronEnergy MPPT charger
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central rack , Wisp Network at small hotel..
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Sun Nov 17, 2019 12:23 pm

@RogerWilco that is a big panel. Isnt it ?
I really like your photo...
Can we see inside the box ?
 
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Fri Nov 22, 2019 1:30 am

@RogerWilco that is a big panel. Isnt it ?
I really like your photo...
Can we see inside the box ?
Cheers mate. Yeah, quite a large panel for the equipment - the site only gets 1 hour of direct sunlight per day. The rest of the day the panel is covered in shadows from the tree which bring it down quite a bit.

The top photo is with the VictronEnergy charger + a mAP I take up there to act as a MQS when I need to tinker with the routers.
The bottom photo show inside better but with the Tycon controller I was using (which was rather crap).
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Fri Nov 29, 2019 10:37 pm

Both photos show a great work...
 
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Mon Feb 24, 2020 8:15 am

Just finished a customer install and took a quick snap. Was reviewing it and it looked like art with the sun in the background.
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Mon Feb 24, 2020 5:32 pm

Some pics from RTS Bulgaria
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@skyfx really nice work... :)
 
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Pictures from Wavelink Networks, India
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Tue Mar 17, 2020 11:07 pm

Not a tower but our new rack for now 12 private lora networks and development. Not completed right now, the core router is still in the old rack and it needs to be patched completely new, but a start.

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Wed Mar 18, 2020 12:12 am

Not a big mikrotik install - we use Mikrotik routers everywhere but not so much wireless gear for various reasons.

However we have started using the new 60ghz products for short haul stuff - here is a recent install with redundant links (60ghz to about 600m away, airfiber for a few km away)

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Wed Mar 25, 2020 12:03 pm

a couple of installations, lhg5 and omnitik 5 poe.
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Wed Apr 08, 2020 7:48 pm

a couple of installations, lhg5 and omnitik 5 poe.
Is it telescopic pipe ?
and how long is it.

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a couple of installations, lhg5 and omnitik 5 poe.
Is it telescopic pipe ?
and how long is it.

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Tue Apr 28, 2020 2:37 pm

A little more from RTS Bulgaria
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Thu Jul 02, 2020 12:50 am

Astronauts routing an ethernet cable across the outside of the ISS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKQgP1JekP8&t=23761s
Shoddy job, IMHO... but of course installation circumstances are not optimal either.
 
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Thu Jul 02, 2020 6:40 pm

repeater tower. dynadish 5. these are B and C antennas. dynadish (A) is remote antenna with internet source. from A to B is cca 3km..and from C to D is cca 1km. dynadish (D) is at friend home.Image
 
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Sun Jul 26, 2020 1:22 pm

Mounted this on top of my caravan.
Guess it solves my connectivity issues...
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Sun Jul 26, 2020 1:35 pm

Mounted this on top of my caravan.

How do you turn antenna, by losening the mount on the pole? What do you do while driving around, take the whole installation (including pole base) down?
 
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How do you turn antenna, by losening the mount on the pole? What do you do while driving around, take the whole installation (including pole base) down?
Yes, this is completely manual. When the caravan has its position I can place the antenna - neither caravan nor lte station will move then. :lol:
The whole installation is taken down when driving.
 
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How do you turn antenna, by losening the mount on the pole? What do you do while driving around, take the whole installation (including pole base) down?
Yes, this is completely manual. When the caravan has its position I can place the antenna - neither caravan nor lte station will move then. :lol:
The whole installation is taken down when driving.
maybe, mounted on a plastic plate (Polyethylenplast) then a rubber-sucker (Saugnapf) in each corner to fasten to roof.
then very portable.
 
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maybe, mounted on a plastic plate (Polyethylenplast) then a rubber-sucker (Saugnapf) in each corner to fasten to roof.
then very portable.
Yes, it's a heavy plastic plate. But it has just rubber-feet, no sucker. But I will fasten it with a strong cord and eyelets in keder rails.
 
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Wed Jul 29, 2020 1:53 pm

Yes, it's a heavy plastic plate. But it has just rubber-feet, no sucker. But I will fasten it with a strong cord and eyelets in keder rails.
It now looks like this. Let's hope it will withstand bad weather and strong wind...
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Wed Jul 29, 2020 2:24 pm

It now looks like this. Let's hope it will withstand bad weather and strong wind...
It will, definitely - have a nice summer, what is left of it :-)
 
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Wed Jan 26, 2022 3:32 pm

- MikroTik LtAP LTE kit + R11e-LTE-US + RP-SMA to U.FL generic pigtails (x4)

Hey! I'm looking to build out better 4G coverage for a failover setup and I'm really interested in how you've done this.
I see two sets of the L-COM DAS HG72710XP-065 in use so are you running a second LTE card in the LtAP?
Also, what stands are you using for the masts?

Currently one of the failover setups I have uses an LtAP LTE6 kit and MTAO-LTE-5D-SQ.
The coverage is great (indoors) but could be better. There's no need for a directional either because of the proximity to the tower.
So the choice of antenna you've gone with is perfect for a step up from the MTAO. Hope to find out! Thanks!
 
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Sat Jan 29, 2022 1:21 pm

Hey! I'm looking to build out better 4G coverage for a failover setup and I'm really interested in how you've done this.
I see two sets of the L-COM DAS HG72710XP-065 in use so are you running a second LTE card in the LtAP?
Also, what stands are you using for the masts?
Simply open the device, drill the top side, install the pigtails on the cover and connect them to the LTE cards. Make sure that these pigtails have at least 15cm long.

Yes I'm running a second LTE card with a second LTE ISP.

The masts, any used for discoteque speaker mounting.

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Sun Jul 24, 2022 8:12 pm

Photos updated. My post here.

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Wed Mar 01, 2023 10:54 am

This LDF LTE6kit (RBLDFR&R11e-LTE6) is used for 4G backup as well as for testing&staging (simulating remote sites to be deployed). It is installed on a professional Kathrein CAS06 dish with an LNB adapter, as the Kathrein attachment is a propriertary clamp.

Besides the Mikrotik LTE6kit, the mast also holds another CAS06 satellite dish and a 180cm yagi DVB-T antenna to feed the IPTV server, an X-pol FM antenna and a 180cm 4G panel antenna. All the gear is from Kathrein.

The location is Havange, France. I will post pics from another site where we have an LTE6kit in production next time I'll go to that site.

For those interested, I can't recommend enough to use professional sat dishes for the LTE6kit. In harsh environments, especially heavy winds, it makes a HUGE difference in terms of signal stability and connectivity.
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In the summer of 2023 or 2024 I'll try to setup a 2km PTP NLOS link with LDF2's and modified 180cm PFA dishes. I'll share the pictures of the setup of course!

That's all for now, folks!
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Wed Mar 15, 2023 2:51 pm

As promised, here are some pics of the installation of another LTE6kit (RBLDFR&R11e-LTE6) on a remote site (hangar) near Ham-Sous-Varsberg, France. Same dish (Kathrein CAS06 with special die-cast LNB adapter). It is a 60mm mount, with the anchor bolts chemically sealed into the concrete wall for stability.

The base station is 800m away, reception is flawless. The only disconnections we get are due to the ISP.
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