After several years of operation, the 900 MHz meters just do not work
out in our rural area. Even though the transmitter is 30dBm, the little
tiny stub-omni in the meter doesn't have very good range. With trees,
terrain, and distances they have to deal with out here, they are still
driving out to read the smart meters.
It was a plan of sorts, and I guess it works OK in town. But for the
rural meter reading problem they were trying to solve, it is not working.
bp
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On 3/25/2016 11:58 AM, Adam Moffett wrote:
I talked to the power company guy about a polling system where the
meter reader just has to drive down the road and it polls the
meters....I said I'd rather you do that because it's much better for
me and other operators in 900mhz. He said, politely, that that isn't
part of their product selection process. It will come down to how
well it works (for them) and what it costs.
To their credit, they seem very willing to cooperate on 3.65ghz
frequencies.
On 3/25/2016 2:11 PM, Lewis Bergman wrote:
As a result of AEP's selection of the Gamber-leicht, or something
like that, we ditched 10 AP's and abandoned 900 because it was
hammering everything. In some areas it was hotter than -40db. Nothing
would work.
On Fri, Mar 25, 2016, 1:08 PM John Woodfield
<[email protected]> wrote:
Only effects those customers we had with less than -65 signal.
John Woodfield, President
Delmarva WiFi Inc.
410-870-WiFi
-----Original Message-----
From: "Adam Moffett" <[email protected]
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Sent: Friday, March 25, 2016 1:59pm
To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
Subject: [AFMUG] Smart Meters
I found out our power company is going to be rolling out smart
meters in a big way in about 8 months.
They are using Wimax as the backhaul to their collectors, then
/probably /900mhz from the collector to the meters. They guy I
talked to said they're still in product selection, but in other
areas they went with the 900mhz mesh.
How many of you were clobbered by these systems, and how many of
you didn't notice the difference?
