Tower Inspection & Maintenance
Loose hardware, missing hardware, rust or even damaged
antenna components can cause a headache for your communication towers
and communication systems. Tower Inspections and/or Maintenance is
an issue a lot of companies either overlook of consider an unnecessary
expense.
However, in our experience, regular tower inspections
and maintenance can help avoid the sometimes extreme costs of tower
repairs should a failure occur with the tower itself or with your
antenna systems. Early detection is the key in avoiding any
disruption to your communication flow.
Even the best tower installers have been discovered to
have missed tightening a nut or two, and many times we have discovered
short cuts taken to save time or money have failed. As a highly
reputable company in the microwave industry, we provide you an honest
detailed report complete with photographs to give you an accurate status
of your tower systems.
Regular inspection and maintenance is a bonus to your
system, but how often you should perform these functions is entirely up
to you. We recommend that you do a routine check at least every 24
months, but often find it better to use a 12 month interval.
Severe Storms can cause havoc on your tower at any given time, and
we strongly suggest that you perform a visual check of your
communication site if such a storm occurs. Loss in radio signals,
loss in pressure of waveguide systems, waveguide or coax slapping
against the tower, or even components found on the ground that should be
found on the tower only should be cause to perform a tower inspection to
correct any damage from the storm.
Important Items We Inspect:
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Site Conditions
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Tower Structure
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Foundations
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Tower Plumb/Straight
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Galvanizing Condition
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Paint Condition
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Climbing Device
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Tower Hardware
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Tower Members
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Grounding
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Tower Guying System
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Tower Lighting Systems
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Antenna Details
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Waveguide/Coax Details
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Passive Repeaters
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