The closest thing is probably that Mimosa product that has 4 sectors in one tube to be omni-like, but I don’t think they pitch that as a long distance solution, more of a high capacity small cell solution.
The decision to use an omni shouldn’t be based on subscriber count, but on cell size. Even for small cells, nobody seems to make a dual pol omni with good characteristics. The gain varies all over the place with azimuth, and V and H don’t track, and it’s hard to get the downtilt you want. Omnis were more viable in the single pol VPOL days, there were some decent VPOL omnis with some serious downtilt that could be used to cover a small area (< 1 mile) around the tower. From: Josh Luthman Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2016 1:05 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] epmp 5ghz omni The little micro cells have omni's. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 1:59 PM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: Even in very rural areas, have you ever seen a cell site with an omni? From: Ken Hohhof Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2016 11:55 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] epmp 5ghz omni Yep. From: Jeremy Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2016 11:57 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] epmp 5ghz omni I'd guess 5-6 miles is too far for an omni. On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 10:29 AM, George Skorup <[email protected]> wrote: KP. I have a couple running in the 5.7 band and get about -65 w/a Force200 at 4.5 miles, so that's pretty much the limit. Replaced old shit MikroTik and UBNT 2.4. Pretty easy swap on the customer side since the 180s and 200s will take either power polarity. On 7/5/2016 11:14 AM, That One Guy /sarcasm wrote: I know, omnis suck, but this is to replace a 3 customer ubnt 3ghz omni so its not worth any money investment and its a tiny tower that cant take much load whats the current goodfish omni for these, the limiting omni factor is the three customers are 5-6 miles out and we would be operating in the 5.1 rules -- If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.
