Seems strange to me that they dropped the 5GHz backup radio from the GBE Plus and the AF60LR. All the other 60GHz radios have a 5GHz backup of some sort. We have installed a number of the little 60GHz GBE radios and they seem solid for short links with easy aim.
On Fri, Feb 19, 2021 at 3:31 PM Mathew Howard <[email protected]> wrote: > I think they claim their "Wave AI" feature is supposed to somehow > magically make long links work better... but yeah, being able to use > 66-70ghz behaves more like 70/80ghz than the lower 60ghz band, so you can > do much longer distances... you still have the same problem with rain fade, > but even on something like a 1 mile link that will work at 64-65ghz, it > works a lot better, since you have more signal to work with. > > On Fri, Feb 19, 2021 at 3:11 PM Carl Peterson <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Is that the only extra magic in the LR? They claim 12KM vs 2KM. I would >> never try 12 but I'm tempted to go for up to 3. >> >> On Fri, Feb 19, 2021 at 3:02 PM Mathew Howard <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> At 1km it won't drop much, but it will still drop occasionally. Ubiquiti >>> AF60LR will do a bit better than the other options, because it can use the >>> higher channels. >>> >>> On Fri, Feb 19, 2021, 2:16 PM Dev <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> 700 meter Ignitenet MetroLinq PTP60-35 running around -48dbm during >>>> clear day says it will do >2.5Gbps with this RSSI, these things do a ton of >>>> bandwidth. It hangs in there surprisingly well during rain unless it’s >>>> really DUMPING rain. I think during normal or heavy rain it’s still in the >>>> mid to high 50’s. Doesn’t seem to use the 5GHz backup much, but traffic >>>> drops off fast when you do. I have another link doing 1.3km, much worse in >>>> heavy rain, but very impressive throughput when it’s not raining, >>>> surprisingly. >>>> >>>> > On Feb 19, 2021, at 11:51 AM, Steve Jones <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> > >>>> > We havent dealt with 60ghz other than as an outside contractor so ive >>>> never looked at performance directly. At 1 km what kind of fade are we >>>> talking in a normal rain shower, and in a downpour? >>>> > We have had pretty good luck with af24 over the years but need more >>>> capacity, the fade in 60ghz concerns me, and I never understood the 60 ghz >>>> ones with 5ghz backup. its like a cruise ship having a backup canoe >>>> > -- >>>> > AF mailing list >>>> > [email protected] >>>> > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> AF mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>>> >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> Carl Peterson >> >> *PORT NETWORKS* >> >> 401 E Pratt St, Ste 2553 >> >> Baltimore, MD 21202 >> >> (410) 637-3707 >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- Carl Peterson *PORT NETWORKS* 401 E Pratt St, Ste 2553 Baltimore, MD 21202 (410) 637-3707
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