Tower installs // application

Apply for a tower install

Tell us about the site. We review every application and take on the ones that would do the most for the mesh — height, location and the gap it fills all matter more than the hardware.

How we decide

We’re looking for installs that make a real difference to coverage — a site that links pockets of the mesh together, reaches a poorly-covered area, or gives a lot of operators a reliable path. A modest tower in the right gap beats a tall one where we’re already strong.

Fill in what you know. “Not sure” is a fine answer on the tower details — we can work most of it out from the coordinates. The parts we really need are where it is, who owns it, and how to reach you.

Permission comes first. We only work towers with the owner’s explicit approval, and climbs are done by qualified climbers with proper equipment. If you don’t have permission yet, apply anyway and say so — we can often help with that conversation.

// the application

Site & contact details

What are you asking for?
About you
How we’ll get back to you — make sure you’re in the RF Lab Discord.
The tower
Decimal degrees, latitude first. Right-click a spot in Google Maps to copy them.
Where on the tower you’d like the node mounted.
Owner name or company, a contact if you have one, and where permission stands. If it’s your own tower, just say so.
Hardware
Board, role and enclosure, as much as you know — “not sure yet” is a fine answer.
required — everything else is optional.

We use these details only to evaluate and plan the install. We don’t publish site coordinates or owner information.

What happens next

  1. We look at the site. Coordinates and height go into our link planning to see what the node would actually reach and who it would connect.
  2. We follow up on Discord. Usually with questions — how much sun the mount gets, access, what the owner is comfortable with.
  3. If it’s a go, we plan the climb. Hardware gets built and bench-tested first; nothing goes up untested.

Not every application becomes an install — sometimes the answer is “great site, wrong time,” and sometimes a spot is already well covered. We’ll tell you either way.