The dish at my parent's place is about 10 metres up a pine tree.<br>Worked great for a 3-4 km link with a 19dbi galaxy dish :)<br><br>As long as the tree is solid and you don't use copper nails should be fine.<br><br><br><div>
<span class="gmail_quote">On 10/9/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Justin Burnett</b> <<a href="mailto:bcs_justin@optusnet.com.au">bcs_justin@optusnet.com.au</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
this one time, i was soooo desperate to get internet that i got a broom<br>handle and climbed up my tallest tree and taped the broom handle to the<br>pole with an omni on the top of it... And my wrt in a storage box at the
<br> bottom<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>Paul Jones wrote:<br>> I've got a 12 slot waveguide mounted about 10m off the ground. To mount<br>> it I just got a 1m length of galvanized water pipe, some saddle clamps
<br>> and some big roofing bolts for timber beams. It's as solid as a rock,<br>> but it does tend to sway around a bit with the tree when it's windy so I<br>> don't think using a directional antenna would be a good idea!
<br>><br>> It's been there in various forms for the better part of 4 years now.<br>> Just make sure you climb up and inspect it every 12 months or less. As<br>> the tree grows it seems to have a habit of snapping bolts sometimes.
<br>><br>><br>> Paul.<br>><br>><br>><br>> Point Cook Freenet wrote:<br>>> Anyone had any experience mounting an Access Point and a backhaul on a<br>>> big old gum tree?<br>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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