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? >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >
