Specs wise both the Arc Wireless and Ubnt RD-5G30 do look very similar, Arc's spreadsheets claims that their pattern is cleaner no side lobes on the H-Plane.
If you were to look for another Dish antenna with a good value (specs and price wise) Look at the Jirous JRC-29 Extreme .. a wee bit less on the gain, but considering it comes with a Radome and shroud.. it is also known to be an excellent performer. Regards Faisal Imtiaz Snappy Internet & Telecom http://www.snappytelecom.net Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: supp...@snappytelecom.net > From: "David Coudron" <david.coud...@advantenon.com> > To: af@afmug.com > Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2018 10:04:56 PM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Arc Wireless 30 dBi vs RocketDish RD-5G30 > We love the KP Performance antennas for the CPEs, but haven’t used them yet > for > backhaul. Have you been using them for that as well? We were worried the wider > beamwidth would catch too much other noise. Or maybe that hasn’t been an > issue? > Thanks, > David Coudron > From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Rory Conaway > Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2018 8:56 PM > To: af@afmug.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Arc Wireless 30 dBi vs RocketDish RD-5G30 > Right now the best antenna we have tested at 30dBi has been the KP Performance > antennas. We will be testing the RF Elements antennas next. > Rory > From: Af [ mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com ] On Behalf Of David Coudron > Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2018 6:49 PM > To: af@afmug.com > Subject: [AFMUG] Arc Wireless 30 dBi vs RocketDish RD-5G30 > We have traditionally been using the Arc Wireless 30 dBi 5 GHz parabolic dish > for our shorter backhaul links when using 5 GHz. The have been OK, but we have > a tough time getting them and the radomes from time to time. We are in that > situation again. They are priced quite competitively, and seem to do the job, > however we are looking for options since they are so spotty to get ahold of. > We > have messed around with the Ubiquiti RocketDish for CPE connectorized radios, > but haven’t tried them out for backhaul as of yet. The specs appear to be very > similar and I expect they’d perform about the same other than the N-Type vs > SMA > connectors. Anyone have experience with both of these dishes? Or is there a > better alternative that we should be looking at in the $120 range (dish only)? > Regard, > David Coudron
