Integrated wouldn't pick up that much better if it was NLOS.
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 11:17 AM, Mathew Howard <[email protected]> wrote: > Or it's nlos. > On Sep 3, 2015 9:37 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? >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>
