That's what my pea brain tells me...larger wavelength will probably hit something first outdoors but I know for a fact that 2.4 GHz systems down converted to 450XXX MHz does provide true Non Line of Sight using OFDM. I tested it in a Phelps Dodge (now McNichols or whatever) here in El Paso with their engineering guys. AP on engineer.s desk connected to Internet and us in a van drove everywhere we had access to, behind structures, pipes size of houses, down hill, behind tanks full of liquids,etc. I am sure Ken is correct in that they want the 500 to 700 MHz bands...less towers or POPs to deploy to cover larger areas. Hell on highways where there is only 2 and 3G or no coverage, they can install a few to cover long stretches.
Jaime Solorza Wireless Systems Architect 915-861-1390 On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 3:58 PM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > I hear that all the time and unless there’s something I’m missing, it’s a > bunch of crap. Probably a misunderstanding that there are more UHF > channels than VHF channels? What I hear/read a lot is that millimeter wave > frequencies carry more data because of the higher frequency. Bah! It’s > because you can use wider channels. > > In this case, I suspect it’s just that the LTE guys don’t want VHF > spectrum. But UHF is right next to frequencies they already use. > > > *From:* Jaime Solorza <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, January 28, 2016 3:46 PM > *To:* Animal Farm <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] A crossroads for over-the-air TV > |SanDiegoUnionTribune.com > > interesting point that they claim UHF can carry more data compared to > VHF....I am assuming blocks of 6 MHz channels in either band would provide > similar results in a lab. Outdoors I suspect it all changes.. > > Jaime Solorza > Wireless Systems Architect > 915-861-1390 > > On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 12:47 PM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > >> [image: screwed] >> >> *From:* George Skorup <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Thursday, January 28, 2016 1:37 PM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] A crossroads for over-the-air TV | >> SanDiegoUnionTribune.com >> >> So if they force a bunch of broadcasters back to VHF, what about all >> those people who have new UHF-only antennas? >> >> On 1/28/2016 8:25 AM, Chuck McCown wrote: >> >> So, just a few years ago, HDTV forced them from VHF to UHF. Now they are >> going to force them back to VHF? >> >> *From:* Jaime Solorza <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 27, 2016 9:15 PM >> *To:* Animal Farm <[email protected]> >> *Subject:* [AFMUG] A crossroads for over-the-air TV | >> SanDiegoUnionTribune.com >> >> >> >> http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2016/jan/27/FCC-spectrum-auction-netflix-amazon-TV-stations/ >> >> >> >
