Except SAF... right Chuck ;-) Years ago I was party to the contracts SAF signed with RFS and Commscope for antennas, and they both included boilerplate language about the interface design and that it could only be sold to the manufacturer, etc. But that was from the antenna vendor side. If the radio manufacturer intends to enforce anything about the design... well that is a different story.
As I wrote before - unless it is a 4ft antenna or larger or has some unique restrictions that cause replacement to be a real problem... I'd just buy the new antenna. Generally, since radios you are upgrading to will have high modulation specs you probably will want to upgrade antennas anyways to get higher availability for the higher performance. But all of that is "in general." I'm the first one to realize there are situations where keeping what is there is far better. photograph Daniel White Co-Founder & Managing Director of Operations phone: +1 (702) 470-2770 direct:+1 (702) 470-2766 > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > September 15, 2020 at 17:03 > Never had a problem, I have interfaced with lots of antennas and > radios over the year. > > *From:* Ken Hohhof > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 15, 2020 4:53 PM > *To:* 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] cambium ceragon 820 > > > I was in a rush to send that photo and apparently didn’t succeed in > attaching it to the email. > > > > Also, you might get a call from Cambium’s (or Ceragon’s) lawyers. I > know they don’t let Andrew and Radiowaves sell the antennas with the > Ceragon mount direct to end customers. So they are apparently > protective of their mount. I think someone once posted – it might > have been you Daniel – that most or all of the licensed radio > manufacturers are that way. > > > > *From:*AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Daniel White > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 15, 2020 4:47 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] cambium ceragon 820 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > Ken Hohhof <mailto:[email protected]> > September 15, 2020 at 16:53 > > I was in a rush to send that photo and apparently didn’t succeed in > attaching it to the email. > > > > Also, you might get a call from Cambium’s (or Ceragon’s) lawyers. I > know they don’t let Andrew and Radiowaves sell the antennas with the > Ceragon mount direct to end customers. So they are apparently > protective of their mount. I think someone once posted – it might > have been you Daniel – that most or all of the licensed radio > manufacturers are that way. > > > > *From:*AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Daniel White > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 15, 2020 4:47 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] cambium ceragon 820 > > > > > > Daniel White <mailto:[email protected]> > September 15, 2020 at 15:46 > It almost never makes sense to retrofit a 2ft antenna IMHO. 3ft > possibly. > > I also imagine as soon as Cambium hears coax and "old AF11" antenna in > any troubleshooting conversation they are going to clam up and blame that. > > I'd just replace the antennas. > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > September 15, 2020 at 09:59 > Thanks. > I have had a request to make a connectorizing kit to allow these > radios to be used with AF11X antennas. > Not sure it is economically feasible. Especially if I have to add a > way to hang the radio as well. > > *From:* Adam Moffett > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 15, 2020 9:52 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] cambium ceragon 820 > > > Installation guide has some graphics: > > https://www.sicetelecom.it/Reserved-Area/Ceragon/Ceragon_FibeAir_IP-20C_Installation_Guide_Rev_D.03.pdf > > > > > > On 9/15/2020 11:50 AM, Adam Moffett wrote: > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > Adam Moffett <mailto:[email protected]> > September 15, 2020 at 09:52 > > Installation guide has some graphics: > > https://www.sicetelecom.it/Reserved-Area/Ceragon/Ceragon_FibeAir_IP-20C_Installation_Guide_Rev_D.03.pdf > > > > On 9/15/2020 11:50 AM, Adam Moffett wrote: > >
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