On Sat, 17 Jan 2009, Scott Zimmerman wrote:
> In the past few weeks, I have literally fell into some 2.x GHz
> Motorola StarPoint gear; complete with antennas and feedline. This has
> prompted my feeble mind to ask some questions:
>
> 1. Can this stuff be "up-banded" to 2.4GHz? If so, does anyone have a
> lead as to who has done it and how.
Should be.
> 2. If it can't be "up-banded", can the antennas and feedline be used
> on 2.4GHz with other WiFi equipment or radios? Is the bandwidth of the
> 2.x antennas normally broad enough to support 2.4GHz?
100MHz at 2.3-2.4GHz isn't a deal killer.
> In its former life, this equipment was used in place of wirelines between
> EMA sites. They are now using 10GHz VoIP Ethernet links instead. I thought
> it would be neat to use the old StarPoint stuff to link our amateur stuff
> together as a backup.
Welcome to the world of analog microwave...
--
Kris Kirby, KE4AHR <k...@catonic.us>
But remember, with no superpowers comes no responsibility.
--rly
