Actually, no, the FCC charges the same fee for dual polarization as it does for single. Their fees are computed per site, not per link, frequency or polarization. I can't speak for other coordinators, but we don't charge extra for the second polarization.
Mike Black Black & Associates 727-773-9016 www.bamicrowave.com From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Eric Kuhnke Sent: Friday, September 25, 2015 6:14 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Mimosa 11GHz Link not exactly double, in my experience it is a few hundred dollars more (for the FCC) than licensing a single polarity on a part101 PTP link. On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 3:12 PM, Jason McKemie <[email protected]> wrote: I guess I should re phrase that, do you have to pay double go license both polarities? I was referring to the Mimosa radio with the 1024 QAM comment. On Friday, September 25, 2015, Eric Kuhnke <[email protected]> wrote: Yes you need to license both polarities. Most frequency coordinators know what the ExtremeAir is and will license it as XPIC. Same licensing requirement as if you do a 2+0 XPIC configuration with 4 radio heads. There is no 1024QAM version of it yet, the product is a few years old. 1024QAM wouldn't improve things much as right now it's a line rate 1GbE radio, so between two routers logically indistinguishable from a patch cable. 1024QAM wouldn't get to 2Gbps, and I don't think they want to put a 10GbE SFP+ interface on it and then tell the customers "oh yeah it has a 10GbE interface but it actually does 1.35 Gbps". On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 2:55 PM, Jason McKemie <[email protected]> wrote: Do you have to license each polarity? Seems like most of the new stuff is capable of at least 1024 QAM. On Friday, September 25, 2015, Eric Kuhnke <[email protected]> wrote: If it is 80 MHz wide and both polarities at 256 qam, that is the same bps/Hz and capacity as an exalt extremeair 18. That radio (which is great, but costly) is a transparent 1 Gbps FDD bridge. true 1 Gbps each way simultaneously. On Sep 25, 2015 10:51 AM, "Jason McKemie" <[email protected]> wrote: It seems a bit odd that it is 256 QAM. On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 12:48 PM, Jason McKemie <[email protected]> wrote: Here you go... On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 12:46 PM, Josh Luthman <[email protected]> wrote: Can we see the PCN? =) Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 1:39 PM, Jason McKemie <[email protected]> wrote: I just received a PCN for a Mimosa 11GHz link. Has anyone heard of this?
