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> The rural Orcas Island has a lot of hills and obstacles that could disrupt the wireless signals, and it would have been "prohibitively expensive" for DBIUA to
by privong 11y ago
> The rural Orcas Island has a lot of hills and obstacles that could disrupt the wireless signals, and it would have been "prohibitively expensive" for DBIUA to install its own towers. As such, many of the radios had to be installed in trees.
Presumably there will be movement of antennae as trees grow. One could monitor the alignment by periodically checking the signal strength between links. I wonder how often things will need to be realigned because the "tower" on which the radios sit changes with time.
- cortesoft 11y agoDepends on now close to the top of the tree the antennae is placed. Trees grow from the top, so anything below that won't move as the tree grows.
- WhyDoPeople 11y agoTrees also grow around the trunk and branches, thickening. Ever heard of counting the rings on a tree to tell its age?
- Swannie 11y agoAs the tree grows, the weight distribution changes, and things move. Trees grow from the leaves. Leaves are not just at "the top".
- rasz_pl 11y agoeven highly directional antennas arent, its usually >7 degrees