*nods* a few months ago we discussed a few 70 - 110 GHz radios doing 10GigE. They were developed for military use and have been used as such, but lately have been converted into civilian use. One of then was like $147k per link.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Kuhnke via Af" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, November 24, 2014 10:51:41 AM Subject: [AFMUG] radios with frickin' laser beams on their heads http://pages.aoptix.com/rs/aoptixtechnologies/images/AOptix_Intellimax_MB2000_Datasheet.pdf http://thestack.com/aoptix-lasercomm-system-military-laser-radio-rollout-171114 80 GHz QPSK link + parallel FSO OOK laser? Claiming 10km five nines, I bet that's in ITU rain zone A (saudi arabian desert, etc). I wonder how it will stack up on real world performance in the Seattle area vs. a Bridgewave E-band link, 60cm dishes, +19 Tx power, QPSK modulation.
