we have always gone between 0 and 1 degree downtil after drive testing. we never cranked it down that extreme though. maybe some cambium guy can clarify whether the link planner antenna pattern takes into account the built in tilt
On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 1:43 PM, Mathew Howard <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah, I would think Linkplanner would know about that... but there is 2 > degrees of electrical downtilt on those antennas, so that's like 4.5 > degrees total... seems excessive to me. > > On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 1:30 PM, Steve Jones <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> its just what linkplanner says when I run the tilt calc. I assume this >> means mechanical elevation >> >> On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 1:26 PM, Mathew Howard <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Is that in addition to the built in downtilt? >>> >>> On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 1:23 PM, Steve Jones <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> we are running these at 8 miles >>>> sticking sms in along the bore and the edges at 1 mile, 3 mile 5 mile >>>> and 8 mile (15foot) >>>> Linkplanner keeps telling us 2.5 degrees downtilt is what we want, even >>>> with removing the 1 mile and 3 mile sets. this is the same 80 feet to 200 >>>> feet AGL, mostly flat terrain. >>>> >>>> That seems like a lot to me >>>> >>> >>> >> >
