Yes... and Ubiquiti sectors certainly don't have the best F/B ratio. But a cleaner pattern doesn't necessarily mean it's going to perform better... in some (maybe even most) cases, yes, in other cases, no. On Apr 15, 2016 8:55 PM, "Josh Reynolds" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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" <[email protected]> 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" <[email protected]> >> *To: *"af" <[email protected]> >> *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" <[email protected]> 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" <[email protected]> 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 >>>> >>> >>
