Except it doesn't sync with anything yet. They may have fixed it in 15.0 but I 
haven't had time to test it.

Jon Langeler
Michwave Technologies, Inc.


> On Nov 21, 2016, at 10:47 PM, Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> That's correct. The PTP450 does support sync, but not over power. It's the 
> timing port or the highway.
> 
> 
> bp
> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
> 
>> On 11/21/2016 4:06 PM, Mathew Howard wrote:
>> If I remember right, PTP450 does support sync, just not sync over power (so 
>> you have to use the timing port), but AF-3x does have a pretty significant 
>> speed advantage, since they can use 40mhz channels and the PTP450 is limited 
>> to 20mhz (if I'm remembering right). 
>> 
>>> On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 5:09 PM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Good point, I forgot the 3.65 band allows up to 1W/MHz EIRP, so maybe the 
>>> conducted xmt power is higher than the 2 and 5 GHz variants.
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> Oh, and I was looking at AF3x vs PTP450 3.65 connectorized today, and was 
>>> surprised to see that Cambium was actually cheaper.  Not quite 
>>> apples-to-apples since if I remember right PTP450 doesn’t support GPS sync? 
>>>  And AFx includes the GPS antenna.
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Colin Stanners
>>> Sent: Monday, November 21, 2016 4:17 PM
>>> 
>>> 
>>> To: [email protected]
>>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Cambium PMP450 3.65 pricing?
>>>  
>>> 
>>> It may be amplifiers are the reason for the 3.65SM heatsink and a 
>>> contributor to the higher pricing. There's a variety of COTS high-power 
>>> 2ghz and 5ghz 256-QAM-capable amplifier ICs that I've seen inside various 
>>> WISP products, it could be there is nothing easily available for 3.65 so 
>>> that is a cause of the additional hardware/cooling and partially cost.
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> On Nov 21, 2016 6:48 AM, "Stefan Englhardt" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I guess calculation is different for 3.65. They sell much less and in 5GHz 
>>> there are more competitors.
>>> 
>>> I dont believe UBNT/Cambium does something LTE Based. This SIM-Stuff and 
>>> complicated infrastructure would hinder low cost. Wasn't there any 
>>> licensing the vendor has to pay for patents? UBNT want to target their 
>>> airmax price range.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>>> > Von: Af [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von Ken Hohhof
>>> > Gesendet: Montag, 21. November 2016 12:37
>>> > An: [email protected]
>>> > Betreff: Re: [AFMUG] Cambium PMP450 3.65 pricing?
>>> >
>>> > Take a look at AF-3x pricing vs AF-5x, parts cost is probably the same but
>>> > Ubiquiti prices it at double.  Also, I wouldn't expect any vendor to rush 
>>> > a new
>>> > 3.65 product to market unless it is fully CBRS compatible and probably LTE
>>> > based.
>>> >
>>> > Best we could probably hope for is Cambium does some kind of HW refresh
>>> > based on the new wideband SM and brings the price down.  It's not obvious 
>>> > to
>>> > me why the 3.65 SM is different from the 5 GHz SM, with the heatsink fins 
>>> > and
>>> > different LEDs, like it is based on the 450i design or something.  It's 
>>> > not like you
>>> > are going to run 40 MHz channels in 3.65.  There's something going on 
>>> > that's
>>> > not apparent to the casual observer.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > -----Original Message-----
>>> > From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stefan Englhardt
>>> > Sent: Monday, November 21, 2016 2:59 AM
>>> > To: [email protected]
>>> > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Cambium PMP450 3.65 pricing?
>>> >
>>> > I think there is 0,1% possibility this will happen.
>>> > As I understand the parameters of both                             
>>> > systems are quite different. It would
>>> > need a lot of work to make them GPS-Compatible. Think you are Pera and 
>>> > have
>>> > the choice of bringing this to market 2017 or make compatibility and 
>>> > bring this
>>> > to market 2018. Guess what ...
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>>> > > Von: Af [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von Josh Reynolds
>>> > > Gesendet: Montag, 21. November 2016 09:13
>>> > > An: [email protected]
>>> > > Betreff: Re: [AFMUG] Cambium PMP450 3.65 pricing?
>>> > >
>>> > > "I just hope that Ubiquiti can copy the exact timing parameters from
>>> > > the Cambium products"
>>> > >
>>> > > Good luck with that.
>>> > >
>>> > > I understand it could be a good way to transition, don't get me wrong,
>>> > > I just don't (A) think they really care, for whatever reason and (B)
>>> > > built their own system from the ground up with what they wanted to
>>> > maximize performance.
>>> > >
>>> > > On Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 10:35 PM, Kurt Fankhauser
>>> > > <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> > > > I just hope that Ubiquiti can copy the exact timing parameters from
>>> > > > the Cambium products so we can mix and match Cambium/UBNT PtMP in
>>> > > the
>>> > > > same frequency band in the network. Im getting so much 450 gear up
>>> > > > that it just has to be synced because its so dense, I wont' be able
>>> > > > to coordinate throwing some other brand of AP in their and having to
>>> > > > watch frequency usage even closer.
>>> > > >
>>> > > > On Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 11:28 PM, Jon Langeler
>>> > > > <[email protected]>
>>> > > > wrote:
>>> > > >>
>>> > > >> Yeah can't wait
>>> > > >>
>>> > > >> Jon Langeler
>>> > > >> Michwave Technologies, Inc.
>>> > > >>
>>> > > >>
>>> > > >> On Nov 20, 2016, at 11:09 PM, Kurt Fankhauser
>>> > > >> <[email protected]>
>>> > > >> wrote:
>>> > > >>
>>> > > >> No I'm not good with paying that price for it but what else are we
>>> > > >> supposed to do? That's still the cheapeast 3.65ghz solution out 
>>> > > >> right now.
>>> > > >> Now its going to get real interesting if Airfiber PtMP comes out
>>> > > >> with some 3.65ghz gear....
>>> > > >>
>>> > > >> On Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 10:48 PM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]>
>>> > > wrote:
>>> > > >>>
>>> > > >>> Depends on what you mean by "good".
>>> > > >>>
>>> > > >>> Actually we buy the 20M SM at around $315 and for special
>>> > > >>> occasions the uncapped integral panel at around $500 including the
>>> > > >>> tilt bracket, so worse than your $275.
>>> > > >>>
>>> > > >>> They are certainly more expensive than we'd like, but you do what
>>> > > >>> you gotta do.  We do have a lot of 3.65 Lite APs so we save a
>>> > > >>> little at that end.
>>> > > >>>
>>> > > >>> If you go through a lot of them, I'd work with your reseller to
>>> > > >>> negotiate a volume discount from Cambium.  Like commit to 200 SMs
>>> > > >>> over the next year, see if they'll give you a better price, and
>>> > > >>> then take deliveries 50 at a time.  It won't be 50% off, but
>>> > > >>> you'll probably get something.  On the other hand, if you're like
>>> > > >>> me and most of your volume is 5 GHz, then just open your wallet,
>>> > > >>> unless you want to do LTE.
>>> > > >>>
>>> > > >>>
>>> > > >>>
>>> > > >>> -----Original Message-----
>>> > > >>> From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jon Langeler
>>> > > >>> Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2016 9:25 PM
>>> > > >>> To: [email protected]
>>> > > >>> Subject: [AFMUG] Cambium PMP450 3.65 pricing?
>>> > > >>>
>>> > > >>> Is everyone good with paying $275 for cambium 10Mbps SMs ? Or has
>>> > > >>> everyone just jumped ship?
>>> > > >>>
>>> > > >>> Jon Langeler
>>> > > >>> Michwave Technologies, Inc.
>>> > > >>>
>>> > > >>>
>>> > > >>>
>>> > > >>
>>> > > >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> 
> 

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