Module Two - Wireless Installation Tools and Materials:

The following checklists are meant to provide base guidelines for the tools and materials that you may require during an install. This list is divided into left and right columns to show which tools and materials may be necessary for either a temporary installation (left) or a semi-permanent installation (right.) Where the materials are common to both (i.e. miscellaneous useful things), there is only one column of information.

TOWERS
Temporary installation			Semi-Permanent Installation
	Tower Base - plywood			Tower base construction materials Wood for forms Hammer/nails Measuring tape Shovel Cement mix & gravel or premix concrete tower base plate anchor bolts for base plate
	Tripod base antenna mount			Tower sections
	Slip-up poles for tripod base			Slip-up poles for tower, if any
	Nuts/Bolts for slip-up pole/base			Nuts/Bolts for tower - eyebolts work well
	Guy Wire			Guy Wire
	Guy Wire clamps (two each for each end of guys)			Guy Wire clamps (two each for each end of guys)
	Guy ring clamps (holds guywire at tower end)
	Turnbuckles for guy wires			Turnbuckles for guy wires
	Guy Wire Safety covers			Guy Wire Safety covers
	Grounding wire			Grounding wire
	Grounding wire clamps			Grounding wire clamps
	Grounding plate or pole			Grounding plate or pole
	Shovel or Sledgehammer			Shovel or Sledgehammer

ANTENNAS
Temporary installation			Semi-Permanent Installation
	Antenna(s) (Omni directional, directional - dish, yagi, enclosed yagi)			Antenna(s) (Omni directional, directional - dish, yagi, enclosed yagi)
	Antenna clamps			Antenna clamps
	Antenna cable			Antenna cable
	Antenna cable connectors			Antenna connectors
	Lightning Protector			Lightning Protector
	tie straps			tie straps
	electrical tape			electrical tape
	silicone for sealing cable connectors			silicone for sealing cable connectors

EQUIPMENT ENCLOSURE
Temporary installation			Semi-Permanent Installation
	Materials for shed / enclosure - weatherproof box			Materials for shed / enclosure - weatherproof box
	Materials to power equipment - line to "grid", solar power, or generator			Materials to power equipment - line to "grid", solar power, or generator
TIP: If using solar panels to power equipment on mountain tops or other windy areas, use several small panels rather than one large one. They are easier to secure and because they have less wind resistance, don't blow away as easily.

NETWORKING EQUIPMENT
Temporary installation			Semi-Permanent Installation
	Wireless Access Point			Wireless Access Point
	silicone for sealing cable connectors			silicone for sealing cable connectors
	Lightning Protector			Lightning Protector
	Pigtails for Lightning Protector			Pigtails for Lightning Protector
	Conduit (if necessary)			Conduit (if necessary)

MISCELLANEOUS
	Ladder
	Hammer/nails
	pipe clamps
	wrenches, socket set
	Electrical tape
	zap straps
	Rope to steady tower, tie things, etc.
	Safety gear: hard hats, steel toed shoes, safety vests, climbing harness and ropes.
	Topographical map and compass, binoculars, telescope, length of pipe, or other means of aligning antennas with other distant antennas.
	gloves
	wire cutters
	level and/or plumb bob
	shovel
	buckets
	danger stickers