It does work better sometimes to stick closer to the ground when you're going through trees, but yeah... if there's dirt in the way, that's not gonna work so good.
On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 3:29 PM, Rory Conaway <[email protected]> wrote: > I’ve got a ledge in the middle. I have done that though, under bridges. > > > > Rory > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Jaime Solorza > *Sent:* Tuesday, May 16, 2017 10:18 AM > *To:* Animal Farm <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Does anyone have a 28-34dBi 2.4GHz 2x2 MIMO antenna > > > > 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 > > > > > > > >
