1500m between two 30 or 60 cm dishes? Fades *a bit* in rain? You sure you mean 1500m and not 1500 ft?
1500m is way too far for 60 GHz PTP unless you're in the Libyan desert. On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 2:48 PM, Brett A Mansfield < li...@silverlakeinternet.com> wrote: > I have a few PTP 60GHz links at 1500 meters working perfectly at -61. Sure > it fades in heavy rain a tiny bit, but no more than my 3 mile 24GHz links. > > I also have several PtMP links as far as 800 meters working well with -65 > or better. > > Thank you, > Brett A Mansfield > > On May 8, 2017, at 3:43 PM, Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Even if it existed 2000 ft is wildly optimistic. 60 GHz works at 600 > meters (just about 2000 ft for you Americans) between two PTP dishes > because you have 44-45dBi gain dishes on both ends. Would not be the case > with any sort of 60 GHz sector antenna, you'd be looking at much less gain. > > On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 2:39 PM, Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Very location specific. None of our towers would be able to serve anyone >> with that kind of range. >> >> >> bp >> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> >> >> >> On 5/8/2017 2:15 PM, Mathew Howard wrote: >> >> Indeed... don't underestimate what can be done with a 2000' range. I can >> probably cover a hundred houses with that from the tower next to where I'm >> sitting. >> >> On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 3:37 PM, Gino A. Villarini <g...@aeronetpr.com> >> wrote: >> >>> I concur >>> >>> From: Af <af-boun...@afmug.com> on behalf of Sterling Jacobson < >>> sterl...@avative.net> >>> Reply-To: "af@afmug.com" <af@afmug.com> >>> Date: Monday, May 8, 2017 at 4:31 PM >>> To: "af@afmug.com" <af@afmug.com> >>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 60Ghz PtMP, Why Doesn't Everyone Have It? >>> >>> Lots. >>> >>> >>> >>> Lots of places. >>> >>> >>> >>> I’ve got, and can get fiber up main roads in neighborhoods very easily. >>> >>> >>> >>> What costs me is the last mile backbone that winds across streets and >>> through ROW in front of houses etc. >>> >>> That is the majority of my costs right there. >>> >>> >>> >>> If I can get in with ‘normal’ wireless pricing per AP/CPE but at >>> 1000Mbps I can do the hybrid model easily at much less costs. >>> >>> >>> >>> It will be amazing for potential customers at the moment. >>> >>> >>> >>> Might not hold up over time as bandwidth needs increase, but provides an >>> immediate solution at a fraction of the cost of fiber, with the ‘feel’ of >>> fiber. >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com <af-boun...@afmug.com>] *On >>> Behalf Of *Colin Stanners >>> *Sent:* Monday, May 8, 2017 2:29 PM >>> *To:* af@afmug.com >>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] 60Ghz PtMP, Why Doesn't Everyone Have It? >>> >>> >>> >>> How many places do you want to install a PtMP system that goes a maximum >>> of 1000-2000ft distance, that fiber does not work? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> *Gino A. Villarini* >>> President >>> Metro Office Park #18 Suite 304 Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 00968 >>> >>> <mime-attachment.png> >>> On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 3:05 PM, Sterling Jacobson <sterl...@avative.net> >>> wrote: >>> >>> What am I missing here? >>> >>> Can't Cambium and UBNT and others simply overlay the same radio >>> architecture/software they have developed over a decade, on top of a 60GHz >>> radio instead of 5Ghz? >>> >>> Is there some fundamental problem with using the same PHY later >>> protocols on 60GHz vs 5GHz? >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >