You have a transmitter site that is a remote tower or maybe a rooftop. The site houses one or more transmitters or repeaters that support activity that is critical to your organization. You want visibility to that site and transmitters so you can ensure system reliability – and be able to recognize and resolve any problems quickly.
So what kind of information should a new remote monitoring solution give you?
We have had more than a hundred interviews with people of varied responsibilities for transmitter sites. Consistently we heard that to ensure uptime that a remote monitoring solution must address the transmitter site, the transmitter(s) themselves, and the antenna system. More specifically…
The site – in the shelter or equivalent where the transmitter is housed
- Temperature – is the heating or cooling keeping in range for equipment and batteries
- Humidity – what is the relative humidity and is it within range for electronic equipment
- AC Mains – is the primary AC line power available
- Motion – is a person (or unexpected creature) in the shelter
- Forward Power – is the transmitter producing the power it is expected and licensed
- Reflected Power – is the antenna system performing as expected
- VSWR – Voltage Standing Wave Ratio is a good measure of the health of the antenna system
- Receive Sense – is the repeater receiving a signal that should be transmitted
- Utilization – what is the duty cycle of the repeater or transmitter
- Precipitation rate
- Wind
- Temperature (outside)
- Lightning

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