Re: [WISPA] I'm new, I hope this is the right list...

2011-11-28 Thread Jenco Wireless
Amen
On Nov 28, 2011 7:12 PM, Doug Clark d...@txox.com wrote:

 Rich,
 Take a look at the failing business model of Clear.  They have their own
 licensed spectrum and in my area they spent
 close to 140 million dollars on build out.  They had their network
 over-saturated within 6 months of turning their towers on with a ton of
 customers really un happy because
 of speeds that were promised and never delivered. They are on their last
 leg and have a huge balloon payment due which they can not pay.  They are
 hoping that their parent
 company is going to bail them out but I doubt that Sprint will be
 willing.  A pure Fixed Wireless business will be one of the hardest
 business ventures you could possibly get into. IMO




  ~Doug
 *---Original Message---*

  *From:* Rich _ rich.ema...@gmail.com
 *Date:* 11/28/2011 4:52:55 PM
 *To:* fai...@snappydsl.net;  WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org
 *Subject:* Re: [WISPA] I'm new, I hope this is the right list...

 Thx Faisal, I'm located in PA in the USA.

 But, I'm not interested in starting a WISP based on where I'm located. I'm
 interested in finding a location that best enables success for the business.

 Yes, I would be looked at as the business/funding person. A technical
 partner or technical contractor/employee would be needed. I hope available
 equipment is quite stable and reliable?

 On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 6:44 PM, Faisal Imtiaz fai...@snappydsl.netwrote:
  Hi Rich,
 WISPA General List is actually a Global List.
 It would go a long ways for relevant folks to reply back to you if you at
 least share what part of the world ? / State or City if in the US.

 My personal reaction after reading the first two paragraphs was to suggest
 that you should consider some other business other than being a WISP.

 However after reading the last two paragraphs, it sounds like you may be
 the Business / Funding guy, looking for a Technical Partner to build a
 business together.

 The only reason I am saying this is because this is a tough business to be
 in if you are not going to roll up your sleeves and get your hands dirty.


 Regards and Good Luck.


 Faisal Imtiaz
 Snappy Internet  Telecom
 7266 SW 48 Street
 Miami, Fl 33155
 Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232
 Helpdesk: 305 663 5518 option 2 Email: supp...@snappydsl.net


 On 11/28/2011 6:33 PM, Rich _ wrote:
   Hello,

 I operate in the custom software development industry and am considering
 setting up a WISP as a new business investment. I know very little about
 the industry and am hoping that some of you will not mind giving me some
 feedback. In exchange, I'll be glad to answer any software development
 questions you may have that I can answer or that I can get an answer for.

 I'm a business person. I'm not interested in learning the low-level
 details about wireless hardware or protocals above and beyond what I need
 to run the business. I have no desire to ever install/troubleshoot/repair
 the equipment myself.

 What I want to do is own the service and run the business. My first
 thoughts are I want a setup that makes it easiest for the customer to start
 using the service. If there is a particular hardware setup that lets me
 mail a dongle (small device that would plug into a USB port) to the
 customer and viola they're up and running, great! Also, I am wondering if
 operating in a licensed spectrum will provide me with some protection from
 frequency overload.

 I am interested in finding people who may be able to help me analyze a
 territory for potential profitability and engineer a setup. So, if it
 doesn't violate mailing list rules, feel free to respond with your contact
 information so that I can contact you to find out what it would cost for
 your services.

 I know I have a lot to learn and want to stick with high-level information
 so that I can quickly determine if this is a good opportunity for me.


 Thanks,

 Rich


 
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[WISPA] I HATE Lightning!!!

2011-03-03 Thread Jenco Wireless
First storm of the year, early Monday morning (2-28), it wakes me up at 4
AM.  It damaged a lot of gear on a grain leg.  I remember a product that is
like an upside-down, copper, Chia-Pet that you can put on the top of a
tower to dissipate a lightning strike in to many smaller hits.  I am ready
to buy some of these!!  Anyone ever used them, if so, do they work and where
did you get them??




Thanks!!


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(Jenco Wireless, LLC)



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[WISPA] RouterBoard 1100 Simple Queues

2011-02-15 Thread Jenco Wireless
Anyone having an issue with simple queues not working (version 4.15) - maybe
RB-1100 related??

Thanks !


Brad Hagstrom



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[WISPA] Wanted to Buy - TrangoLink-45 (with external antenna port)

2011-02-08 Thread Jenco Wireless
Hello everyone.  Anyone have one of these they want to sell??  Please hit me
off-list at b...@jencospeed.net



Thanks !!


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Re: [WISPA] Time Warner fiber OHIO price per meg

2010-12-16 Thread Jenco Wireless
I'm paying a little more - $2500 for 40 Megs.  I feel ripped off !!!  There
is a 10% margin built in, so its really 44 Megs (Important to know with
Butch's QOS)
On Dec 16, 2010 9:06 AM, Kevin Neal ke...@safelink.net wrote:
 This isn't in Ohio but when we were upgrading our TW fiber in Idaho,
 the saleswoman said she can't do any special pricing on circuits
 less than 100M, we are around $20/M now.

 -Kevin



 On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 6:25 PM, Kurt Fankhauser li...@wavelinc.com
wrote:
 Really? Guess I shouldn’t complain when they sold me the 30/30 for $1600
 then, I was trying to get the 50/50 and so far they are only coming down
to
 about $2300 for it.



 

 From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
 Behalf Of Robert West
 Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2010 7:10 PM
 To: 'WISPA General List'
 Subject: Re: [WISPA] Time Warner fiber OHIO price per meg



 They seem to have an across the board 800 bucks or so for 10/10 and 1600
for
 20/20Negotiable but not much.  All the statics you need included.







 From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
 Behalf Of Kurt Fankhauser
 Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2010 6:01 PM
 To: 'WISPA General List'
 Subject: [WISPA] Time Warner fiber OHIO price per meg



 Whats everyone paying price per meg for Time Warner dedicated internet
 access here in Ohio?







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Re: [WISPA] Time Warner fiber OHIO price per meg

2010-12-16 Thread Jenco Wireless
I've been good - not planning on going anywhere!  Just a quiet Lister!
On Dec 16, 2010 5:21 PM, Kurt Fankhauser li...@wavelinc.com wrote:
 How you been Brad!? Glad to see your still around.



 -Kurt



 _

 From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
 Behalf Of Jenco Wireless
 Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 5:12 PM
 To: WISPA General List
 Subject: Re: [WISPA] Time Warner fiber OHIO price per meg



 I'm paying a little more - $2500 for 40 Megs. I feel ripped off !!! There
 is a 10% margin built in, so its really 44 Megs (Important to know with
 Butch's QOS)

 On Dec 16, 2010 9:06 AM, Kevin Neal ke...@safelink.net wrote:
 This isn't in Ohio but when we were upgrading our TW fiber in Idaho,
 the saleswoman said she can't do any special pricing on circuits
 less than 100M, we are around $20/M now.

 -Kevin



 On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 6:25 PM, Kurt Fankhauser li...@wavelinc.com
 wrote:
 Really? Guess I shouldn't complain when they sold me the 30/30 for $1600
 then, I was trying to get the 50/50 and so far they are only coming down
 to
 about $2300 for it.



 

 From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
 Behalf Of Robert West
 Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2010 7:10 PM
 To: 'WISPA General List'
 Subject: Re: [WISPA] Time Warner fiber OHIO price per meg



 They seem to have an across the board 800 bucks or so for 10/10 and 1600
 for
 20/20 Negotiable but not much. All the statics you need included.







 From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
 Behalf Of Kurt Fankhauser
 Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2010 6:01 PM
 To: 'WISPA General List'
 Subject: [WISPA] Time Warner fiber OHIO price per meg



 Whats everyone paying price per meg for Time Warner dedicated internet
 access here in Ohio?







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[WISPA] UBNT M2 AP's with Legacy CPE's - Tips and Tricks

2010-08-07 Thread Jenco Wireless
Hi List.  I am a silent lurker on the lists - I hardly ever post but I
learn so much from all of you.  A few weeks back someone tried to start a
thread about using M2 AP's with Tranzeo(??) CPE's.  There were no replies,
so for that gentleman, I would like to share my recent experiences and see
what all everyone else may have to offer.  My CPE-side Wi-Fi has always been
strictly the old Tranzeo TRCPE-200's and Senao CB3's (all Prism 2.5 chipset
stuff) - they just worked well for me.  Someone posted that he has not been
having any luck with this type of setup except for with UBNT's version 5.1.2
FW.  I agree.  Here are my other (non-scientific) findings

1)  I am using Bullet's for AP's (for now).  I always test their output
power with an old RF meter before implementing them.  There has been a lot
of variance on the output power (looks to happen in batches).  Many output
about 20 dBi.  Some output 24 dBi.  A few put out about 26 dBi.  If you can
test them, use the higher power ones for your AP's and long shot CPE's.  I
have had lower power units that can't get a (CPE) connection, then I send
out a higher powered unit and will get a signal in the -68 range.

2) Set the max TX speed way down on the M2 AP until you can swap out all of
the legacy CPE gear.

3) I have been manually setting the ACK distance from info from other posts
- not sure if it's necessary but since I am not running the latest FW I am
going to keep doing so until I hear differently.

That's all I can think of for now.  Thanks List !!


Brad Hagstrom, CEO, President, CTO, COO, a few others, and the CFO's Husband
Jenco Wireless, LLC



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Re: [WISPA] Weather proofing antennas

2008-12-13 Thread Jenco Wireless
This stuff really does work:

http://www.wx2100.com/


Brad H



On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 9:11 PM, Josh Luthman
j...@imaginenetworksllc.comwrote:

 I agree with Tom - from this point on I have been doing installs like
 that.  Grids are not my thing but ARC and backfires are awesome!

 On 12/11/08, Tom Sharples tsharp...@qorvus.com wrote:
  We quit using grids completely after they practically decomposed into a
  corroded blob at an installation at the Port of Maui a couple years ago.
 Now
  we use14db backfires wherever possible, or if we need more gain, panels
 like
  the ARC or pacwireless solid dishes. With their intrinsic radome, these
 seem
  to hold up very well for us. Just double-check the polarity markings
 which
  can be wrong.
 
  Tom Sharples
  www.qorvus.com
 
 
  - Original Message -
  From: Kurt Fankhauser k...@wavelinc.com
  To: 'WISPA General List' wireless@wispa.org
  Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 4:57 PM
  Subject: Re: [WISPA] Weather proofing antennas
 
 
  Not really anything that can be done. At least when we get freezing rain
  it
  melts within the next day. I've had a backhaul 5ghz grid go down from
 very
  minimal ice before. That was a bad night
 
  Kurt Fankhauser
  WAVELINC
  P.O. Box 126
  Bucyrus, OH 44820
  419-562-6405
  www.wavelinc.com
 
 
  -Original Message-
  From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
  Behalf Of Josh Luthman
  Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 11:48 AM
  To: WISPA General List
  Subject: [WISPA] Weather proofing antennas
 
  I am curious to know if anyone does anything to prepare for lots of ice
 on
  grid antennas.  I know that it is best to use a dish and cover where
  weather
  is prone to these kinds of things but some installs do not have the
  luxury.
 
  I have heard that spraying Pam (or some kind of oil, regardless of
 brand)
  should help for at least a few months - is this so?
 
  Josh Luthman
  Office: 937-552-2340
  Direct: 937-552-2343
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Re: [WISPA] any got this Tranzeo antenna in stock?

2008-10-11 Thread Jenco Wireless
I have 4 slightly used 120-16's and one or two brand new ones.  They are a
lot bigger in size but they do work great.  I had to go to smaller antennas
for contractural reasons.  Hit me off-list if interested -
[EMAIL PROTECTED]


Thanks,

Brad H

On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 10:42 PM, Eje Gustafsson [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:

 Oops was going to provide the link to the Tranzeo unit

 http://www.tranzeo.com/products/antennas/2.4-Sectors

 / Eje

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  Behalf Of Eje Gustafsson
 Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2008 9:41 PM
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 Subject: Re: [WISPA] any got this Tranzeo antenna in stock?

 From the look of it it's not. The Tranzeo has a plastic radome from the
 look
 of the picture while the Laird (Pacific Wireless) one is a metal unit. So
 the Tranzeo is probably a printed pcb while the Laird one is a metal
 waveguide.

 http://store.wisp-router.com/itemdesc.asp?ic=SAH24-12-Geq=Tp=

 / Eje

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 Isn't it just a rebadged pac wireless unit?

 -Original Message-
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 Looking for Qty 3x Tranzeo TR-24H-120-13. Units are on 4 week backorder
 from
 Tranzeo and Doublradius has no stock. Hit me off list if anyone's got these








 
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Re: [WISPA] Dual Polarity 900 MHz Antennas

2008-04-09 Thread Jenco Wireless
Thanks Tom  Chuck !




On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 10:18 AM, Chuck McCown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 There are plenty of people using all bands of canopy on dual polarity
 antennas.
 Nice thing about sync.

 - Original Message -
 From: Tom DeReggi [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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  Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 11:43 PM
 Subject: Re: [WISPA] Dual Polarity 900 MHz Antennas


  The question is how much Antenna isolation that you need. MOst stock
  antennas do not have enough for colocating adjacent channels on the same
  polarity.
  Tilteks allow for colocating adjacent secotrs on adjacent channels on
 same
  polarity, because the excellent F/B ratios.
 
  I do not know Canopy's stock antenna patterns to respond adequately on
  benefit to Canopy users.
 
  With Trango it was the difference between 13db and 22db.
 
  I have not found an antenna that outperformed the Tiltek in 900Mhz yet.
 
  There are other brands such as Teletronics and MTI.
 
  Tom DeReggi
  RapidDSL  Wireless, Inc
  IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband
 
 
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  Subject: [WISPA] Dual Polarity 900 MHz Antennas
 
 
  Hi.  Anyone have any thoughts on using a dual polarity antenna
 (Til-Tek)
  as
  opposed to the Canopy standard (6) Integrated AP setup??
 
 
  Thanks,
 
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[WISPA] Dual Polarity 900 MHz Antennas

2008-04-08 Thread Jenco Wireless
Hi.  Anyone have any thoughts on using a dual polarity antenna (Til-Tek) as
opposed to the Canopy standard (6) Integrated AP setup??


Thanks,

Brad H
(Jenco Wireless, LLC)






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Re: [WISPA] Australian WiMAX pioneer trashes technology asmiserablefailure

2008-03-23 Thread Jenco Wireless
I have a local competitor who uses Wi-Max equipment - maybe even the brand
you mentioned (sorry - I don't want sued) - I have had calls from a customer
or two of theirs who are looking for something better.  I have no way of
knowing all of the details (signal strength, etc.), but at one of their
customers homes I did some testing and it really did look like crap (500-600
ms lag times).  I have been saying to myself for a long time, self - it's
all just hype until you see differently for yourself.  I may have been
right.  I like it when I'm right :-)


Brad H




On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 12:13 AM, Gino Villarini [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Well, It still amazes me how well cell 3g is working.

 Currently Im on a Cruise Ship sailing out of San Juan towards Aruba, we
 are bordering the north coast of Puerto Rico ... about 3 miles out and I
 have 3 out of 5 bars in my ATT Hsdpa Card, inside my stateroom ...not
 that bad, ATT will eventually migrate to LTE which promises more speed
 ...

 Gino A. Villarini
 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp.
 tel  787.273.4143   fax   787.273.4145

 -Original Message-
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
 Behalf Of Brian Webster
 Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2008 5:58 PM
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  Subject: Re: [WISPA] Australian WiMAX pioneer trashes technology
 asmiserablefailure

This does not surprise me. I have never thought that any type of
 indoor CPE
 business plan would do well for wireless internet. There are just too
 many
 unknown factors when it comes to placing a low power CPE without an
 external
 antenna in the hands of customers. They do not understand the
 limitations of
 wireless. Things like aluminum siding and stucco with wire mesh are just
 a
 couple of the big problems that you will run in to. Other items like
 metallic mirror film on windows and too many interior walls between the
 CPE
 and tower site are others. From an RF perspective it is always
 preferable to
 be above all of that (i.e. Rooftop) with the radio/antenna. If most of
 the
 buildings in the neighborhood are of the same height, building losses
 are a
 non-issue because you are now above them. The only thing left to worry
 about
 is the trees. Using outdoor antenna/CPE combinations should also allow
 you
 higher EIRP since the maximum permissible exposure rules would change
 with
 the unit being away from the general public.
While you can make the case for customer self installs, you
 would need to
 have many more base stations so that you would have plenty of signal to
 overcome the building  losses. This may work in a densely populated area
 where you can justify the numbers (but you also have more competition).
 In
 rural markets I would suggest to anyone making a business plan, figure
 on
 doing fixed outdoor CPE installations. With a properly equipped WIMAX
 base
 station costing around $40,000, a small WISP would be able to conduct
 many
 truck rolls for that price. The low housing density markets just don't
 justify the cost of a properly engineered indoor CPE wireless network
 (meaning it would take many more towers to work correctly). There would
 never be the return on the invested dollar.
That is just my opinion, I am sure others will disagree with me.
 If you
 want a good way to think about it,  how many times have you run around a
 building with your cell phone in a weak coverage area to keep a good
 call
 going? WIMAX indoor CPE's will be no different. The bigger problem will
 be
 that the customer will not want to move their computer in the house just
 to
 get a better broadband signal. This will easily create an unhappy
 consumer,
 and then an unhappy investor (and also clueless management). I read some
 commissioned market studies (can't tell you where, but they were good
 ones)
 about the average customer expectation of how and where wireless
 internet
 should work. The scary thing was that they honestly believed that they
 should be able to run around the house ANYWHERE with their laptop and
 their
 broadband should just work. This was how they perceived wireless
 internet
 working and they did not believe that they would have to install their
 own
 wireless AP in the house to achieve this. This basic perception by the
 consumer is far different than we all understand these networks to work.
 It
 sets a business up to get a black eye in the minds of users (which will
 also
 stress out the folks who sold the idea to investors).
Bottom line to me is, you can't ignore the laws of
 physics.no
 matter how many times the sales rep tells you it will work...It's
 all in
 the math.


 Thank You,
 Brian Webster
 www.wirelessmapping.com http://www.wirelessmapping.com


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Re: [WISPA] 900 MHz 60 Degree Horizontal Polarization SectorRecommendation

2008-03-22 Thread Jenco Wireless
Hands down - I have tried most - Kathreine-Scala are AWESOME.  They are only
rated 72 degrees or so but they are so clean (F to B) that they will pick up
the clients outside that beam width at a higher throughput even with a
weaker signal.  I am rambling, but I highly recommend these antennas.


Brad H
(Jenco Wireless)

On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 2:20 AM, Wallace L. Walcher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:

 http://www.superpass.com/902-928MH_60.html


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 Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 12:44 PM
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 Subject: [WISPA] 900 MHz 60 Degree Horizontal Polarization
 SectorRecommendation

  Does anyone know who makes a 900 MHz horizontally polarized 60-degree
 horizontal beamwidth moderate-to-high quality sector antenna? I can't
 seem to find any.

 Thanks in advance for any help.

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Re: [WISPA] Bumblebee???? R52H WOES

2008-03-08 Thread Jenco Wireless
Please keep us posted on it - I have been wanting one since the day they
came out.  I have also been thinking about trying one of these:
http://www.metageek.net/products/wi-spy24x although it is nowhere near as
full featured.







On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 11:12 AM, Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 I just got a BumbleBee Tablet.  With 2 day shipping it was almost $5k.
  It's
 a well laid out kit, nicely done.  I'm not sure I like the unit yet but
 It's
 certainly a lot easier to use and figure out than my Advantest!
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 - Original Message -
 From: Mac Dearman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: 'WISPA General List' wireless@wispa.org
  Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 10:17 AM
 Subject: Re: [WISPA] Bumblebee R52H WOES


  That's exactly what I was looking for Brad. Thanks for the link.
 
  Can you tell me how much that puppy costs???
 
  Mac
 
 
 
 
  -Original Message-
  From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
  Behalf Of Jenco Wireless
  Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 11:39 AM
  To: WISPA General List
  Subject: Re: [WISPA] Bumblebee R52H WOES
 
  http://www.bvsystems.com/Products/Power/Butterfly/butterfly.htm
 
  Worth every penny.  I have tested one or two of the R52H cards.  The
  power
  levels across the frequencies and bands is very impressive as far as
  how
  even they are.  I will warn you - if you mess with (turn up) the power
  settings you WILL blow them up - almost instantly.  They are set to run
  as
  high as they can with the default settings in MT - also - you really
  need to
  never ever power one on if you don't have an antenna or terminal
  resistor
  hooked up.  These cards put out more power on 5GHz than the Senao 8602H
  or S
  models.  I would recommend getting one of these meters and setting the
  Tx
  down a dB or two for safety (make sure you check the performance) -
  you
  need the meter becaust the default settings in MT don't always match -
  although I believe they are real close on these cards.
 
 
  Brad Hagstrom
  (Jenco Wireless, LLC)
 
 
 
 
  On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 11:37 AM, Mac Dearman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  wrote:
 
   I just got these twenty in this morning - 2nd day air from Pasadena
   networks
   too!!
  
  
  
   CRAP! J
  
  
  
   Mac
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
  On
   Behalf Of Travis Johnson
   Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 10:37 AM
To: WISPA General List
   Subject: Re: [WISPA] Bumblebee R52H WOES
  
  
  
   These came from Pasadena Networks (wlanparts.com) and I reported it.
  He
   claims nobody else has said anything (yet).
  
   Travis
   Microserv
  
   Mac Dearman wrote:
  
   Thanks Travis!
  
Yeah - that's how we have been testing them too before we take them
  out
   and hang them on a tower. I just got twenty more in this morning and
  about
   to test them. The last batch of twenty a couple weeks ago caught us
  off
   guard and we built out two new tower sites only to realize that
  hardly
   nothing in 5.xGHz worked or would make link.
  
   Can I ask if you told your supplier about this and when? I wonder if
  we
   are
   buying from the same place. Wisp-router???
  
   Thanks,
   Mac
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
   -Original Message-
   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
  On
   Behalf Of Travis Johnson
   Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 10:05 AM
   To: WISPA General List
   Subject: Re: [WISPA] Bumblebee R52H WOES
  
   Mac,
  
   The last shipment of R52H cards we got (15 total), 11 of them were
  bad.
   The TX power was down 20db.
  
   We tested them by setting up an AP with just a 3ft LMR cable attached
   and connecting to it in the office. When we would go into the Signal
   section for the connection, one side would be down 20-25db from the
   other. :(
  
   Travis
   Microserv
  
   Mac Dearman wrote:
  
  
Someone on list a while back posted a device they were using to test
  
  
   their
  
  
   radios and the signal they were emitting. What was that device name
  
  
   and
  
  
   price?
  
Some of these R52H radios seem to be killing me. I am seeing all
  
  
   kinds of
  
  
   weird issues like deafness or being mute. I have talked to one other
  
  
   person
  
  
   this morning that has seen multiple failures on these radios (as I
  
  
   have)
  
  
   even though no one seems to be reporting these problems to my
  
  
   supplier since
  
  
   they claim they haven't heard of any issues. I am sure my supplier
  
  
   will
  
  
   gladly replace these radios, but before I ship them back (even though
  
  
   I know
  
  
   they are defective) I would love to be able to test them.
  
  
   Thanks folks,
   Mac

Re: [WISPA] Bumblebee???? R52H WOES

2008-03-07 Thread Jenco Wireless
http://www.bvsystems.com/Products/Power/Butterfly/butterfly.htm

Worth every penny.  I have tested one or two of the R52H cards.  The power
levels across the frequencies and bands is very impressive as far as how
even they are.  I will warn you - if you mess with (turn up) the power
settings you WILL blow them up - almost instantly.  They are set to run as
high as they can with the default settings in MT - also - you really need to
never ever power one on if you don't have an antenna or terminal resistor
hooked up.  These cards put out more power on 5GHz than the Senao 8602H or S
models.  I would recommend getting one of these meters and setting the Tx
down a dB or two for safety (make sure you check the performance) - you
need the meter becaust the default settings in MT don't always match -
although I believe they are real close on these cards.


Brad Hagstrom
(Jenco Wireless, LLC)




On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 11:37 AM, Mac Dearman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 I just got these twenty in this morning - 2nd day air from Pasadena
 networks
 too!!



 CRAP! J



 Mac









 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
 Behalf Of Travis Johnson
 Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 10:37 AM
  To: WISPA General List
 Subject: Re: [WISPA] Bumblebee R52H WOES



 These came from Pasadena Networks (wlanparts.com) and I reported it. He
 claims nobody else has said anything (yet).

 Travis
 Microserv

 Mac Dearman wrote:

 Thanks Travis!

  Yeah - that's how we have been testing them too before we take them out
 and hang them on a tower. I just got twenty more in this morning and about
 to test them. The last batch of twenty a couple weeks ago caught us off
 guard and we built out two new tower sites only to realize that hardly
 nothing in 5.xGHz worked or would make link.

 Can I ask if you told your supplier about this and when? I wonder if we
 are
 buying from the same place. Wisp-router???

 Thanks,
 Mac







 -Original Message-
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
 Behalf Of Travis Johnson
 Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 10:05 AM
 To: WISPA General List
 Subject: Re: [WISPA] Bumblebee R52H WOES

 Mac,

 The last shipment of R52H cards we got (15 total), 11 of them were bad.
 The TX power was down 20db.

 We tested them by setting up an AP with just a 3ft LMR cable attached
 and connecting to it in the office. When we would go into the Signal
 section for the connection, one side would be down 20-25db from the
 other. :(

 Travis
 Microserv

 Mac Dearman wrote:


  Someone on list a while back posted a device they were using to test


 their


 radios and the signal they were emitting. What was that device name


 and


 price?

  Some of these R52H radios seem to be killing me. I am seeing all


 kinds of


 weird issues like deafness or being mute. I have talked to one other


 person


 this morning that has seen multiple failures on these radios (as I


 have)


 even though no one seems to be reporting these problems to my


 supplier since


 they claim they haven't heard of any issues. I am sure my supplier


 will


 gladly replace these radios, but before I ship them back (even though


 I know


 they are defective) I would love to be able to test them.


 Thanks folks,
 Mac



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Re: [WISPA] Bumblebee???? R52H WOES

2008-03-07 Thread Jenco Wireless
Hi Mac.  I think I paid a little over $500 a couple of years ago.  I really
wish their UMPC based spectrum analyser was a little less - I just can't
justify the cost on it ($4,500 with a Samsung Q1) - but the power meter has
paid for itself in headache relief.


Brad H



On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 1:17 PM, Mac Dearman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 That's exactly what I was looking for Brad. Thanks for the link.

 Can you tell me how much that puppy costs???

 Mac




  -Original Message-
  From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
   Behalf Of Jenco Wireless
  Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 11:39 AM
  To: WISPA General List
  Subject: Re: [WISPA] Bumblebee R52H WOES
 
  http://www.bvsystems.com/Products/Power/Butterfly/butterfly.htm
 
  Worth every penny.  I have tested one or two of the R52H cards.  The
  power
  levels across the frequencies and bands is very impressive as far as
  how
  even they are.  I will warn you - if you mess with (turn up) the power
  settings you WILL blow them up - almost instantly.  They are set to run
  as
  high as they can with the default settings in MT - also - you really
  need to
  never ever power one on if you don't have an antenna or terminal
  resistor
  hooked up.  These cards put out more power on 5GHz than the Senao 8602H
  or S
  models.  I would recommend getting one of these meters and setting the
  Tx
  down a dB or two for safety (make sure you check the performance) -
  you
  need the meter becaust the default settings in MT don't always match -
  although I believe they are real close on these cards.
 
 
  Brad Hagstrom
  (Jenco Wireless, LLC)
 
 
 
 
  On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 11:37 AM, Mac Dearman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  wrote:
 
   I just got these twenty in this morning - 2nd day air from Pasadena
   networks
   too!!
  
  
  
   CRAP! J
  
  
  
   Mac
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
  On
   Behalf Of Travis Johnson
   Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 10:37 AM
To: WISPA General List
   Subject: Re: [WISPA] Bumblebee R52H WOES
  
  
  
   These came from Pasadena Networks (wlanparts.com) and I reported it.
  He
   claims nobody else has said anything (yet).
  
   Travis
   Microserv
  
   Mac Dearman wrote:
  
   Thanks Travis!
  
Yeah - that's how we have been testing them too before we take them
  out
   and hang them on a tower. I just got twenty more in this morning and
  about
   to test them. The last batch of twenty a couple weeks ago caught us
  off
   guard and we built out two new tower sites only to realize that
  hardly
   nothing in 5.xGHz worked or would make link.
  
   Can I ask if you told your supplier about this and when? I wonder if
  we
   are
   buying from the same place. Wisp-router???
  
   Thanks,
   Mac
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
   -Original Message-
   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
  On
   Behalf Of Travis Johnson
   Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 10:05 AM
   To: WISPA General List
   Subject: Re: [WISPA] Bumblebee R52H WOES
  
   Mac,
  
   The last shipment of R52H cards we got (15 total), 11 of them were
  bad.
   The TX power was down 20db.
  
   We tested them by setting up an AP with just a 3ft LMR cable attached
   and connecting to it in the office. When we would go into the Signal
   section for the connection, one side would be down 20-25db from the
   other. :(
  
   Travis
   Microserv
  
   Mac Dearman wrote:
  
  
Someone on list a while back posted a device they were using to test
  
  
   their
  
  
   radios and the signal they were emitting. What was that device name
  
  
   and
  
  
   price?
  
Some of these R52H radios seem to be killing me. I am seeing all
  
  
   kinds of
  
  
   weird issues like deafness or being mute. I have talked to one other
  
  
   person
  
  
   this morning that has seen multiple failures on these radios (as I
  
  
   have)
  
  
   even though no one seems to be reporting these problems to my
  
  
   supplier since
  
  
   they claim they haven't heard of any issues. I am sure my supplier
  
  
   will
  
  
   gladly replace these radios, but before I ship them back (even though
  
  
   I know
  
  
   they are defective) I would love to be able to test them.
  
  
   Thanks folks,
   Mac
  
  
  
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Re: [WISPA] RB333 enclosures

2008-03-07 Thread Jenco Wireless
Hi Mac.  If the RB-333 is about the same size as the RB-600, I use the 14 x
12.  It's a little tight - I vent them myself so I can change the
orientation - the RB would probably fit better the way they have them vented
though.

http://www.hyperlinktech.com/web/nema_enclosures.php

-- Brad H
(Jenco Wireless, LLC)


On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 7:31 PM, Mac Dearman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Can anyone tell me what they are using for an outdoor enclosure for the
 RB333? I just got my first order in and to my great dismay I found out
 that
 the PacWireless enclosures do not have sufficient room to place these in.


 Anyone have a nice solution to share??


 Thanks,
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Re: [WISPA] Any Trango Command Line Experts?

2008-03-04 Thread Jenco Wireless
Thanks guys.  I was trying to do this to my backup unit - it just won't
take.  I finally gave in a the command did work on the main SM.  Probably
need to do a firmware update or something first - which would never fly now
due to all of the dropped packets.

Thanks,

Brad H

On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 4:58 PM, Brad Belton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Yes, it is case sensitive.





 Brad







 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
 Behalf Of Travis Johnson
 Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 3:43 PM
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 Try:

 # eth link 10FDX

 I think it's case sensitive.

 Travis
 Microserv

 Jenco Wireless wrote:

  Hi.  I can't for the life of me remember how to change a Trango's
 Ethernet link speed.  I need to set it to 10hdx due to interference
 related
 to icing.  Real nice weather here in Ohio - freezing rain and lightning
 all
 in one package :-)




 Here is where I am at:

 from telnet window, typing eth link 10fdx and it returns:

 Eth0 100FDX detected
 ?

 I have tried every combination I can think of.  Any suggestions would be
 appreciated!!

 Thanks,

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Re: [WISPA] Laptop

2007-09-10 Thread Jenco Wireless
The Lenovo x61 is supposed to be pretty good - I just can't make myself
spend that kind of money.





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 I need a new one.  Anyone got a laptop that works outside well?  I can't
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[WISPA] AntiVirus Sortware

2007-09-07 Thread Jenco Wireless
 What's everyone using now?  I just got a nasty infection using AVG (fully
 updated).  I guess AVG has not kept up well according to the reviews.




Thanks,

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Re: [WISPA] AntiVirus Sortware

2007-09-07 Thread Jenco Wireless
Consumers Reports just rated them really low, plus I just heard a guy at a
PC store talking about it in a bad way.  I Googled Airship F4 (it's an RC
toy) and one of the links on the first page turned out to be a porn site.  I
didn't even hardly check out the site ;-) but when i (finally ;-) went to
leave it it wanted me to click OK to install something.  Sorry for all the
tech lingo.  Anyway, it wouldn't let me exit the install window so I
restarted my PC, when it came back up I had the old missing system file
screen of death.

Brad H


On 9/7/07, David E. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 On Fri, September 7, 2007 8:33 pm, Jenco Wireless wrote:
  What's everyone using now?  I just got a nasty infection using AVG
  (fully
  updated).  I guess AVG has not kept up well according to the reviews.

 Just out of curiosity, any cites or details on this? We recommend AVG Free
 to our subscribers, and have AVG Professional on all the computers in the
 office, and have had no problems with it. (As long as it gets updated
 occasionally, but you have that problem with any AV package.)

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Re: [WISPA] 36 guyed tower

2007-07-29 Thread Jenco Wireless
I always tie off, even on the inside.  It is just so easy to climb on the
inside.  The 36 size is perfect because I can just lean back when I need a
break.  This particular tower has a lot of horizontal bars and everything is
round and welded - nothing to really catch on.  It's like it was designed
for easy climbing.


Thanks,

Brad H


On 7/29/07, Jim Bennett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Rohn makes a lot of 36guyed towers.

 Is the safety climb installed inside the tower? That's unusual.

 Be sure you use the safety climb system or other means to remain 100%tied
 off or high a professional tower crew to do the work.

 Staying tied off might cost you some teeth if you fell but you won't go
 home
 dead.

 Jim Bennett
 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 317-222-1329

 -Original Message-
 From: Jenco Wireless [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 9:43 PM
 To: WISPA General List
 Subject: [WISPA] 36 guyed tower

 
  I have equipment on a 500' tower.  The legs are spaced 36 inches apart
 and
  it is really, really easy to climb up the inside (I am a little
 vertically
  challenged when it comes to height :-).  I can't figure out who made it.
  Anyone have any insight on what manufacturer(s) makes
 easy-to-climb-inside
  towers?




 Thanks,

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Re: [WISPA] 36 guyed tower

2007-07-29 Thread Jenco Wireless
I bet that once most people tried one of these towers, they would like it
!!!
(Assuming they are about 5'6).
I do tie off, but it would be difficult to fall far enough to get seriously
hurt
do to basically being inside a cage, not that it can't be done !!
(I know, famous last words - you don't have to say it).

The link is to a pic of the tower with a bigger guy climbing the inside (not
me):

http://www.jencospeed.net/Tower.JPG




On 7/29/07, Eric Rogers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Not to be direct, but I would much rather rescue someone on the outside
 of a tower if the situation came about.  It is much easier to keep them
 away from grabbing things when they are semi-consious if you are
 outside.  It may be easier to rest when on the inside on a climb, but if
 you have a saddle and some sort of tie-off, the outside is just as
 comfortable.

 Eric

 -Original Message-
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
 Behalf Of Jenco Wireless
 Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2007 3:10 PM
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; WISPA General List
 Subject: Re: [WISPA] 36 guyed tower

 I always tie off, even on the inside.  It is just so easy to climb on
 the
 inside.  The 36 size is perfect because I can just lean back when I
 need a
 break.  This particular tower has a lot of horizontal bars and
 everything is
 round and welded - nothing to really catch on.  It's like it was
 designed
 for easy climbing.


 Thanks,

 Brad H


 On 7/29/07, Jim Bennett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
  Rohn makes a lot of 36guyed towers.
 
  Is the safety climb installed inside the tower? That's unusual.
 
  Be sure you use the safety climb system or other means to remain
 100%tied
  off or high a professional tower crew to do the work.
 
  Staying tied off might cost you some teeth if you fell but you won't
 go
  home
  dead.
 
  Jim Bennett
  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  317-222-1329
 
  -Original Message-
  From: Jenco Wireless [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 9:43 PM
  To: WISPA General List
  Subject: [WISPA] 36 guyed tower
 
  
   I have equipment on a 500' tower.  The legs are spaced 36 inches
 apart
  and
   it is really, really easy to climb up the inside (I am a little
  vertically
   challenged when it comes to height :-).  I can't figure out who made
 it.
   Anyone have any insight on what manufacturer(s) makes
  easy-to-climb-inside
   towers?
 
 
 
 
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Re: [WISPA] 36 guyed tower

2007-07-29 Thread Jenco Wireless
You can get through same as you get in.




On 7/29/07, Ralph [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Are you able to fit through an opening somehow to get on the outside of
 the
 tower once you get up there.  Doesn't look like there are any largeish
 openings.  The 48 incher I climb had some larger openings on the sides
 that
 I could get through.  With this one, I'd be concerned about rescuing you
 inside there if something happened.

 Ralph



 -Original Message-
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
 Behalf Of Jenco Wireless
 Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2007 9:59 PM
 To: WISPA General List
 Subject: Re: [WISPA] 36 guyed tower


 I bet that once most people tried one of these towers, they would like it
 !!! (Assuming they are about 5'6). I do tie off, but it would be
 difficult
 to fall far enough to get seriously hurt do to basically being inside a
 cage, not that it can't be done !! (I know, famous last words - you don't
 have to say it).

 The link is to a pic of the tower with a bigger guy climbing the inside
 (not
 me):

 http://www.jencospeed.net/Tower.JPG




 On 7/29/07, Eric Rogers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
  Not to be direct, but I would much rather rescue someone on the
  outside of a tower if the situation came about.  It is much easier to
  keep them away from grabbing things when they are semi-consious if you
  are outside.  It may be easier to rest when on the inside on a climb,
  but if you have a saddle and some sort of tie-off, the outside is just
  as comfortable.
 
  Eric
 
  -Original Message-
  From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
  On Behalf Of Jenco Wireless
  Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2007 3:10 PM
  To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; WISPA General List
  Subject: Re: [WISPA] 36 guyed tower
 
  I always tie off, even on the inside.  It is just so easy to climb on
  the inside.  The 36 size is perfect because I can just lean back when
  I need a
  break.  This particular tower has a lot of horizontal bars and
  everything is
  round and welded - nothing to really catch on.  It's like it was
  designed
  for easy climbing.
 
 
  Thanks,
 
  Brad H
 
 
  On 7/29/07, Jim Bennett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  
   Rohn makes a lot of 36guyed towers.
  
   Is the safety climb installed inside the tower? That's unusual.
  
   Be sure you use the safety climb system or other means to remain
  100%tied
   off or high a professional tower crew to do the work.
  
   Staying tied off might cost you some teeth if you fell but you won't
  go
   home
   dead.
  
   Jim Bennett
   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
   317-222-1329
  
   -Original Message-
   From: Jenco Wireless [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
   Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 9:43 PM
   To: WISPA General List
   Subject: [WISPA] 36 guyed tower
  
   
I have equipment on a 500' tower.  The legs are spaced 36 inches
  apart
   and
it is really, really easy to climb up the inside (I am a little
   vertically
challenged when it comes to height :-).  I can't figure out who
made
  it.
Anyone have any insight on what manufacturer(s) makes
   easy-to-climb-inside
towers?
  
  
  
  
   Thanks,
  
   Brad H
  
  
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[WISPA] 36 guyed tower

2007-07-28 Thread Jenco Wireless

 I have equipment on a 500' tower.  The legs are spaced 36 inches apart and
 it is really, really easy to climb up the inside (I am a little vertically
 challenged when it comes to height :-).  I can't figure out who made it.
 Anyone have any insight on what manufacturer(s) makes easy-to-climb-inside
 towers?




Thanks,

Brad H

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Re: [WISPA] How much does FCC certification cost?

2007-06-10 Thread Jenco Wireless

I wonder if the new revision 5 RB 532's addressed this issue?





On 6/10/07, Travis Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


No. It is emissions from the DC to DC converter on the board. With no
cards and no ethernet connection, using just a power supply, it can emit
up to +30db of noise in both of those bands.

I have setup several tests with our spectrum analyzer. The board uses a
very cheap DC to DC converter.

We shut down several HAM operators and even the regional ambulance
two-way radio system (and our tower was 300ft away from their tower). We
switched to 18v PoE instead of 48v PoE and that stops 90% of the noise
at 450mHz. However, there is still substantial noise at 145mHz, but the
HAM guys can work around that.

The board will never pass FCC certs. Mikrotik knows it, thus the reason
they never responded to emails and they _deleted_ the message thread on
their forum that I created over a year ago. :(

Travis
Microserv

Smith, Rick wrote:
 well yeah, but aren't those Ethernet emissions?

 I had trouble interfering with HAM repeaters until I went to 10 mbps...

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Behalf Of Travis Johnson
 Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2007 10:47 PM
 To: WISPA General List
 Subject: Re: [WISPA] How much does FCC certification cost?

 The current 532 board will NOT pass FCC certs. Too much noise coming
 directly off the board at 150mHz and 400mHz ranges. Thus the reason it
 has never been FCC tested.

 Travis
 Microserv

 joelaura wrote:

 So are we saying that it would be under 5K to get MT certified with
 different antennas? If thats the case why wouldnt they have done it?
 Seems like they would have a much bigger market if the stuff was
 certified. Joe
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 To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org
 Subject: Re: [WISPA] How much does FCC certification cost?

 Depends on the amount of lab-time testing needed.

 You can minimize test time (and cost) when you use a wireless card that
 has already received a modular approval from the card manufacturer
along
 with a clean single-board computer (SBC) motherboard, a clean power
 supply plus software that dis-allows operation (or excess radiation)
 outside of the U.S. band. That combination costs about $3219 to
certify.

 I recommend certifying with a range of antennas (the entire range of
 antenna types that you're likely to use).

 Hit me off-line for more detailed info.

 jack


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Re: [WISPA] FM Radio and Ethernet

2007-05-26 Thread Jenco Wireless

I forgot to mention, most of the lightning damage (more than 90 percent) I
have had has been after long periods with no rain, so the clay had a lot of
time to dry out and turn in to an insulator.  One Summer my main tower and
about 10 percent of my clients were destroyed from one lightning storm.  It
had been really dry before this storm.


Brad H


On 5/24/07, Scott Lambert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


There's been a lot of talk in here about how to ground the towers.  I
hope everybody's actually read up on the topic, but just in case someone
isn't, get a book.  Don't guess.

Proper grounding is hard.  It's expensive.

One such book is put out by PolyPhaser.  It's obviously biased toward
using their gear.  It's only $20 and has more math than you're probably
interested in.  But there are a lot of little things to consider.

The ARRL also has a three part series, in PDF, about lightning
protection.  They are free.

If you want to experiment with grounded vs. ungrounded, may I suggest
you put strike counters on both sets of towers?  That's the only way
you will know if you are just lucky, or your ground system/strategy is
working.

My first tower (50') was hit three times the first spring it was up.
Lots of little bits and pieces of electronics to sweep up each time.
We didn't know how little we knew about proper ground systems.  Three
ground rods and #4 ground wire ought to be great, right?

Got the book.  Figured out that we were doing a lot of stupid things.
Went from 3 to 6 ground rods.  Tweaked a few other things.  It's been
two years without surge related outage.  No strike counter on it yet so
I can't prove that the upgrades helped yet.

Just to counter the clay makes insulators, clay is the best soil you
could want for a ground system.  You have to bake the water out of the
clay before you get an insulator.  In the ground, clay hangs onto water
which help conductivity.

Be careful, whatever you do.

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Re: [WISPA] FM Radio and Ethernet

2007-05-23 Thread Jenco Wireless

After many hits, I ungrounded, added inductance and lots and lots of surge
suppression (not little ethernet supressors) - my experience (or luck) has
been that it is better to un-ground.  My location has 100 percent clay soil
(clay was used as an insulator in the old days), so that may be a factor.


Brad H


On 5/23/07, Justin Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


We have one tower, that as a test, we did not do any grounds other than
the
power ground. Everything else is grounded by default. What I mean is the
mast attached to the tower is grounded simply because it is attached to
the
tower, etc.
   This site has been up for 2 years with no issues. The luck factor has a
lot to do with lightning. This is not the norm, was done as a test.

   Justin
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Re: [WISPA] fm towers

2007-03-30 Thread Jenco Wireless

FM kills Ethernet.  Inductors - Period.  Set to 10 Mbps until then.


Brad H





On 3/30/07, Edward J. Hatfield III [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


Nearly 40 dB of variations in the link S/N ratio? Holy cat crap, Batman!



How accurate is the test equipment yielding that measurement? SNR
variations
of 40 dB means four orders of magnitude in signal levels relative to the
noise floor, a 10,000:1 change in the power ratio. No wonder the bloody
link
isn't stable!



Frankly I'm not inclined to trust the accuracy of those measurements
over-much; it's been my experience that few people own or even have access
to the kind of test equipment (like Network Vector Analyzers and Power
Meters) required to properly trouble shoot microwave systems. But there
obviously IS a problem.



OK, now for the (hopefully) helpful part: My hunch is that the FM
broadcast
signal, being in relatively close proximity to your antenna mount, is
generating harmonics or other spurious energy of sufficient power to
overload the front end of your radio. (Sharp Q, ultra-deep microwave
filters
are expensive and I'd be very surprised if your radio was so equipped).



So, the question before you is: How important is this site to your overall
network? Is it worth the expense of having a properly trained and equipped
microwave field engineer find and characterize the problem, and suggest
some
options for corrective measures?



Sorry if this sounds a bit harsh but sometimes there aren't any easy
answers
to difficult problems .



Hope this helps, Ted



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mikrotik 5.8 ptp links off an FM tower. We have a ptp link with a signal
to
noise of 66 to 103. Our access points will only link for a few seconds and
quit. we have the exact same links on other towers that work great and the
one to this fm tower will not work. any suggestions?

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Re: [WISPA] Ohio-based Slane Telcom Acquires WISPs to Satisfy Consumer Demand

2007-02-23 Thread Jenco Wireless

They tried to buy my company.  I wasn't trying to sell so I didn't try too
hard!  I think I may have been their first try.  The offer was really low.
They paid a lot more for a lot less on their next acquisition.  If I knew
they were going to setup in Arizona, I would have played it a lot
differently !!


Brad H


On 2/23/07, Peter R. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- As more consumers turn their
backs on traditional landline telephone service, analysts see Internet
telephony going mainstream in the next two years. Projections indicate
there will be 32 million Internet phone lines while traditional
residential landlines will fall from about 114 million last year to
about 88 million by 2009, according to Gartner Research.

Ohio-based Slane Telcom is capitalizing on this trend by acquiring
Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISPs) and deploying Motorola's
Canopy wireless broadband technology to deliver high-speed Internet and
Internet telephony services across the U.S. Slane's 2006 acquisition of
a partial ownership stake in Plannet Group of Columbus, Ohio positioned
the companies to offer Ohio's first completely wireless transport system
offering Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Services. The company
intends to replicate this model in all planned acquisitions.

As part of Slane Telcom's aggressive growth path, it has signed a master
agreement with American Tower, which provides access to 24,000 towers
across the country. O'Connor has successfully completed four
acquisitions of fixed wireless providers in the past two years including
eSedona, the largest ISP in Sedona, Arizona. He projects three more
deals will be completed in 2007.

With more than 4,000 subscribers, Slane is quickly becoming one of the
largest WISPs in the U.S.


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Re: [WISPA] Automated Tower Climbs

2007-02-16 Thread Jenco Wireless

I e-mailed them and told them it needs a remote pendant (with variable speed
- much slower) - if slow enough, we could tie off on the way up with little
physical exertion.  I am fat and old :-)





On 2/16/07, rwf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


Hard to achieve 100% tie off with that contraption, I'm sure!
No thanks- I'd rather climb!

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OSHA is gonna love that :-)

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Re: [WISPA] I missed billing a customer for 15 months !

2006-12-11 Thread Jenco Wireless

Thanks everyone.  The customer e-mailed back and said he had not noticed
that he was not getting billed.  He offered to pay the full amount.  In the
spirit of good relations (and not getting bad PR) - I told him I would take
half of the bill.

Thanks,

Brad H


On 12/11/06, Rick Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


Sign em to a 2 yr contract, up his fee by x$ (with some discount tossed
in),
and be done with it.

As a cancellation fee, charge him that year's service you missed.

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Brian Rohrbacher
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 2:07 PM
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Subject: Re: [WISPA] I missed billing a customer for 15 months !

I agree.

I'd say, I forgot to bill you yada yada, but since I'm such a nice guy I
will not charge you the late fees, not disconnect you, and give you 6
months
to catch up.

Brian

George Rogato wrote:

 Agreed, and I would not have mentioned any issues with my system either.
 What I would do though is offer not to charge him the late fees. You
 do charge late fees, right?

 George

 Peter R. wrote:

 This wasn't an email kind of thing.
 This was a phone call or visit kind of event.

 - Peter


 Jenco Wireless wrote:

 I just sent him an e-mail:



 Hello Mr. XXX . We just did a review of our credit card billing and
 realized that we have not successfully billed your account since
 7/26/05.
 Our credit card service tried to bill you a few times (6), but for
 some reason was declined payment.  Due to the timing of the
 catastrophic lightning strike we had in August '05, we did not catch
 this situation.  We realize that some of this is our issue, since we
 did not catch it, but some may be on your end as well for the same
 reason (not noticing the fact that a charge for our service has not
 been incurred for the last 15 months).  We would like to know your
 thoughts on how you think we should proceed with this?


 Thank you,

 Me


 ** Note - Why do the people who seem to be the nicest you have ever
 met seem to turn in to the biggest a-holes as soon as there is a 1
 second glitch
 in their otherwise perfect Internet service :-)  :-) **



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Re: [WISPA] lightning

2006-10-17 Thread Jenco Wireless
DigiKey lists a standard inductance for each core and the frequencies they filter. Its been awhile since I researched them, but my primary focus was the FM interference and my secondary was just to get as much inductance as possible for lightning suppression. - the more times you loop the cable through it, the greater the inductance. I go for as many loops as I can possibly get. A lot of times, I buy the inductor mostlybased an the physical size that will work for my application. I use them on just about everything, even my RF pig-tails (with no looping).



Brad Hagstrom


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How do you compute the total amount of inductance? Based on the length/properties of the Cat5 alone? Would you mind posting the formula or, better, a spreadsheet like that posted for solar? 
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Re: [WISPA] lightning

2006-10-17 Thread Jenco Wireless
It's the simple method - but it works !


Brad H

On 10/17/06, rwf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


Yep-

We look at Hamfests for any inductor with a big hole and pass the Ethernet or COAX through with as many turns as we can cram in the hole.


Ralph



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DigiKey lists a standard inductance for each core and the frequencies they filter. Its been awhile since I researched them, but my primary focus was the FM interference and my secondary was just to get as much inductance as possible for lightning suppression. - the more times you loop the cable through it, the greater the inductance. I go for as many loops as I can possibly get. A lot of times, I buy the inductor mostlybased an the physical size that will work for my application. I use them on just about everything, even my RF pig-tails (with no looping). 



Brad Hagstrom


On 10/17/06, Dylan Oliver [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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How do you compute the total amount of inductance? Based on the length/properties of the Cat5 alone? Would you mind posting the formula or, better, a spreadsheet like that posted for solar? 
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Re: [WISPA] lightning

2006-10-16 Thread Jenco Wireless
Hi Paul. I chose this model for an FM tower and the total amount of inductance. They work fine for PoE as well. After using these, I was able to get my Ethernet speed increased from 10 Mbps to 100 on several different devices on this tower, so they definitely worked for that.




On 10/16/06, Paul Hendry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:



Hi Brad,

I'm curious as to why you chose this particular model of ferrite and if you run poe through these cables? Did these resolve a problem you where having with interference on the cat5?






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On Behalf Of Jenco WirelessSent: 08 October 2006 00:33 
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http://pdfcatalog.digikey.com/T063/1150.pdf#search=%22digikey%20240-2318-nd%22



I use the 240-2318-ND (towards the bottom of the page). Just wrap the Ethernet cable through it as many times as possible. You have to purchase 100 to get that low, low price I mentioned :-). We are located in Ohio. 








Brad Hagstrom

(Jenco Wireless)

On 10/7/06, KyWiFi LLC 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 
Can you share some info on the $1.50 inductor you reference below?Do you then ground the inductor to the mounting arm which is then grounded to an earth ground? Please share if you don't mind, inquiring
minds would LOVE to know. ;-)Also, where are the bulk of your subscribers located (city/state)? Iwould venture to say that WISP's out west have fewer lightning related failures than WISP's in the East or South.
Shannon D. Denniston, Co-FounderKyWiFi, LLC - Mt. Sterling, KentuckyYour Hometown Broadband Provider
http://www.KyWiFi.comCall Us Today: 859.274.4033===$29.99 DSL High Speed Internet$14.99 Home Phone Service$19.99 All Digital Satellite TV- No Phone Line Required for DSL 
- FREE Activation  Equipment- Affordable Upfront Pricing- Locally Owned  Operated- We Also Service Most Rural Areas===- Original Message -From: Jenco Wireless  
[EMAIL PROTECTED]To: WISPA General List 
wireless@wispa.orgSent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 11:02 AMSubject: Re: [WISPA] lightningI lost 15% of my CPE's one year.It was a dry Summer (I theorize the earthwas not conducting well), then we had a couple of bad storms.Usinga
$1.50 inductor on the Ethernet cable near the radios really seems to have helped a lot.Brad HagstromOn 10/7/06, Jason Hensley 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually, I've been fairly lucky.The only lightning losses I've had were  on my tower.I've got one CPE that may have been taken out by lightning, but it came through the house and blew a LOT of other stuff as well.To
 me, to add $30 per install doesn't make sense when I've only lost 1  (percentage-wise, less than 1% for me) in a little over a year. - Original Message -
 From: KyWiFi LLC  [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List 
wireless@wispa.org Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 2:53 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] lightning 
  Lightning is by far the largest threat to our WISP. It would be  interesting  to know the typical CPE failure rate (due to lightning) experienced by  WISP's. I know that we'll replace 10% (+/- 5%) this year due to 
 lightning.  We use the $30 Citel brand Cat5 surge protectors on both ends of the  outdoor shielded Cat5 and we also ground the mounting arm to an approved  earth ground via 10 guage copper wire. I don't believe we've taken any 
  direct strikes, mainly blown Ethernet ports on the CPE or AP. IMO, owning  a WISP would be a LOT less stressful if wireless gear was not so prone to  damage caused by lightning. 
   BTW, if you would like to share your own CPE-lightning-failure-rates with  the list, please do so. Same goes for lightning protection tips, tricks  and  wisdom. 
   Anyone using coaxial surge protection on 50% or more of your CPE  installations? If so, would you say that it is worth the extra $15 - $20  per install? How do your failure rates with coaxial surge protection 
  compare with installations where there is none?Shannon D. Denniston, Co-Founder  KyWiFi, LLC - Mt. Sterling, Kentucky  Your Hometown Broadband Provider 
  http://www.KyWiFi.com  Call Us Today: 859.274.4033  ===
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  From: Brent Hegerfeld  [EMAIL PROTECTED]  To: 'WISPA General List' 
wireless@wispa.org  Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 5:06 PM  Subject: RE: [WISPA] lightning 
Lightning has not been very kind to us the past few months.Knocked a  backhaul out on our main tower, another tower hit 3 times (twice in 1  week),  another tower hit this past week, going on 10+ CPE's.I'm told the 
  probability of lightning over the next 4 months is low.Let's hope.   Brent Hegerfeld  East Allen High

Re: [WISPA] lightning

2006-10-08 Thread Jenco Wireless
Good point - also,I forgot to mention the other reason I lost so many CPE's - don't leave a big roll if extra cable - that lowers the impedance.


On 10/8/06, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I use ferrite beads for the same reason.Sometimes I use 2; one at theradio and one right before the cables enter the house.DO NOT put them
on a ground wire since that's where you want the lightning's current togo.Because its current has such a fast rise and fall time, lightningbehaves like ac or rf.That's why ground wires are supposed to be as
straight as possible, and if you have to bend it, you should make theradius of the bend as large as you can.A tight bend acts as a coil(increased impedance) and will cause the lightning to look for a better
path.Ferrite beads do the same thing.By putting a ferrite on thecables, you still let your signals through, but it looks less invitingfor the lightning.JasonJenco Wireless wrote: Contrary to popular belief, lightning likes to follow the path of
 least inductance.Inductance is the resistance to a change in current flow.All I can say is that they have worked for me. On 10/7/06, *Dylan Oliver* 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10/7/06, *Jenco Wireless*  
[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 
http://pdfcatalog.digikey.com/T063/1150.pdf#search=%22digikey%20240-2318-nd%22 http://pdfcatalog.digikey.com/T063/1150.pdf#search=%22digikey%20240-2318-nd%22
 I use the 240-2318-ND (towards the bottom of the page).Just wrap the Ethernet cable through it as many times as possible. You have to purchase 100 to get that low, low price I
 mentioned :-).We are located in Ohio. Sounds like this is more for reducing EMI .. how do you figure it protects from lightning damage? Best,
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Re: [WISPA] lightning

2006-10-07 Thread Jenco Wireless
I lost 15% of my CPE's one year. It was a dry Summer (I theorize the earth was not conducting well), then we had a couple of bad storms. Using a $1.50 inductor on the Ethernet cable near the radios really seems to have helped a lot.



Brad Hagstrom

On 10/7/06, Jason Hensley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Actually, I've been fairly lucky.The only lightning losses I've had wereon my tower.I've got one CPE that may have been taken out by lightning,
but it came through the house and blew a LOT of other stuff as well.To me,to add $30 per install doesn't make sense when I've only lost 1(percentage-wise, less than 1% for me) in a little over a year.
- Original Message -From: KyWiFi LLC [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: WISPA General List 
wireless@wispa.orgSent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 2:53 AMSubject: Re: [WISPA] lightning Lightning is by far the largest threat to our WISP. It would be interesting to know the typical CPE failure rate (due to lightning) experienced by
 WISP's. I know that we'll replace 10% (+/- 5%) this year due to lightning. We use the $30 Citel brand Cat5 surge protectors on both ends of the outdoor shielded Cat5 and we also ground the mounting arm to an approved
 earth ground via 10 guage copper wire. I don't believe we've taken any direct strikes, mainly blown Ethernet ports on the CPE or AP. IMO, owning a WISP would be a LOT less stressful if wireless gear was not so prone to
 damage caused by lightning. BTW, if you would like to share your own CPE-lightning-failure-rates with the list, please do so. Same goes for lightning protection tips, tricks and
 wisdom. Anyone using coaxial surge protection on 50% or more of your CPE installations? If so, would you say that it is worth the extra $15 - $20 per install? How do your failure rates with coaxial surge protection
 compare with installations where there is none? Shannon D. Denniston, Co-Founder KyWiFi, LLC - Mt. Sterling, Kentucky Your Hometown Broadband Provider 
http://www.KyWiFi.com Call Us Today: 859.274.4033 === $29.99 DSL High Speed Internet $14.99 Home Phone Service $19.99 All Digital Satellite TV - No Phone Line Required for DSL
 - FREE Activation  Equipment - Affordable Upfront Pricing - Locally Owned  Operated - We Also Service Most Rural Areas === - Original Message -
 From: Brent Hegerfeld [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'WISPA General List' wireless@wispa.org
 Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 5:06 PM Subject: RE: [WISPA] lightning Lightning has not been very kind to us the past few months.Knocked a backhaul out on our main tower, another tower hit 3 times (twice in 1
 week), another tower hit this past week, going on 10+ CPE's.I'm told the probability of lightning over the next 4 months is low.Let's hope. Brent Hegerfeld East Allen High Speed Internet, LLC.
 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
] On Behalf Of KyWiFi LLC Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 1:31 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] lightning We offer an optional $4.99 Equipment Protection Plan for residential
 subscribers and it's $9.99 for Commercial and Non-Profit accounts. If they wish to waive it, they must furnish us with documentation from their insurance agency stating that it will be covered. No exceptions.
 As a result, approx. 95% of our subscribers purchase our EPP. The added revenue allows us to cover the cost of CPE that gets taken out by lightning and the associated service call fees we incur.
 Shannon D. Denniston, Co-Founder KyWiFi, LLC - Mt. Sterling, Kentucky Your Hometown Broadband Provider http://www.KyWiFi.com
 Call Us Today: 859.274.4033 === $29.99 DSL High Speed Internet $14.99 Home Phone Service $19.99 All Digital Satellite TV - No Phone Line Required for DSL
 - FREE Activation  Equipment - Affordable Upfront Pricing - Locally Owned  Operated - We Also Service Most Rural Areas === - Original Message -
 From: Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; WISPA General List 
wireless@wispa.org Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 1:00 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] lightning If it's your equipment and the customer didn't damage it (hit it with a
 rock etc.) then it's your problem to deal with. The cheaper the gear, usually the easier it is to break :-). I've had much less trouble this year with cpe from Tranzeo than from any
 other brand I've used. Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services 42846865 (icq)And I run my own wisp!
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- Original Message -From: chris cooperTo: 'WISPA General List'Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 7:55 AMSubject: [WISPA] lightning
We had the lightning storm of the century here 2 days ago.It was an awesome spectacle to witness.It was a much more distressing spectacle to watch our network map begin to blink red all over the place.Which 

Re: [WISPA] lightning

2006-10-07 Thread Jenco Wireless
http://pdfcatalog.digikey.com/T063/1150.pdf#search=%22digikey%20240-2318-nd%22

I use the 240-2318-ND (towards the bottom of the page). Just wrap the Ethernet cable through it as many times as possible. You have to purchase 100 to get that low, low price I mentioned :-). We are located in Ohio.




Brad Hagstrom
(Jenco Wireless)
On 10/7/06, KyWiFi LLC [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Can you share some info on the $1.50 inductor you reference below?Do you then ground the inductor to the mounting arm which is then
grounded to an earth ground? Please share if you don't mind, inquiringminds would LOVE to know. ;-)Also, where are the bulk of your subscribers located (city/state)? Iwould venture to say that WISP's out west have fewer lightning
related failures than WISP's in the East or South.Shannon D. Denniston, Co-FounderKyWiFi, LLC - Mt. Sterling, KentuckyYour Hometown Broadband Provider
http://www.KyWiFi.comCall Us Today: 859.274.4033===$29.99 DSL High Speed Internet$14.99 Home Phone Service$19.99 All Digital Satellite TV- No Phone Line Required for DSL
- FREE Activation  Equipment- Affordable Upfront Pricing- Locally Owned  Operated- We Also Service Most Rural Areas===- Original Message -From: Jenco Wireless 
[EMAIL PROTECTED]To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.orgSent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 11:02 AM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] lightningI lost 15% of my CPE's one year.It was a dry Summer (I theorize the earthwas not conducting well), then we had a couple of bad storms.Usinga$1.50 inductor on the Ethernet cable near the radios really seems to have
helped a lot.Brad HagstromOn 10/7/06, Jason Hensley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually, I've been fairly lucky.The only lightning losses I've had were
 on my tower.I've got one CPE that may have been taken out by lightning, but it came through the house and blew a LOT of other stuff as well.To me, to add $30 per install doesn't make sense when I've only lost 1
 (percentage-wise, less than 1% for me) in a little over a year. - Original Message - From: KyWiFi LLC 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 2:53 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] lightning
  Lightning is by far the largest threat to our WISP. It would be  interesting  to know the typical CPE failure rate (due to lightning) experienced by  WISP's. I know that we'll replace 10% (+/- 5%) this year due to
 lightning.  We use the $30 Citel brand Cat5 surge protectors on both ends of the  outdoor shielded Cat5 and we also ground the mounting arm to an approved  earth ground via 10 guage copper wire. I don't believe we've taken any
  direct strikes, mainly blown Ethernet ports on the CPE or AP. IMO, owning  a WISP would be a LOT less stressful if wireless gear was not so prone to  damage caused by lightning.
   BTW, if you would like to share your own CPE-lightning-failure-rates with  the list, please do so. Same goes for lightning protection tips, tricks  and  wisdom.
   Anyone using coaxial surge protection on 50% or more of your CPE  installations? If so, would you say that it is worth the extra $15 - $20  per install? How do your failure rates with coaxial surge protection
  compare with installations where there is none?Shannon D. Denniston, Co-Founder  KyWiFi, LLC - Mt. Sterling, Kentucky  Your Hometown Broadband Provider
  http://www.KyWiFi.com  Call Us Today: 859.274.4033  ===  $29.99 DSL High Speed Internet  $14.99 Home Phone Service
  $19.99 All Digital Satellite TV  - No Phone Line Required for DSL  - FREE Activation  Equipment  - Affordable Upfront Pricing  - Locally Owned  Operated
  - We Also Service Most Rural Areas  ===- Original Message -  From: Brent Hegerfeld 
[EMAIL PROTECTED]  To: 'WISPA General List' wireless@wispa.org  Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 5:06 PM  Subject: RE: [WISPA] lightning
Lightning has not been very kind to us the past few months.Knocked a  backhaul out on our main tower, another tower hit 3 times (twice in 1  week),  another tower hit this past week, going on 10+ CPE's.I'm told the
  probability of lightning over the next 4 months is low.Let's hope.   Brent Hegerfeld  East Allen High Speed Internet, LLC.-Original Message-
  From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On  Behalf Of KyWiFi LLC  Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 1:31 PM
  To: WISPA General List  Subject: Re: [WISPA] lightning   We offer an optional $4.99 Equipment Protection Plan for residential  subscribers and it's $9.99 for Commercial and Non-Profit accounts.
  If they wish to waive it, they must furnish us with documentation from  their insurance agency stating that it will be covered. No exceptions.  As a result, approx. 95% of our subscribers purchase our EPP. The
  added revenue allows us to cover the cost of CPE that gets taken out  by lightning and the associated service call fees we incur.Shannon D. Denniston, Co

Re: [WISPA] lightning

2006-10-07 Thread Jenco Wireless
Contrary to popular belief, lightning likes to follow the path of least inductance. Inductance is the resistance to a change in current flow. All I can say is that they have worked for me.


 
On 10/7/06, Dylan Oliver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 10/7/06, Jenco Wireless 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 


http://pdfcatalog.digikey.com/T063/1150.pdf#search=%22digikey%20240-2318-nd%22 


I use the 240-2318-ND (towards the bottom of the page). Just wrap the Ethernet cable through it as many times as possible. You have to purchase 100 to get that low, low price I mentioned :-). We are located in Ohio. 

Sounds like this is more for reducing EMI .. how do you figure it protects from lightning damage?Best,-- Dylan OliverPrimaverity, LLC --WISPA Wireless List: 
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Re: [WISPA] RouterBoard 532s

2006-08-10 Thread Jenco Wireless
I am waiting on this also (the noise issue from the power supply is what I am assuming you are talking about). I have had various issues with a couple of old 532's I got when they first came out (Ethernet connectivity to a Tranzeo unit on a 250' run). I have had good luck with the 100 series, but maybe because I just happened to use low voltagePoE. I don't want to try another 532 until I hear there is a resolution the the RF noise issue, because I have made the assumption that this is related to the issue I had. I wonder why the thread is gone, if its not in the archives. I made a post once that they did not agree with and it got removed. Just saying BTW - I have a lot of respect for Mikrotik and think they have a truly superior product, so I am not trying to bad mouth them in any way. I just didn't like my thread getting removed (I must have taken it personally).



Brad H

On 8/10/06, Eric Rogers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Does anyone know if there is a resolution on this issue?If you browseMikrotik's site, the thread has been removed.
Eric-Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On
Behalf Of Sam TetherowSent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 6:18 PMTo: WISPA General ListSubject: Re: [WISPA] RouterBoard 532sHere is a thread from the MT forums on it.
http://forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php?t=9130Sam TetherowSandhills WirelessMac Dearman wrote: Where did you get that info from Travis? Links, source...etc? Mac Dearman
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[EMAIL PROTECTED]] *On Behalf Of *Travis Johnson *Sent:* Thursday, July 13, 2006 3:58 PM *To:* WISPA General List *Subject:* Re: [WISPA] RouterBoard 532s Maybe they pulled them off production due to the NOISE they are
 blowing all over the 50-450Mhz spectrum. :( Travis Microserv Kelly Shaw wrote: Anyone know of a source with RouterBoard 532s in stock? I normally can get them from WispRouter but they won't respond to my
 phone calls about them... Kelly Shaw Pure Internet www.pure.net http://www.pure.net
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Re: [WISPA] 900 Mhz bandpass filters

2006-06-15 Thread Jenco Wireless
http://www.dci.ca/

They custom tune them for you. Expensive, but probably the best on the market. Very low line loss.


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Re: [WISPA] Zcomax has WIMAX?

2006-06-12 Thread Jenco Wireless
Why is the 3.5 Wi-Max license free band not approved in the U.S. ??? 


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Re: [WISPA] Google Map... How to Add Your Wireless Internet AP

2006-04-19 Thread Jenco Wireless
I accidentally added one where I don't have one. How can I delete it?


Thanks,

Brad Hagstrom
On 4/19/06, Robert Kim Wireless Internet Advisor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Gentlemen, Adding a point is a bit confusing if you've not used aninterface like this before...
The trick is to...1. ZOOM INTO YOUR LOCATION of choicewhen you are zoomed and CENTERED on the location of your AP...2. Select WISP in the TOP ROW... and add your url...On 4/19/06, Chuck 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I second that problem……tried every way….every link…and dada….how to get it on there escapes me
 Chuck Moses HIGH DESERT WIRELESS BROADBAND COMMUNICATION 16922 Airport Blvd # 3 Mojave CA 93501 661 824 3431 office 818 406 6818 cell 
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Mark Nash
 Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 10:17 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] STATS: Wisp Wireless Internet Google Map DONE! Subject: Re: [WISPA] STATS: Wisp Wireless Internet Google Map DONE!
 Man I'm not that mentally challenged but I haven't been able to figure out how to put my WISP on this map!Help, please?
 Mark Nash Network Engineer UnwiredOnline.Net 350 Holly Street Junction City, OR 97448 http://www.uwol.net 541-998- 541-998-5599 fax
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Re: [WISPA] Pigtails..... and 5.8GHz low power....

2006-03-02 Thread Jenco Wireless
Geta test meter. I got one from BVS Systems and LOVE it ! Roger Peters has had great piggies in the past. I just tested a UFL from Wisp-Router and it was 2 dB better than anything else (UFL) I have tried, but it was only 5 long, so I am sure that has something to do with the better review. Once you have tested a few radio cards and pigtails with this meter, you will wonder how you ever lived without it.


Brad H
On 3/2/06, Blair Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I can't 'directly' tell which is good or bad without testingAs to what is wrong with them, I don't know.I do know that the ones I
tested and published to the list were all new units.They were openedfresh for this test. I tested some other units as well, but I felt thatit made more sense to show the results from new, 'identical' pigtails
I plan to buy sets of pigtails from other manufactures and continue totest as I have time...Tom DeReggi wrote: The question is, how do you tell which pigtails are good and bad? And more importantly why are the bad ones bad?
 Is it the cable quality, the connector quality, the crimping/soldering ofconnector to cable? Is it the Ufl connector getting bend/loose where it clamps to the radio connector?
 Is there are more durable pigtail that gets around the problem? Tom DeReggi RapidDSL  Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband - Original Message - From: Blair Davis 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 11:58 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Pigtails. and 
5.8GHz low power Some interesting results of pigtail testing. Link is 7.9 miles.There is eyeball LoS with no fresnel zone incursions. Antennas are V-pol.Calculated link is -63db.
 Client end: RouterBoard 230 with MikroTik 2.9.13 SR5 card set to default TX power u.fl to N-female pigtail 5 ft LMR-400 jumper Hyperlink HG5827G 27db grid
 AP end: RouterBoard 230 with MikroTik 2.9.13 SR5 card set to default TX power u.fl to N-female pigtail 5 ft LMR-400 jumper Hyperlink HG5817P 17db sector
 AP reports client at -71 with -100 noise floor Test u.fl pigtails new in wrapper. #1 AP reports client at -71 #2 AP reports client at -82
 #3 AP reports client at -74 #4 AP reports client at -72 #5 AP reports client at -71 Obviously, not all new u.fl pigtails are the same. Test mmcx pigtails new in wrapper.
 #1 AP reports client at -73 #2 AP reports client at -74 #3 AP reports client at -74 #4 AP reports client at -75 #5 AP reports client at -73
 Less spread on the mmcx pigtails.The best mmcx pigtail seems to about as good as an average u-fl pigtail.However, this could be an artifact of the SR5 cards mmcx port.
 Draw your own conclusions, but I will no longer trust u.fl pigtails out of the box.Careful sorting of new u.fl pigtails could improve signal quality by 3-4db.At a client end this might not be worth
 it.At the AP, IMHO, it is well worth the time and effort. -- Blair Davis AOL IM Screen Name --Theory240
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Re: [WISPA] Pigtails..... and 5.8GHz low power....

2006-03-02 Thread Jenco Wireless
It's called the Butterfly from www.bvsystems.com. It was about $500. Money well spent :-). As far as I can tell, it is dead accurate !


Brad H
On 3/3/06, Tom DeReggi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


Which meter did you buy? What did it run you?


Tom DeReggiRapidDSL  Wireless, IncIntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband





- Original Message - 
From: Jenco Wireless
 
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; 
WISPA General List 
Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 12:30 AM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Pigtails. and 5.8GHz low power

Geta test meter. I got one from BVS Systems and LOVE it ! Roger Peters has had great piggies in the past. I just tested a UFL from Wisp-Router and it was 2 dB better than anything else (UFL) I have tried, but it was only 5 long, so I am sure that has something to do with the better review. Once you have tested a few radio cards and pigtails with this meter, you will wonder how you ever lived without it. 


Brad H
On 3/2/06, Blair Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
I can't 'directly' tell which is good or bad without testingAs to what is wrong with them, I don't know.I do know that the ones I 
tested and published to the list were all new units.They were openedfresh for this test. I tested some other units as well, but I felt thatit made more sense to show the results from new, 'identical' pigtails 
I plan to buy sets of pigtails from other manufactures and continue totest as I have time...Tom DeReggi wrote: The question is, how do you tell which pigtails are good and bad? And more importantly why are the bad ones bad? 
 Is it the cable quality, the connector quality, the crimping/soldering ofconnector to cable? Is it the Ufl connector getting bend/loose where it clamps to the radio connector? 
 Is there are more durable pigtail that gets around the problem? Tom DeReggi RapidDSL  Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband - Original Message - From: Blair Davis  
[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List 
wireless@wispa.org Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 11:58 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Pigtails. and 5.8GHz low power Some interesting results of pigtail testing.
 Link is 7.9 miles.There is eyeball LoS with no fresnel zone incursions. Antennas are V-pol.Calculated link is -63db.  Client end: RouterBoard 230 with MikroTik 
2.9.13 SR5 card set to default TX power u.fl to N-female pigtail 5 ft LMR-400 jumper Hyperlink HG5827G 27db grid  AP end: RouterBoard 230 with MikroTik 
2.9.13 SR5 card set to default TX power u.fl to N-female pigtail 5 ft LMR-400 jumper Hyperlink HG5817P 17db sector  AP reports client at -71 with -100 noise floor
 Test u.fl pigtails new in wrapper. #1 AP reports client at -71 #2 AP reports client at -82  #3 AP reports client at -74 #4 AP reports client at -72
 #5 AP reports client at -71 Obviously, not all new u.fl pigtails are the same. Test mmcx pigtails new in wrapper.  #1 AP reports client at -73
 #2 AP reports client at -74 #3 AP reports client at -74 #4 AP reports client at -75 #5 AP reports client at -73  Less spread on the mmcx pigtails.The best mmcx pigtail seems to
 about as good as an average u-fl pigtail.However, this could be an artifact of the SR5 cards mmcx port. Draw your own conclusions, but I will no longer trust u.fl pigtails
 out of the box.Careful sorting of new u.fl pigtails could improve signal quality by 3-4db.At a client end this might not be worth  it.At the AP, IMHO, it is well worth the time and effort.
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Re: [WISPA] FM tower co-location

2006-01-25 Thread Jenco Wireless
He he !!  As far as I know everything still works :-)




On 1/26/06, Kurt Fankhauser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Brad, hope you already had all the kids you want.

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 114 S. Walnut St.
 Bucyrus, OH 44820
 419-562-6405
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 Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 9:31 PM
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 Subject: Re: [WISPA] FM tower co-location

 I have.  The station on the same tower as me is not a super high power
 station - I think they broadcast at 12,000 watts (we have one close
 that does 75,000 Watts) !!  The RF engineer for the station told me
 that 40' was safe for short exposure.  I have some gear closer to 12'
 away.  They are required to turn down the power if you are going to be
 close.  I don't want to ask them to do that too much (I am sure with
 the rent they pay they can dictate terms to the tower owners, if they
 are not the owners (not sure)).  I bought an RF radiation suit.
 Unless I am going to be very close for a long period (hours), I just
 work in the suit.  I also had a Narda RF monitor, until it had a 460'
 fall - oops.  The bottom line is 50-300 MHz is very dangerous for
 human exposure.  It will cook you like a microwave oven starting with
 your eyes and testicles.  Be careful 



 Brad Hagstrom
 Jenco Wireless





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Re: [WISPA] FM tower co-location

2006-01-24 Thread Jenco Wireless
I have.  The station on the same tower as me is not a super high power
station - I think they broadcast at 12,000 watts (we have one close
that does 75,000 Watts) !!  The RF engineer for the station told me
that 40' was safe for short exposure.  I have some gear closer to 12'
away.  They are required to turn down the power if you are going to be
close.  I don't want to ask them to do that too much (I am sure with
the rent they pay they can dictate terms to the tower owners, if they
are not the owners (not sure)).  I bought an RF radiation suit. 
Unless I am going to be very close for a long period (hours), I just
work in the suit.  I also had a Narda RF monitor, until it had a 460'
fall - oops.  The bottom line is 50-300 MHz is very dangerous for
human exposure.  It will cook you like a microwave oven starting with
your eyes and testicles.  Be careful 



Brad Hagstrom
Jenco Wireless





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Re: [WISPA] TRANGO- changes history

2006-01-19 Thread Jenco Wireless
I was a HUGE Trango basher on another list.  I had the water
problems with the 5830 units.  I can say that after making me mad as
hell in the past, they do seem to have made improvements.  They
repaired some of my old (out of warranty) units at no charge and even
sent me a rebate for one that they charged me to repair a long time
ago.

Brad Hagstrom,
Jenco Wireless


On 1/18/06, Chadd Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 I am probably far more cynical than most but I really hope that Trango has
 made a turn around as a company with the latest round of changes.

 I tend to remember the bad things more than the good.

 WARNING this is a list of the BAD things!! Good things are at the bottom...

 I remember purchasing link 10's as soon as they were released and spending
 time on the phone with at the time their rude tech support department trying
 to figure out why they were locking up randomly requiring a power cycle to
 get them back online. Only to find out from them that I was the only one in
 the world having this problem and it must be because I don't know how to
 install them. Low and behold a month or so later they release a firmware fix
 for the 30 or so Day lock up issue that didn't exist.

 I remember fighting with the 58xx form factor units filling up with water
 and destroying the ethernet ports on them. Again I spent a lot of time with
 the same rude tech support department trying to explain to them that it was
 a pressure/temp difference causing water to be pulled into the units. Again
 only to be accused of not knowing what I was doing and that I had to be
 installing the units upside down. What do you know after fighting with them
 about RMA repairs and such on the units they issue a statement about a month
 later to not tighten the strain relief all the way on the radio so they
 could breath and not pool water on the inside. I spent a Thanksgiving on a
 tower because of this.

 I remember buying and deploying a 900AP and having pissed off potential
 customers because I couldn't get any SU's to do their installs. Also getting
 to my 15th SU and trying to figure out why the web interface was hosed and I
 couldn't add any more subs to it. Again another firmware fix.

 I remember power supplies not having enough output to run the heaters on
 longer cable runs and having to buy  new wall worts for some units.

 I remember fighting and scrounging trying to find a switch that would
 properly work with the ethernet ports on the units.

 I remember condensation building up on the inside of the random on 5.x units
 causing 30+ db of fade taking out links left and right. This is still an
 issue on units I have not replaces with external antennas

 I remember prices being jacked around.
 The various changes in distribution models and not knowing who I was going
 to get units from and how much was I going to have to pay for them.

 You know what even after all of this I still buy and deploy some Trango
 equipment, but it burns me every time I buy more stuff from them. These
 problems would have been much more tolerable if they would have been decent
 to work with and not so arrogant about insisting they werent having
 problems.

 THE GOOD stuff!!!

 I also remember setting up my first long BH 14 miles with a Link-10 and
 seeing 8ms latency and advertised throughput on the link.

 Hooking up a few dozen customers on T900 that I could never touch in the
 past with 2.4 or 5.x. I also get better throughput, distance and latency
 than with my Alvarion 900 customers, alvarion is a master and noise
 avoidance though when compared to T900.

 My link-10's just hum right along since the bugs were fixed. Besides the
 condensation issue on the INT units.

 I do think they are getting a bit better with regards to customer relations
 though and their tech support department was very personable and willing to
 help out last time I had to call them. So I hope this is a sign of things to
 come from them.

 I have been beating my head on the wall trying to figure out what equipment
 I want to use for a few new POP's this year and admit it would be nice if
 Trango pulled it together with a good line up of cost effective, feature
 rich and most of all bug free equipment early this year to add to my list of
 choices.

 Sorry for the rambling
 Chadd.


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 I'm not sure if everyone really truly realizes what has just happened.
 It took an hour or two for it to really sink in, I think I must have been in
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Re: [WISPA] Re: [WISP] Renting Spectrum Analyzers

2006-01-08 Thread Jenco Wireless
About $500 plus shipping.  I use mine all the time !!!  Seriously,
just got done checking some cards from an AP that got hit by lightning
a few days ago (yes, in January !).  It is so nice to know for sure
they are OK and I can reuse with piece-of-mind.  The PoE suppressor
did its job this time (last time I lost everything).



Brad Hagstrom
(Jenco Wireless)




On 1/6/06, Bob Moldashel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Jenco Wireless wrote:

 You may want to look at www.bvsystems.com.  Their BumbleBee unit
 does 900, 2.4, and 5.8.  It interfaces with a PDA, so that gives you
 an idea of the size.  I don't own one yet, but I will (hopefully)
 someday soon.  I do have their Butterfly power meter and I wouldn't
 give it up for anything now that I have one !!
 
 
 Brad Hagstrom
 Jenco Wireless
 
 
 
 How much is the Butterfly

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Re: [WISPA] Re: [WISP] Renting Spectrum Analyzers

2006-01-08 Thread Jenco Wireless
The three models are the freq's in red (1), the freq's in blue (2), and Wi-MAX. I want the red one !!



Brad Hagstrom
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On 1/7/06, Brian Rohrbacher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Below, it says three different models. To me, this says it only does one at a time. AM I right?









Features

Specifications

Frequencies

Software

Video Demos

Options

FAQs

BumbleBee™ is a precision calibrated spectrum analyzer that interfaces with HP's iPAQ PocketPC. The handheld receiver measures combinations of distinct wireless bands in three different models: 
900 MHz, 2.400-2.500 GHz, 5.150-5.900 GHz, 
2.400-2.500 GHz, 4.940-4.990 GHz, 5.150-5.900 GHz
 and Wi-MAXBob Moldashel wrote: 
Jenco Wireless wrote: 
You may want to look at www.bvsystems.com. Their BumbleBee unit does 900, 
2.4, and 5.8. It interfaces with a PDA, so that gives you an idea of the size. I don't own one yet, but I will (hopefully) someday soon. I do have their Butterfly power meter and I wouldn't give it up for anything now that I have one !! 
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Re: [WISPA] Re: [WISP] Renting Spectrum Analyzers

2006-01-05 Thread Jenco Wireless
Wow.  For the rental price on some of those you can buy one from BVS
Systems.  I rented one (I can't remember the name but it was an
expensive unit) for $250 per week from Wave Rider.  If I remember
right (it has been a while), it at least covered 900 and 2.4.  You
should probably have some antennas of your own ready to go for testing
when you get the unit.  It is a big and expensive unit, so don't plan
on carrying it up a tower !

Brad Hagstrom
Jenco Wireless



On 1/5/06, Brian Rohrbacher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Anyone in love with one of these?

 http://www.metrictest.com/catalog/views/rental_specials.jsp?searchTerm=Spectrum%20Analyzers

 Brian Rohrbacher wrote:

  Can I get one that does 900, 2.4, and 5 gig?  Who has them and how
  much to rent for 2 weeks to a month?
 
 

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Re: [WISPA] Re: [WISP] Renting Spectrum Analyzers

2006-01-05 Thread Jenco Wireless
You may want to look at www.bvsystems.com.  Their BumbleBee unit
does 900, 2.4, and 5.8.  It interfaces with a PDA, so that gives you
an idea of the size.  I don't own one yet, but I will (hopefully)
someday soon.  I do have their Butterfly power meter and I wouldn't
give it up for anything now that I have one !!


Brad Hagstrom
Jenco Wireless



On 1/5/06, Butch Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 On Thu, 5 Jan 2006, Jenco Wireless wrote:

 Wow.  For the rental price on some of those you can buy one from
 BVS Systems.  I rented one (I can't remember the name but it was an
 expensive unit) for $250 per week from Wave Rider.  If I remember
 right (it has been a while), it at least covered 900 and 2.4.  You
 should probably have some antennas of your own ready to go for
 testing when you get the unit.  It is a big and expensive unit, so
 don't plan on carrying it up a tower !

 You could, also, talk to Marlon.  He has one for rent, or used to.
 Also, if you are looking to buy, he is able to sell you one through
 Electrocom.  The Avcom units are pretty useful, and easy to use.
 The one that I have is built for 2.4GHz only, but they have adapters
 to add 600-1000MHz and 5-6 GHz.  These are VERY lightweight units.
 I have carried mine up a tower with very little effort.  Marlon's
 rental SA is NOT lightweight at all.  :-)

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