Hardware limitations?  SAF Lumina only did 56MHz. 


> On Feb 26, 2019, at 3:18 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] 
> <mailto:[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..
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> On Feb 26, 2019, at 4:34 PM, Mathew Howard <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[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] 
>> <mailto:[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] 
>> <mailto:[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] 
>>> <mailto:[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] 
>>>> <mailto:[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
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>>>>  
>>>> From: AF <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> On 
>>>> Behalf Of Ken Hohhof
>>>> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2019 8:27 PM
>>>> To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <[email protected] 
>>>> <mailto:[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] <mailto:[email protected]>> On 
>>>> Behalf Of Peter Kranz
>>>> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2019 6:51 PM
>>>> To: [email protected] <mailto:[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 <http://www.unwiredltd.com/>
>>>> Desk: 510-868-1614 x100
>>>> Mobile: 510-207-0000
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