Powerbridge has a wider beamwidth and picks up from "around the trees". I've seen this only at a customer site with a Beam vs Nanostation. Roughly the same signal but the Beam was absolutely worthless compared to the Nanostation.
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 1:02 PM, Nate Burke <[email protected]> wrote: > Is it inherent to the spectrum, or will different radios cope with it > differently? I think I remember that being one of the claims to fame of > the PTP600, was that it handled multipath better. > > > On 12/23/2015 11:59 AM, Chuck McCown wrote: > >> Trees were eating up multi path that is now harming your signal. >> -----Original Message----- From: Nate Burke Sent: Wednesday, December 23, >> 2015 10:58 AM To: Animal Farm Subject: [AFMUG] NLOS, 5ghz, Foliage, and Rain >> I have a PTP NLOS link which is working the opposite of what I expect, >> and I'm having trouble understanding it. It is a NLOS link in 5ghz (2.5 >> mile link, Urban area, <1/8 Mile is NLOS). UBNT, 2' dish to a Powerbridge. >> Here's the part I can't figure out. Over the summer, when the trees are >> leafed in, the link is rock solid, no signal change, No modulation change. >> Rain, Shine, Night, Day, stays exactly the same. However, over the winter, >> when there are no leaves, it loses signal, and the signal and modulation >> fluctuate dramatically. Rain will drop the link out. I have tried >> re-alignment after the foliage has dropped off, and was not able to gain >> signal, or change the pattern at all. I'm guessing it must be some sort of >> Multi-path/reflection that the foliage is blocking. Would a different radio >> handle this better than the UBNT? Like if I changed it to EPMP, AF5x, or >> PTP600 would it act differently? Or is there something else at play that I >> haven't thought of? >> > >
