Hurricane Florence

Stream live video of hurricane Florence over a Cambium Networks PTP 650 link to Frying Pan Tower off the Carolina coast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deG4NxkouGM

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Here is some information on the link to Frying Pan Tower

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Unfortunately, the Internet connection to the video link failed during the hurricane. We were disappointed that we couldn't check on progress.

This article: https://www.rcrwireless.com/20180917/network-infrastructure/kevin-the-american-flag explains that the failure was down to a flooded equipment room in a shore installation. As expected, the PTP 650 link was unaffected by wind and rain.

The FB page https://www.facebook.com/fryingpan.tower/ provides an interesting insight into the problems of aligning a 4 foot antenna on a steel platform that prevents use of a compass.