Thirded for Black Magic On Dec 23, 2015 12:23 PM, "Rory Conaway" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I’ll second that. RF is witchcraft. > > > > Rory > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Josh Luthman > *Sent:* Wednesday, December 23, 2015 11:06 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? > > > > >
