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LOS beacon payload :
Today, to ensure planned Microwave communications networks are typically audited by cell tower climbers. Two climbing teams coordinate to climb each tower simultaneously and use bright lights and/or mirrors to reflect the sun to transmit a flash to the opposite team while the other team record the flash with a zoom camera..
If you thinks that sounds insane… so did I!
At Vertspec we fly MW LOS projects using a drone to zoom and view each opposite tower. This is already a great solution, but if the weather isn’t right, or the distance is just too long, we can’t get a clear visual of the opposite tower.
The goal is to see this beacon from 40 miles away!
The LOS light beacon was designed to mount on top of a DJI M30 UAV, and transmit a columated, ultra bright light to a drone equipped with the matching light emitter on the opposite site.
*This project is ongoing. A new 500 Watt design is in testing now.
Skills and Experience:
- CAD Airframe Design and Mechanical Engineering
- Additive Manufacturing
- Electronics / Soldering / Electrical engineering
Problem:
– Even the best drone zoom cameras cant see 30+ miles away… seeing the oposite tower amongst trees and heat diostortion is very difficult and can lead to doubt.
Solution:
– The LOS beacon flashes a known pattern. A Camera or another sensor on the opposite site can detect even a flicker of pixel at the transmitted pattern to scientifically confirm a MW LOS path is good.