Integrated -67
Side lobe -64
Focal point -57 (atpc will drop it to -60)

In this case I think that's the numbers.

Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373
On Sep 3, 2015 10:36 AM, "Adam Moffett" <[email protected]> wrote:

> My point is, at 0.6 miles if he was on main lobe he would have a -40
> something.  Being on a sidelobe gets him the -67.  Shouldn't the dish still
> add 10 more db?
>
> ....unless we're interpreting this as meaning a side lobe of the dish.
> That's possible, but at .6 miles the installer would have to be drunk.
>
>
> On 9/3/2015 10:31 AM, Josh Luthman wrote:
>
> Side lobe wouldn't be 10db if the focal point is 10db.  Otherwise you
> could aim on side lobes all day without consequence.
>
> Josh Luthman
> Office: 937-552-2340
> Direct: 937-552-2343
> 1100 Wayne St
> Suite 1337
> Troy, OH 45373
> On Sep 3, 2015 10:29 AM, "Adam Moffett" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Maybe I'm crazy, but a 10db antenna will still give 10db if it's aimed at
>> a sidelobe won't it?
>>
>>
>> On 9/3/2015 10:27 AM, Jay Weekley wrote:
>>
>>> That was one thing that I was thinking about as well. If I got my
>>> azimuth correct and the guys on the tower got the antenna aligned correctly
>>> they should be on the outside of the main lobe but we've got two LOS
>>> customers at .75 and .4 miles that have signals in the -50's.  I expected
>>> them to be in the -30's or -40's.
>>>
>>> Faisal Imtiaz wrote:
>>>
>>>> you are hitting a side lobe .......
>>>> for best results, try to adjust your antenna tilt on the AP.
>>>>
>>>> (Have someone look at the CPE's (paying attention to the farthest
>>>> ones), and then adjust the tilt on the AP Antenna... so as to best
>>>> combination of signals on the close by cpe's and the far cpe..)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> :)
>>>>
>>>> Faisal Imtiaz
>>>> Snappy Internet & Telecom
>>>> 7266 SW 48 Street
>>>> Miami, FL 33155
>>>> Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232
>>>>
>>>> Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: [email protected]
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>
>>>>> From: "CBB - Jay Fuller" <[email protected]>
>>>>> To: [email protected]
>>>>> Sent: Thursday, September 3, 2015 9:18:43 AM
>>>>> Subject: [AFMUG] Can you be too close to use a dish?
>>>>> I upgraded a customer to 2.4 ePMP last week that was about .6 miles
>>>>> from
>>>>> the tower.  The signal with just an integrated SM was -67 so I decided
>>>>> to use one of Chuck's dishes for ePMP but only got an extra 2 to 3 db
>>>>> improvement.   The last time (only time) I used the dish I got 8 to 10
>>>>> db improvement but was about 2 miles from the tower.  Is that too close
>>>>> to the tower for a dish or is that just the nature of wireless?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>

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