Skimming. Sorry my not so smartphone messes with me. On May 16, 2017 11:18 AM, "Jaime Solorza" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Have you considered skeeming to ground under the trees? > > On May 16, 2017 9:19 AM, "Rory Conaway" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Not in this case. If they won’t let me put a 1 or 2’ dish on the tower >> they run to get extra bandwidth to the school (7 T1’s for 300 kids) or the >> medical clinic (2 T-1’s), I’m thinking they aren’t going to let me cut down >> or trim a mile of trees. >> >> >> >> Everytime I proposed something I was answered with “we have a plan, just >> be patient”. Not really my strong suit. This plan involves towers but >> nobody knows who gets awarded or when. So, 2.4GHz through a mile of >> trees, here I come. >> >> I thought of the 2’ dish and see what happens but I don’t want to have to >> pay tower climbers so do this twice. I’m going to do the 8’ dish on the >> tower and 2’ dish on the roof. Once I see those numbers, I can make >> adjustments on the roof. Biggest issue is AF2 through trees. I’m thinking >> that I’m bringing up a pair of ePMP 2.4GHz radios also to compare. I’m >> also considering putting up a Cambium 450i 900MHz as backup with a Yagi. >> >> >> >> Rory >> >> >> >> *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Chuck McCown >> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 16, 2017 6:44 AM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Does anyone have a 28-34dBi 2.4GHz 2x2 MIMO >> antenna >> >> >> >> Actually, you would be surprised. I have asked them to remove trees in a >> microwave path before and they had no problem doing it. >> >> >> >> *From:* Rory Conaway >> >> *Sent:* Monday, May 15, 2017 9:15 PM >> >> *To:* [email protected] >> >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Does anyone have a 28-34dBi 2.4GHz 2x2 MIMO >> antenna >> >> >> >> I’d like to stay out of jail and I’m pretty sure the U.S. Forestry >> service frowns on that. >> >> >> >> Rory >> >> >> >> *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On >> Behalf Of *Eric Kuhnke >> *Sent:* Monday, May 15, 2017 1:23 PM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Does anyone have a 28-34dBi 2.4GHz 2x2 MIMO >> antenna >> >> >> >> Have you considered the rigging/hoisting and mounting costs of 8' dishes, >> vs chainsaw or doing something more creative in dish location with 2.5'/3' >> size dishes to get real LOS? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 6:23 AM, Rory Conaway <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> I’ve got to punch through a mile of trees with AF2x radio so I’m probably >> going to for the 6’ or 8’ dishes. >> >> >> >> Rory >> >> >> >> *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On >> Behalf Of *Colin Stanners >> *Sent:* Sunday, May 14, 2017 7:05 PM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Does anyone have a 28-34dBi 2.4GHz 2x2 MIMO >> antenna >> >> >> >> Gain is never an exact number as it always varies over the covered >> frequency range and polarization, but from what I understand Ubiquiti >> overstates their gain by 2-3 db over the 'industry standard' measurements. >> Similar to how they say the AF24 can go up to 10miles, which is effectively >> bs, the max 99.99% availability reliable range is 3-4 miles almost anywhere >> on earth that a substantial number of those radios coild be installed. >> >> >> >> On May 14, 2017 8:44 PM, "Christopher Gray" <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Gain is not quite as high as you are asking for, but L-Com goes up to a >> 900mm dish. I can't quite tell if UBNT over states their gain, L-Com >> understates their gain, or if there is another fundamental difference, but >> the L-Com 900mm dish is only rated at 25 dBi. >> >> >> >> I have not used it, but I've been happy with their 400mm unit. >> >> >> >> http://www.l-com.com/wireless-antenna-24-ghz-dual-polarized- >> dpd-series-parabolic-dish-antennas >> >> >> >> -Chris >> >> >> >> >> On Sun, May 14, 2017 at 5:22 PM, Eric Kuhnke <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> I have not seen one that is anywhere near reasonably priced and can be >> equipped with a (first party or third party) side shield/radome kit. The >> Radiowaves stuff exists but is a design from 15 years ago. Willing to bet >> the Radiowaves 3' and 4' size 2.4 GHz dishes are great at gathering >> unwanted 2.4 noise from the sides... >> >> >> >> On Sat, May 13, 2017 at 2:42 PM, Rory Conaway <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Looking for something bigger than the Ubiquiti RD-24 dish. >> >> >> >> Rory >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >
