F/B is normally pretty bad on most sectors. Cleaner on horns. Panels being worse in every way than either horn or sector. On Apr 15, 2016 8:52 PM, "Mike Hammett" <af...@ics-il.net> wrote:
> It is important to note how sloppy a sector is in the gain it achieves. > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> > <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> > <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> > Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> > <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> > The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> > > > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Mathew Howard" <mhoward...@gmail.com> > *To: *"af" <af@afmug.com> > *Sent: *Friday, April 15, 2016 8:47:40 PM > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] RF Elements Symmetrical Horns vs Traditional > Sectors > > I imagine it'll depend on how you're measuring performance. If larger > vertical beamwidth and cleaner edges are important in your deployment, it's > going to perform better... If you're doing longer distance, lower density > shots where you want as much gain as possible, and vertical beamwidth isn't > important, the 20db sector is most likely going to work better. > On Apr 15, 2016 8:35 PM, "Josh Reynolds" <j...@kyneticwifi.com> wrote: > >> Marketing, for one. >> >> That said, it depends on your deployment needs. >> >> A horn will have a much larger vertical beamwidtg and cleaner edges, but >> this is at the cost of gain. >> >> OTOH, the larger the gain, the larger the antenna. >> >> This is all just general antenna stuff, is there some metric or reasoning >> you're looking for in particular? It's all mostly relative. >> On Apr 15, 2016 8:33 PM, "Keefe John" <keefe...@ethoplex.com> wrote: >> >>> So RF Elements claims their 90 degree 10 dbi symmetrical horn performs >>> better than a traditional UBNT 90 degree 20 dbi sector. How and why? >>> >>> Keefe >>> >> >
