Re: [WISPA] Batteries for solar

2013-11-14 Thread Mike Lyon
True. I need 8 of them. Maybe i could get lucky and they have them in stock in a local warehouse :) On Nov 14, 2013, at 21:14, Sean Heskett wrote: Shipping is what can kill you with batteries. If you have amazon prime they will ship the ub4d for free. Which battery can you source for the chee

Re: [WISPA] Batteries for solar

2013-11-14 Thread Sean Heskett
Shipping is what can kill you with batteries. If you have amazon prime they will ship the ub4d for free. Which battery can you source for the cheepest shipping? Sean On Thursday, November 14, 2013, Mike Lyon wrote: > Anyone ever use Sacred Sun batteries? They have a 12vdc / 200ah > battery for

Re: [WISPA] Chase Mission Main St. grant

2013-11-14 Thread Mike Hammett
This is the first I've seen. Not sure if they happen regularly or not. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com - Original Message - From: "Ben West" To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 8:15:50 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Ch

[WISPA] Batteries for solar

2013-11-14 Thread Mike Lyon
Anyone ever use Sacred Sun batteries? They have a 12vdc / 200ah battery for about $240 vs the ub4d 12vdc / 200ah battery @ $411 Thanks, Mike ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless

Re: [WISPA] Chase Mission Main St. grant

2013-11-14 Thread Ben West
Both very cool. Does Chase happen to offer such grants periodically, or was this a one-shot? On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 7:34 PM, Mike Hammett wrote: > I'm bumping this because voting ends tomorrow and I need more votes. > > > > - > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ic

Re: [WISPA] Chase Mission Main St. grant

2013-11-14 Thread Mike Hammett
I'm bumping this because voting ends tomorrow and I need more votes. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com - Original Message - From: Mike Hammett To: WISPA General List Sent: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 07:56:39 -0600 (CST) Subject: [WISPA] Chase Mission Main

Re: [WISPA] Comcast asking FCC for more 5GHz spectrum.

2013-11-14 Thread Scott Carullo
Sure, why else would there be African bands... Of course its for the African customers. Silly question. Scott Carullo Technical Operations 855-FLSPEED x102 From: "Robert" Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 7:24 PM To: "WISPA General List" Subject: Re:

Re: [WISPA] Comcast asking FCC for more 5GHz spectrum.

2013-11-14 Thread Robert
So does that mean I can use the African bands for my S. African customers and etc...? On 11/14/2013 04:12 PM, Scott Carullo wrote: > You can always go to the Japanese channels, they always seem to be nice > and quiet ;) We have lots of Asian customers so we are allowed to use > them in some areas

Re: [WISPA] Comcast asking FCC for more 5GHz spectrum.

2013-11-14 Thread Scott Carullo
You can always go to the Japanese channels, they always seem to be nice and quiet ;) We have lots of Asian customers so we are allowed to use them in some areas... Scott Carullo Technical Operations 855-FLSPEED x102 From: "Matt Hoppes" Sent: Thursday,

Re: [WISPA] Comcast asking FCC for more 5GHz spectrum.

2013-11-14 Thread Matt Hoppes
Yeah... this is why I always preach 20dB above the noise floor... signals in the 45 to 55 range. If you install in the 70s you have no where to go. Matt Hoppes Director of Information Technology Indigo Wireless +1 (570) 723-7312 On 11/14/13, 6:52 PM, Scott Carullo wrote: > Hard to tell, noi

Re: [WISPA] Comcast asking FCC for more 5GHz spectrum.

2013-11-14 Thread Scott Carullo
Hard to tell, noise floor is noise floor which keeps creeping up - we all know things work better when its quiet. This used to worry me a lot when I saw it coming, but then I realized it was already there and I had no idea until I just happened to scan on some radios (I don't usually install th

Re: [WISPA] Comcast asking FCC for more 5GHz spectrum.

2013-11-14 Thread Matt Hoppes
Are you seeing any impact from them? On Nov 14, 2013, at 18:03, "Scott Carullo" wrote: > Yeah, won't matter either way with a 5Ghz AP on every street corner. Already > seeing that in our areas do a wireless scan and you see 354 5Ghz APs now > in addition to the 2Ghz ones (they run dual b

[WISPA] Comcast asking FCC for more 5GHz spectrum.

2013-11-14 Thread Zach Mann
I am a part of that for the BIG cable companies for my day job... I also have a small WISP and see the full powered AP's on every scan list. :\ Ruckus APs going up in a lot of new markets in 2014. On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 5:03 PM, Scott Carullo > wrote: > Yeah, won't matter either way with a 5Gh

Re: [WISPA] Comcast asking FCC for more 5GHz spectrum.

2013-11-14 Thread Mike Hammett
Not that it'll cure it, but we'll have to step up shielding, isolation, antenna gain, better F/B, better side lobe suppression, etc. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com - Original Message - From: "Scott Carullo" To: "WISPA General List" S

Re: [WISPA] Comcast asking FCC for more 5GHz spectrum.

2013-11-14 Thread Scott Carullo
Yeah, won't matter either way with a 5Ghz AP on every street corner. Already seeing that in our areas do a wireless scan and you see 354 5Ghz APs now in addition to the 2Ghz ones (they run dual band APs now). Scott Carullo Technical Operations 855-FLSPEED x102

Re: [WISPA] Comcast asking FCC for more 5GHz spectrum.

2013-11-14 Thread Bret Clark
What could go wrong with Comcast taking up yet more 5GHz of spectrum...[/sarcasm off] On 11/14/2013 01:40 PM, ralph wrote: I hope the links at the bottom come through. --- Comcast needs the FCC to open up the 5 GHz spectrum band to

[WISPA] Comcast asking FCC for more 5GHz spectrum.

2013-11-14 Thread ralph
I hope the links at the bottom come through. --- Comcast needs the FCC to open up the 5 GHz spectrum band to power next-generation Wi-Fi services that could allow it to deliver wireless broadband at speeds of up to 1 Gbps, SVP of Busi

Re: [WISPA] Surge Protection for UBNT Gear

2013-11-14 Thread Justin Wilson
These are good. The biggest thing I see folks overlook is the grounding of the tower/electrical. It does you no good to ground stuff if the grounding plane is not good. I have seen multiple grounds on brand new towers, weak grounds, and things bonded to the wrong spots. Justin -- Justin Wilson

Re: [WISPA] Surge Protection for UBNT Gear

2013-11-14 Thread Matt Brendle
Yep, I have used for both. There is also another model we are trying out at tower sites that slides into a APC surge. 444-APC From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Mike Hammett Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 9:31 AM To: WISPA General List Subject:

Re: [WISPA] Surge Protection for UBNT Gear

2013-11-14 Thread Clay Stewart
We use TP-ESP-100-POE-24 or TP-ESP-1000-POE-24 extensively. Low cost and works. On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 9:08 AM, Sam wrote: > I thought the same thing Josh. But our tower guys insist on additional > surge protection. For example, they said: > > "We have a surge protector that we install on the

Re: [WISPA] Surge Protection for UBNT Gear

2013-11-14 Thread Mike Hammett
There's no difference between "APs" and "CPE". - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com - Original Message - From: "Sam" To: wireless@wispa.org Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 8:29:46 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Surge Protection for UBNT Gear O

Re: [WISPA] Surge Protection for UBNT Gear

2013-11-14 Thread Josh Luthman
I don't use them myself, cost prohibitive for me. On towers I do use the cards which function the same but are in a different form factor. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Nov 14, 2013 9:30 AM, "Sam" wrote: > One last question - t

Re: [WISPA] Surge Protection for UBNT Gear

2013-11-14 Thread Sam
One last question - the Wireless Beehive web page states these suppressors are for CPE. Have you found they work well on the tower for the Rockets as well? Thanks Sam On 11/14/2013 08:10, Josh Luthman wrote: > In that case I'd also go with WB. Look at Matt's suggestion. > > Josh Luthman > Offi

Re: [WISPA] Surge Protection for UBNT Gear

2013-11-14 Thread Sam
Matt's suggestion looks pretty good to me. And has the advantage of working with some of the Cambium stuff, so perhaps that'll make it more appealing to the tower guys. :) Thanks Matt and Josh! On 11/14/2013 08:10, Josh Luthman wrote: > In that case I'd also go with WB. Look at Matt's suggesti

Re: [WISPA] Surge Protection for UBNT Gear

2013-11-14 Thread Josh Luthman
In that case I'd also go with WB. Look at Matt's suggestion. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 I thought the same thing Josh. But our tower guys insist on additional surge protection. For example, they said: "We have a surge protector

Re: [WISPA] Surge Protection for UBNT Gear

2013-11-14 Thread Sam
I thought the same thing Josh. But our tower guys insist on additional surge protection. For example, they said: "We have a surge protector that we install on the Cambium (Orthogon) PTP radio product when the radios are mounted up the tower, but it is proprietary to Cambium since they have thei

Re: [WISPA] Surge Protection for UBNT Gear

2013-11-14 Thread Matt Brendle
We had one site where shielded and UBNT poe didn't work. Lost 3 CPE in a month. We tried a 444SS-SMT and haven't had problems since. http://wbmfg.com/products.cfm?PID=59 From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Josh Luthman Sent: Thursday, November

Re: [WISPA] Surge Protection for UBNT Gear

2013-11-14 Thread Josh Luthman
Shielded cable and stock poe? Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Nov 14, 2013 9:01 AM, "Sam" wrote: > What have you found to be the best surge protection for UBNT gear? I see > where a couple of guys on one of the UBNT lists suggest

[WISPA] Surge Protection for UBNT Gear

2013-11-14 Thread Sam
What have you found to be the best surge protection for UBNT gear? I see where a couple of guys on one of the UBNT lists suggest a "Magic-Bullet" (http://magicsurge.com/catalog/) but I thought I'd ask what the people using this every day recommend. Thanks Sam __