I really hate to admit it, but those requirements would make me look at
Exalt once more. The ExtendAir G2-18 would be a good fit. We have a link
at 2.5 miles on Radiowaves HP2's at both ends. It has held up
surprisingly well in the rain. 2 to 2.5 mile AF24 links in the same area
drop. I guess the -34dBm RSL helps. Yes, it dropped to -70dBm, but still
maintained the required 100Mbps FDX.
You get single unit sparing with the replaceable/rotate-able diplexer.
They're 802.3at and use about 26 watts. You get ACM without a license
key. They come with a base 25Mbps license. If the promo is still going,
you get 100Mbps keys with it. I don't remember if there's a 200 or
250Mbps or if you have to go from 100 to the full 370.
The one thing that Ken and I have both asked Exalt for, which at this
point I expect will never happen, is power per mod level, aka variable
power. All you get is fixed power with ACM on. IIRC, 18 or 19dBm for
18GHz and 21dBm for 11GHz at 256QAM. The radios definitely do support
higher power at lower modulations, so they're either stupid or lazy. No
coordinator will even bother with variable power on the PCNs. We tried
and got objections stating that "the radios don't do that". Exalt kept
saying it's coming in future software, yet here we are two years later
and nothing.
On 12/9/2016 2:47 PM, Adam Moffett wrote:
A lot of manufacturers to pick from....
With licensing and a spare radio/dish, I'm thinking $9,000.
You could talk about other companies' unlicensed 24ghz options and
compare apples to apples.
------ Original Message ------
From: "Eric Muehleisen" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
Sent: 12/9/2016 2:31:13 PM
Subject: [AFMUG] microwave pricing
2 mile 18ghz link. Only needing about 150mb/s speeds. 2ft. dish
maximum. Five9's. Rainzone K.
Need a quick and dirty, ballpark idea of costs including licensing
and spare radio/dish.
Need to price it against an AirFiber24 install.
