+1 that's exactly what I did - blue Mikrotik cables and all. I wouldn't use 3.65 unless you really have to, you might also be able to do some channel reuse with the af5x if there's a lot of 5ghz links on a tower.
On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 3:14 PM, Josh Luthman <[email protected]> wrote: > A. Easiest and using the same spectrum as before. The blue cables from > Mikrotik are really sweet. > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > On Aug 13, 2015 4:11 PM, "Ken Hohhof" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> What do you recommend in the case of a 2 ft Rocket dish w/RF armor? >> >> a) replace the radio, maybe use longer cables, maybe have to mount radio >> to mast >> b) use the dual slant adapter thingy (I have a couple) >> c) just order a new airFiber dish and swap the whole thing >> >> *From:* Josh Luthman <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Thursday, August 13, 2015 3:03 PM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] AirFiber X >> >> Do unii1 first. Save your 3 GHz! >> >> You can replace Rockets with af5x, though it isn't a simple drop in >> replacement from what I found =( >> >> >> Josh Luthman >> Office: 937-552-2340 >> Direct: 937-552-2343 >> 1100 Wayne St >> Suite 1337 >> Troy, OH 45373 >> >> On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 4:00 PM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I have been looking at AF5X as a way to get rid of PTP Powerbridges and >>> Rockets. I have some of each in 3.65 and I never liked the frequency >>> converted UBNT radios, so maybe this is the path of least resistance to get >>> them out of the network. Was probably going to just redo them in U-NII-1, >>> but now could maybe stay in 3.65. >>> >>> *From:* Mathew Howard <[email protected]> >>> *Sent:* Thursday, August 13, 2015 2:51 PM >>> *To:* af <[email protected]> >>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] AirFiber X >>> >>> >>> The cheapest alternative for 3.65 is probably ptp450, which is still >>> more expensive and only like a quarter the capacity, so it's not bad for >>> what it is... I just don't get why it needs to be double the cost of the 5x. >>> >>> Streakwave is already showing them in stock, or was this morning anyway. >>> On Aug 13, 2015 2:39 PM, "Josh Luthman" <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Redline AN80 is $1k so the AF3x is ~250 under that. The way I see it >>>> is if you need to use 3 GHz for a backhaul, it's a great option if you can >>>> get decent throughput. The next step up would be licensed... >>>> >>>> >>>> Josh Luthman >>>> Office: 937-552-2340 >>>> Direct: 937-552-2343 >>>> 1100 Wayne St >>>> Suite 1337 >>>> Troy, OH 45373 >>>> >>>> On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 3:21 PM, Brett A Mansfield < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I was really shocked at that price too! It's not worth it at that >>>>> price. With the limited bandwidth available you won't get 500+Mbps on that >>>>> thing. Not on a 50Mhz channel. >>>>> >>>>> Thank you, >>>>> Brett A Mansfield >>>>> Silver Lake Internet, LLC >>>>> >>>>> On Aug 13, 2015, at 12:15 PM, Mathew Howard <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> It looks like some distributors already have the af2x and af3x. I was >>>>> a little shocked at the price on the 3x, I didn't tgink it'd be that much >>>>> different from the 5x. >>>>> On Aug 13, 2015 12:10 PM, "Ken Hohhof" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Someone sent me this photo, I hope nothing we wanted was in any of >>>>>> those containers! >>>>>> >>>>>> More seriously, many deaths and injuries. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- From: Seth Mattinen >>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 4:25 PM >>>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] AirFiber X >>>>>> >>>>>> On 8/12/15 13:55, Ken Hohhof wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I hope they weren’t shipping out of the port of Tianjin (dramatic >>>>>>> video): >>>>>>> http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/12/asia/china-port-explosion/index.html >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> That was the boat all the DFS certs were on. >>>>>> >>>>>> ~Seth >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> >
