I saw 6 GHz and assumed licensed, e.g. PTP850 (Ceragon under the covers).  But 
you are talking 6 GHz unlicensed using ePMP or 450V?

 

From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Colin Stanners
Sent: Friday, November 7, 2025 2:32 PM
To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] PoE out to 650 feet?

 

The calculator at https://www.calculator.net/voltage-drop-calculator.html , 
second tab, has worked quite well for me. E.g. a Cambium 4625 CPE (15W) plus a 
SFP to copper converter (5W), so 20W total. With a 55V supply, at 700ft 
thatwould require 22 AWG cable to keep a suitable (>42V on most 48V devices) 
voltage at the end, delivering 43.7V at 0.5A so 22W. I would use 20AWG or 
preferably 18AWG to be safe, the latter would just have a voltage drop of 5V on 
that cablrle for a 0.5A load.

 

There are other fiber to copper conversion options, MikroTik RBFTC11 or 
powerbox, or you can use the Cambium Force 4600C radio that has the built-in 
SFP.

 

 

On Fri, Nov 7, 2025, 2:12 p.m. Dev <[email protected] 
<mailto:[email protected]> > wrote:

Actually, I’d prefer fiber, maybe run a netonix over there with a SFP. It makes 
my head hurt figuring out the voltage drop with wire that’s smaller than my leg 
though.

> On Nov 7, 2025, at 12:05 PM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote:
> 
> Maybe a dumb question, but why not DC + fiber?  Just need adequate gauge wire 
> and with fiber you don't have to worry about exceeding 100 meters on copper.
> 
> Or are you stuck with a radio model that doesn't support SFP and DC power?
> 
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> Behalf Of Dev
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> Subject: [AFMUG] PoE out to 650 feet?
> 
> I know you can get away with it out a little past 300 feet, but is there some 
> kind of powered booster that can get you out to 600-700 feet with 48 volt 
> power to run a cambium 6GHz radio? This is a DC site, so no power at the 
> other end of the 650 feet. 
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