We are using 2'&3' Andrews Commscope dishes Sent from my iPhone
> On May 20, 2015, at 09:23, Mathew Howard <[email protected]> wrote: > > At 8 miles, I would definitely go with 2' dishes and the B5c. I would > probably go with the Jirous JRC-29 EXTREME MIMO. > >> On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 8:54 AM, Ryan Mano <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> Ok that’s good to know…my links would be around 8 miles…so I should get >> connectorized instead of intergrated….as for the dish what would be the best >> to get to work with this? >> >> >> >> One mentioned jirous which I have used on a pervious link with a >> ptp450…would like to know the model number of that dish you are using for >> this radio and also if any others >> >> >> >> thanks >> >> >> >> From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Craig House >> Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2015 9:48 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] mimosa >> >> >> >> I agree with this evaluation I only have two links up right now but a third >> one is halfway installed. The throughput on them at 10 miles with 2 foot >> dishes is easily doing 500 Mb and not dropping connections at all. Mine of >> course our connectorized but we also have a pair of integrated up that we >> were told were only good for 5 to 6 miles by the manufacture and we use them >> for several months in an emergency situation at almost 12 miles they did >> have stability problems but it got us through the pinch. And even at that >> distance we were getting pretty good signals according to the radios and >> about 200 meg of throughput but they did drop from time to time. When we put >> those up we didn't have time to order replacement radios to properly install >> them it was a quick fix to see if we could make them work and they did. I >> also agree that the new firmware release coming out will solve hopefully a >> lot of issues that we have with them like the monitoring >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> >> On May 20, 2015, at 08:43, Shayne Lebrun <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> They’re good little radios, but they need some seasoning. ‘auto everything’ >> mode makes what I would consider to be some questionable choices, for >> example. Also, zero SNMP support at this point, which makes things >> impossible to monitor/diagnose after the fact. >> >> >> >> We’re eagerly looking forward to the next firmware release, which supposedly >> will enable SNMP and same-tower coordination. >> >> >> >> >> >> From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rory Conaway >> Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2015 9:33 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] mimosa >> >> >> >> I’ve got 10 of them up and they have worked great. As for mixing it with >> Cambium gear, that’s a tough one. Because there is no interoperability with >> GPS between manufacturers, you have to rely on normal isolation methods. >> You probably want to keep them at least 10 apart or more. On the one tower >> where I was concerned about the issue and another location where I have a >> lot of 5GHz radios, Ubiquiti, and others on the same roof, I’m using the >> Jirous dishes with the built-in shrouds and then using the B5c’s. I don’t >> have any comparison to the B5 in that situation, I just planned for the >> worst case scenario. I have another colleague that is using the B5c’s with >> Ubiquiti antennas with Ubiquiti shroud on the same roof because he needed a >> 34dBi antenna and it’s shooting 32 miles. He couldn’t get enough >> throughput out of the AF5x radios so he swapped to the Mimosa and he is >> getting 2-3 times more throughput, about 200Mbps. >> >> >> >> Rory >> >> >> >> From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ryan Mano >> Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2015 6:20 AM >> To: '[email protected]' >> Subject: [AFMUG] mimosa >> >> >> >> Would like to know what your feedback is on the mimosa B5 intergrated….am >> looking to try this out and if its ok to mix with cambium gear on the same >> towers >> >> >> >> thanks >> >
