There's a whiz-bang-wow factor for free space optics.  I'm not sure if there's any real technical advantage over millimeter wave though.  None that I'm currently aware of.

-Adam


On 9/20/2021 12:12 PM, Mathew Howard wrote:
Seems to me like you're almost always going to be a lot better off just using 80ghz (or even 60ghz, depending on requirements)... I guess if you need more than 10Gbps it might make sense, but otherwise, it seems like playing with this stuff is just going to cause a lot of unnecessary headaches.

On Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 10:13 AM Steve Jones <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

    I hope its come along way. we did some and it was awful. auto
    alignment had to be turned of because it would sometimes just
    start adjusting and go out of alignment like it was having a
    seizure. lens fogging was awful. We had one where it would take a
    courthouse down roughly the same time every day, finally tracked
    it to sun reflection off an aluminum parapet. i had to haul a
    truck tarp up onto the roof to cover the parapet to prove it. The
    only place for lasers is in flexible glass

    On Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 9:16 AM Jaime Solorza
    <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

        Yep...they tried one from a bank building in El Paso to Juarez
        back in the late 1990s...22 story building moved too much...we
        ended up installing a 23Ghz link but from another location.

        On Mon, Sep 20, 2021, 6:24 AM Brian Webster
        <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
        wrote:

            I would think now it would be easier to mount the laser in
            a gyro stabilized gimbal to account for the movement. In
            the 90’s that technology was not affordable. Image
            stabilizing cameras exist, gyro stabilized RC helicopters
            and drones are commonplace.

            Thank you,

            Brian Webster

            www.wirelessmapping.com <http://www.wirelessmapping.com>

            *From:*AF [mailto:[email protected]
            <mailto:[email protected]>] *On Behalf Of *Chuck
            McCown via AF
            *Sent:* Friday, September 17, 2021 8:16 PM
            *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
            *Cc:* Chuck McCown
            *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] ***SPAM*** interesting...we
            installed several laser links in the 1990s...

            I did too.  Mexico City.  E1 data rate.  High rise
            buildings.  Building movement was a problem.

            Sent from my iPhone



            On Sep 17, 2021, at 5:12 PM, Jaime Solorza
            <[email protected]
            <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

                

                
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