If that’s the case, it must’ve been truly horrid at 56 MHz.  There are 
consequences in this wasting of spectrum - you’ll notice that modulations less 
than 16 QAM are not currently coordinated or licensed since they fail to meet 
the FCC’s minimum of 1 bit/Hz.  Any operation of the AF-11 at QPSK or 1/4 QPSK 
is not actually legal..

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> On Feb 26, 2019, at 4:34 PM, Mathew Howard <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Yeah, but my point is that they made a really noisy 56mhz radio work by just 
> occupying a full 80mhz channel... at least that's the way I understand it. It 
> seems like they're kind of doing the same thing here.
> 
>> On Tue, Feb 26, 2019 at 3:24 PM Tim Hardy <[email protected]> wrote:
>> While the AF-11 used a 56 MHz chipset, the radio occupies 79.6 MHz - unlike 
>> all other radios with these chips that limit their bw to 56 MHz (this used 
>> to be the ETSI maximum).  The AF-11 system gain is horrible for 1024 QAM 
>> when compared to other outdoor radios - either full 60 MHz or full 80 MHz bw.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>>> On Feb 26, 2019, at 3:26 PM, Mathew Howard <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Interesting, so I'm guessing that they're able to reduce the noise to an 
>>> acceptable level at that high of power by using a narrower channel... kind 
>>> of like what Ubiquiti did with the AirFiber 11.
>>> 
>>>> On Tue, Feb 26, 2019 at 1:54 PM Tim Hardy <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Just an FYI..
>>>> According to this chart, the occupied bandwidth is only 64.5 MHz so you 
>>>> will be losing capacity vs radios that occupy the full 80 MHz bandwidth.  
>>>> The DW radio will have to be coordinated and licensed in one of the 80 MHz 
>>>> channel allocations as there are no FCC channel plans between 51 MHz and 
>>>> 79 MHz.  There are only 4-channel pairs available at 80 MHz and its 
>>>> difficult to coordinate multiple pairs in many areas as a result.  
>>>> Finally, while these power levels are impressive, they don't tell the full 
>>>> story and you really need to compare the system gain values at the desired 
>>>> modulations.  The DW 64.5 MHz radio’s system gain at 2048 QAM is 83 dB vs. 
>>>> the WTM 4100 80 MHz  radio’s system gain at 2048 QAM which will be 73.5 dB.
>>>> 
>>>>> On Feb 26, 2019, at 12:19 PM, Peter Kranz <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> +31 is the advertised 2048QAM output on the HP variant. Dragonwave 
>>>>> contacted me offline and is indicating a March availability. Here is the 
>>>>> table of power output levels for that radio. It should also support 
>>>>> 4096QAM, but I’m not sure if that’s available in the software yet.
>>>>>  
>>>>> <image001.png>
>>>>>  
>>>>> Peter Kranz
>>>>> www.UnwiredLtd.com
>>>>> Desk: 510-868-1614 x100
>>>>> Mobile: 510-207-0000
>>>>> [email protected]
>>>>>  
>>>>> From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Ken Hohhof
>>>>> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2019 8:27 PM
>>>>> To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <[email protected]>
>>>>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Higher power 18Ghz radios..
>>>>>  
>>>>> Looks like PTP820c is only +16.
>>>>>  
>>>>> You’re talking about xmt power actually at 2048QAM modulation, right?  
>>>>> +31 is hard to believe.
>>>>>  
>>>>> I remember hearing that Broadcom was supposed to have a chip with 
>>>>> adaptive digital predistortion for high xmt power also 4096QAM not sure 
>>>>> if that became real.
>>>>>  
>>>>> From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Peter Kranz
>>>>> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2019 6:51 PM
>>>>> To: [email protected]
>>>>> Subject: [AFMUG] Higher power 18Ghz radios..
>>>>>  
>>>>> Dragonwave announced over a year ago the Harmony Enhanced 18HP, with +31 
>>>>> TX power at 2048 QAM, but have never made it to production as far as I 
>>>>> know. From the top of my head, here are some of the major radios TX power 
>>>>> in 18 Ghz band:
>>>>>  
>>>>> Dragonwave Harmony Enahcend HP – 31 <Vaporware?>
>>>>> Dragonwave Harmony Enhanced SP – 22
>>>>> Bridgewave Navigator – 19
>>>>> Aviat WTM 4200 – 17.5
>>>>> SIAE AlfoPlus2 – 17
>>>>>  
>>>>> Curious if anyone is aware of an 18Ghz dual core radio capable of higher 
>>>>> TX power at 2048QAM? It’s quite difficult to license 6Ghz or 11Ghz paths 
>>>>> in my market.
>>>>>  
>>>>> Peter Kranz
>>>>> www.UnwiredLtd.com
>>>>> Desk: 510-868-1614 x100
>>>>> Mobile: 510-207-0000
>>>>> [email protected]
>>>>>  
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