Mainly the standard SM, the bare SM works surprisingly well, beyond about 1.5 miles we put a dish on them because using 10 MHz channels we want everything at 6X or 8X.
I have one connectorized out there with a Mars panel, that was for aesthetic reasons, and would have been the high gain integrated except that didn’t exist yet. Connectorized is pricey. Integrated high gain is also pricey, but I have several of those out there as well. We have been replacing 2.4 with 3.65, so sometimes it’s easier to replace a SuperStinger with the high gain integrated rather than move the mount to somewhere we can use a dish. For some reason the integrated panels seem to max out at 6X instead of 8X, maybe that’s my imagination. Keep in mind we rarely use 3.65 for NLOS. We have tried a few installs with some trees in the path, and could have done them, but not at a modulation we were happy with. I do have one that goes through several trees but it’s like a 1/4 mile path using a high gain panel. Otherwise, some people have the view that the integrated high gain panel has just about the optimum pattern for shooting through trees. My view is with so little spectrum available, and the equipment being expensive, we can’t afford 2X or MIMO-A subs. From: That One Guy /sarcasm Sent: Monday, August 29, 2016 1:53 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [AFMUG] 450 3.65 subscribers what are you folks installing, as best I can tell, there is integrated, integrated high gain, and connectorized, the integrated standard can have a reflector -- 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.
