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> On Feb 26, 2019, at 5:18 PM, Mathew Howard <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Well, I'm just guessing, but what other reason would there be for occupying 
> 79mhz with a 56mhz radio?
> 
>> On Tue, Feb 26, 2019 at 4:08 PM Tim Hardy <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 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.
>>>> 
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>>>>> 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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