Nate, Chuck is right. How high are the radios on each end of the link? Sometimes you can get around multipath issues by changing the radio heights. Most of the time I see improvements by lowering the height on the side that's suspected of getting the multipath.
On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 1:10 PM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: > Used to be that folks that used my superstingers reported better multipath > resistance than yagis at 900 MHz. I think that a larger capture area may > have something to do with it. > > *From:* Josh Luthman <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Wednesday, December 23, 2015 11:05 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] NLOS, 5ghz, Foliage, and Rain > > 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? >>> >> >> >
