I actually shot myself in the foot once doing this. I took down a 900
omni and put up 3 120 sectors thinking it was going to be great. Not
at all what happened. Turned out the omni was running on the only clean
channel. With the 3 sectors and only 3 non-overlapping frequencies
available there was no combination of channels and directions that
worked as well as the omni it replaced.
After rotating sectors and frequency plans around for days we found
something workable, but it wasn't at all what I expected when we started
the project.
Mark
On 11/8/14, 9:36 AM, Mike Hammett via Af wrote:
In cases of congestion, ought you not use antennas with smaller
beamwidths?
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*From: *"Mark Radabaugh via Af" <[email protected]>
*To: *[email protected]
*Sent: *Saturday, November 8, 2014 8:33:15 AM
*Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Now I'm impressed.
Omni's have their places. Physical space limitations, frequency
congestion, low density, mobile applications, cost, etc.
Sometimes it's the right tool for the job.
Mark
On 11/8/14, 7:33 AM, Mike Hammett via Af wrote:
Friends don't let friends deploy omnis.
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*From: *"Glen Waldrop via Af" <[email protected]>
*To: *[email protected]
*Sent: *Friday, November 7, 2014 1:50:45 PM
*Subject: *[AFMUG] Now I'm impressed.
We had a tower taken out by a storm.
When we replaced it I finally upgraded to 802.11n as I wanted and
went with a DP omni rather than sectors.
RB711 UA2HnD + ARC 13dBi DP Omni
I'm fine tuning the network, made some adjustments on a tower 12
miles away, one customer didn't come back up. I started checking
my other APs as sometimes they'll hop if close enough, didn't find
anything.
I went to the new AP 12 miles away, the client was connected to it
from a little over 12 miles apparently off a sidelobe of an
Airgrid 16dBi. The grid is pointing at least 20 degrees off, and I
never expected that shot to work if it *was* pointed the right
direction.
I'm impressed.
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Mark Radabaugh
Amplex
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Mark Radabaugh
Amplex
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