Re: [WISPA] Comet Antennas
I LOVE my Comets!!! Robert West wrote: I was looking for a decent 2.4GHz Omni for some small AP's I'm in the process of setting up in our outlying areas with low population density and came across these Comet antennas over at wlanparts. Has anyone had any experience with these? At a little over 100 bucks, worth it or not? Price doesn't always reflect quality, as has been shown with the Wifi+ antennas at least from MY experience, any better alternatives for an inexpensive, quality Omni? Reason for using the Omni, I've been setting up small AP's with a 411AH with one MT R52N card for the customer side and a Bullet 5HP on a PAC Wireless grid for the backhaul. The Omni lets me connect the site owner to the network, at least, and some of their neighbors. I'll upgrade to sector antennas and add 2 more MT cards once the interest is there. The Omni lets me set it up an AP for less than 400 bucks plus the cost of a NS2 for the site owner's house. Been using cheap Pac Wireless Omni's but if I could pay a small bit more for a little more reach, all the good! Thanks! Bob- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Comet Antennas
And a much better mount and a recessed, rain shielded N connector! 3-dB Networks wrote: The GP-24-3 street price costs about double than the OD24-12... but you do get 3 degrees of electrical downtilt Comet is going to probably be more expensive across the board Daniel White 3-dB Networks http://www.3dbnetworks.com -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Josh Luthman Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 12:30 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Comet Antennas What are Comet's prices relative to Pac's (similar products)? Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 "When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however improbable, must be the truth." --- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 10:31 AM, 3-dB Networks wi...@3-db.net wrote: Robert, I strongly recommend Comet antennas... in 2.4GHz it is the only omni I typically recommend. Just had a customer swap out some Pac Omni's for Comet ones and he told me he saw an across the boards performance increase. My own limited testing in our old WISP showed them to outperform the Pac's we had elsewhere. I personally generally recommend the GP-24-3... which is 12dBi with 3 degrees of downtilt Daniel White 3-dB Networks http://www.3dbnetworks.com -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Robert West Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 8:23 AM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: [WISPA] Comet Antennas I was looking for a decent 2.4GHz Omni for some small AP's I'm in the process of setting up in our outlying areas with low population density and came across these Comet antennas over at wlanparts. Has anyone had any experience with these? At a little over 100 bucks, worth it or not? Price doesn't always reflect quality, as has been shown with the Wifi+ antennas at least from MY experience, any better alternatives for an inexpensive, quality Omni? Reason for using the Omni, I've been setting up small AP's with a 411AH with one MT R52N card for the customer side and a Bullet 5HP on a PAC Wireless grid for the backhaul. The Omni lets me connect the site owner to the network, at least, and some of their neighbors. I'll upgrade to sector antennas and add 2 more MT cards once the interest is there. The Omni lets me set it up an AP for less than 400 bucks plus the cost of a NS2 for the site owner's house. Been using cheap Pac Wireless Omni's but if I could pay a small bit more for a little more reach, all the good! Thanks! Bob- - --- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ - --- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- -- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -- -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermai
[WISPA] Comet Antennas
I was looking for a decent 2.4GHz Omni for some small AP's I'm in the process of setting up in our outlying areas with low population density and came across these Comet antennas over at wlanparts. Has anyone had any experience with these? At a little over 100 bucks, worth it or not? Price doesn't always reflect quality, as has been shown with the Wifi+ antennas at least from MY experience, any better alternatives for an inexpensive, quality Omni? Reason for using the Omni, I've been setting up small AP's with a 411AH with one MT R52N card for the customer side and a Bullet 5HP on a PAC Wireless grid for the backhaul. The Omni lets me connect the site owner to the network, at least, and some of their neighbors. I'll upgrade to sector antennas and add 2 more MT cards once the interest is there. The Omni lets me set it up an AP for less than 400 bucks plus the cost of a NS2 for the site owner's house. Been using cheap Pac Wireless Omni's but if I could pay a small bit more for a little more reach, all the good! Thanks! Bob- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Comet Antennas
What are Comet's prices relative to Pac's (similar products)? Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however improbable, must be the truth. --- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 10:31 AM, 3-dB Networks wi...@3-db.net wrote: Robert, I strongly recommend Comet antennas... in 2.4GHz it is the only omni I typically recommend. Just had a customer swap out some Pac Omni's for Comet ones and he told me he saw an across the boards performance increase. My own limited testing in our old WISP showed them to outperform the Pac's we had elsewhere. I personally generally recommend the GP-24-3... which is 12dBi with 3 degrees of downtilt Daniel White 3-dB Networks http://www.3dbnetworks.com -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Robert West Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 8:23 AM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: [WISPA] Comet Antennas I was looking for a decent 2.4GHz Omni for some small AP's I'm in the process of setting up in our outlying areas with low population density and came across these Comet antennas over at wlanparts. Has anyone had any experience with these? At a little over 100 bucks, worth it or not? Price doesn't always reflect quality, as has been shown with the Wifi+ antennas at least from MY experience, any better alternatives for an inexpensive, quality Omni? Reason for using the Omni, I've been setting up small AP's with a 411AH with one MT R52N card for the customer side and a Bullet 5HP on a PAC Wireless grid for the backhaul. The Omni lets me connect the site owner to the network, at least, and some of their neighbors. I'll upgrade to sector antennas and add 2 more MT cards once the interest is there. The Omni lets me set it up an AP for less than 400 bucks plus the cost of a NS2 for the site owner's house. Been using cheap Pac Wireless Omni's but if I could pay a small bit more for a little more reach, all the good! Thanks! Bob- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Comet Antennas
The OD24-12 has 3deg electric down tilt as well. /Eje Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -Original Message- From: 3-dB Networks wi...@3-db.net Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 12:59:08 To: 'WISPA General List'wireless@wispa.org Subject: Re: [WISPA] Comet Antennas The GP-24-3 street price costs about double than the OD24-12... but you do get 3 degrees of electrical downtilt Comet is going to probably be more expensive across the board Daniel White 3-dB Networks http://www.3dbnetworks.com -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Josh Luthman Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 12:30 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Comet Antennas What are Comet's prices relative to Pac's (similar products)? Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however improbable, must be the truth. --- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 10:31 AM, 3-dB Networks wi...@3-db.net wrote: Robert, I strongly recommend Comet antennas... in 2.4GHz it is the only omni I typically recommend. Just had a customer swap out some Pac Omni's for Comet ones and he told me he saw an across the boards performance increase. My own limited testing in our old WISP showed them to outperform the Pac's we had elsewhere. I personally generally recommend the GP-24-3... which is 12dBi with 3 degrees of downtilt Daniel White 3-dB Networks http://www.3dbnetworks.com -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Robert West Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 8:23 AM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: [WISPA] Comet Antennas I was looking for a decent 2.4GHz Omni for some small AP's I'm in the process of setting up in our outlying areas with low population density and came across these Comet antennas over at wlanparts. Has anyone had any experience with these? At a little over 100 bucks, worth it or not? Price doesn't always reflect quality, as has been shown with the Wifi+ antennas at least from MY experience, any better alternatives for an inexpensive, quality Omni? Reason for using the Omni, I've been setting up small AP's with a 411AH with one MT R52N card for the customer side and a Bullet 5HP on a PAC Wireless grid for the backhaul. The Omni lets me connect the site owner to the network, at least, and some of their neighbors. I'll upgrade to sector antennas and add 2 more MT cards once the interest is there. The Omni lets me set it up an AP for less than 400 bucks plus the cost of a NS2 for the site owner's house. Been using cheap Pac Wireless Omni's but if I could pay a small bit more for a little more reach, all the good! Thanks! Bob- - --- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ - --- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- -- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -- -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Comet Antennas
I've been using the Pac OD24-12 and they have the 3 degree downtilt but the reach isn't very far which is okay for what I've been doing with them. The price is around 60 to 65 bucks for the pac wireless. The comets seem to be around $105 but if 40 bucks more gave me an extra half mile or more, that would pay for it easily. My use of it is just to gather enough generated income to justify the investment in good sectors and move the omni to the next cheapo AP. I'll try one out with an existing AP we have and see what sort of difference we get and possibly get a few more if the specs work out. -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of 3-dB Networks Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 2:59 PM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: Re: [WISPA] Comet Antennas The GP-24-3 street price costs about double than the OD24-12... but you do get 3 degrees of electrical downtilt Comet is going to probably be more expensive across the board Daniel White 3-dB Networks http://www.3dbnetworks.com -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Josh Luthman Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 12:30 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Comet Antennas What are Comet's prices relative to Pac's (similar products)? Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however improbable, must be the truth. --- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 10:31 AM, 3-dB Networks wi...@3-db.net wrote: Robert, I strongly recommend Comet antennas... in 2.4GHz it is the only omni I typically recommend. Just had a customer swap out some Pac Omni's for Comet ones and he told me he saw an across the boards performance increase. My own limited testing in our old WISP showed them to outperform the Pac's we had elsewhere. I personally generally recommend the GP-24-3... which is 12dBi with 3 degrees of downtilt Daniel White 3-dB Networks http://www.3dbnetworks.com -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Robert West Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 8:23 AM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: [WISPA] Comet Antennas I was looking for a decent 2.4GHz Omni for some small AP's I'm in the process of setting up in our outlying areas with low population density and came across these Comet antennas over at wlanparts. Has anyone had any experience with these? At a little over 100 bucks, worth it or not? Price doesn't always reflect quality, as has been shown with the Wifi+ antennas at least from MY experience, any better alternatives for an inexpensive, quality Omni? Reason for using the Omni, I've been setting up small AP's with a 411AH with one MT R52N card for the customer side and a Bullet 5HP on a PAC Wireless grid for the backhaul. The Omni lets me connect the site owner to the network, at least, and some of their neighbors. I'll upgrade to sector antennas and add 2 more MT cards once the interest is there. The Omni lets me set it up an AP for less than 400 bucks plus the cost of a NS2 for the site owner's house. Been using cheap Pac Wireless Omni's but if I could pay a small bit more for a little more reach, all the good! Thanks! Bob- - --- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ - --- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- -- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -- -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http
