Re: [WISPA] Looking for 900 MHz pioneers

2010-06-15 Thread Jeremie Chism
I have also seen improvements during periods of rain and fog. Not sure why but it is noticable. Signal even seems to be stronger during rain. I am in a very congested area and have 900 MHz delivering 1.5/1 to police cars working in a place that has scada and other noise in a very close proxi

Re: [WISPA] Looking for 900 MHz pioneers

2010-06-15 Thread Blair Davis
Well, it sure sounds better than... 'It works when it wants to.' Robert West wrote: "Variable Success". I love it! Bob- -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of MDK Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 7:03 PM To: WISPA Gene

Re: [WISPA] Looking for 900 MHz pioneers

2010-06-15 Thread Robert West
"Variable Success". I love it! Bob- -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of MDK Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 7:03 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Looking for 900 MHz pioneers Been using 900 with variable succe

Re: [WISPA] Looking to Sell..........

2010-06-15 Thread Robert West
I usually use a hammer and sometimes a steel toed boot. This, however, seems to be a superior method. I have taken it under advisement and have outfitted all technicians with automatic weapons. Bob- -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org

Re: [WISPA] Looking to Sell..........

2010-06-15 Thread Tom Sharples
We use them as an AP antenna, connecting to client devices that are located close to each other, but miles from the AP. They work really well in that scenario. I bought a bunch of them on Ebay at a greatly reduced price. Tom S. - Original Message - From: "Josh Luthman" To: "WISPA Gen

Re: [WISPA] Looking to Sell..........

2010-06-15 Thread Josh Luthman
Are you talking 5Ghz? On 6/15/10, MDK wrote: > I'm real happy with the 23 db panels from Arc Wireless. Slightly better > RSSI than a 25 db PacW grid. > > Not expensive, but the mounts are kinda hokey. > > > > > ++ > Neofast, Inc, Making internet easy > 541-969-8200

Re: [WISPA] Looking to Sell..........

2010-06-15 Thread MDK
I'm real happy with the 23 db panels from Arc Wireless. Slightly better RSSI than a 25 db PacW grid. Not expensive, but the mounts are kinda hokey. ++ Neofast, Inc, Making internet easy 541-969-8200 509-386-4589 ++ --

Re: [WISPA] Looking for 900 MHz pioneers

2010-06-15 Thread MDK
Been using 900 with variable success for about 4 years now. Started with SR-9's and now have XR9 / STar-OS gear deployed. Love it. It's almost as fast as 5 gig, for a given channel size, and is incredibly better at tree penetration than is 2.4 or 5 gig. It has limited application, due to

Re: [WISPA] Is this a record of some kind?

2010-06-15 Thread MDK
I found a spreadsheet online that let you calculate the slots and positions, and designed my own radiating element. Never had the money to do that kind of testing, but our seat of the pants "best guess" is about 18-19 db. I redid the radiating element a few times, finding it was poorly tune

Re: [WISPA] Looking to Sell..........

2010-06-15 Thread Josh Luthman
700 for a customer antenna? On 6/15/10, Jeromie Reeves wrote: > On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 7:38 AM, Eje Gustafsson wrote: >> The metal cap adds a whooping 1.2dB really not worth bothering with IMO. >> Only reason they provide it is because people where used to the Andrew >> dish >> that basically r

Re: [WISPA] Is this a record of some kind?

2010-06-15 Thread MDK
The nearest possible clients to this site are 4 miles, and most are at 10 to 20 miles. Nope, never had any real interference issues, and I'm definitely not over EIRP limits. I got my space planted first, and everyone else moved around me. ++ Neofast, Inc, Making in

Re: [WISPA] Looking to Sell..........

2010-06-15 Thread Matt Larsen - Lists
Z-Com GZ-901 card. I have been meaning to experiment with the card that comes in a Tranzeo radio to see if it will work as well (I assume it will). Right now, it seems like the MT AP has improved the latency by about 50%, and it is very nice to have queues, radius authentication, routing and a

Re: [WISPA] Looking to Sell..........

2010-06-15 Thread Jeromie Reeves
On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 7:38 AM, Eje Gustafsson wrote: > The metal cap adds a whooping 1.2dB really not worth bothering with IMO. > Only reason they provide it is because people where used to the Andrew dish > that basically requires it the Andrew dishs suffers greatly without the > metal cap. Th

Re: [WISPA] Looking to Sell..........

2010-06-15 Thread Tom Sharples
If you really want to get serious on 2.4 use one of these: http://www.tessco.com/products/displayProductInfo.do?sku=66529&eventPage=1 which totally blow away anything else we've tried. Tom S. - Original Message - From: "Eje Gustafsson" To: "'WISPA General List'" Sent: Tuesday, June

Re: [WISPA] Looking to Sell..........

2010-06-15 Thread Eje Gustafsson
The metal cap adds a whooping 1.2dB really not worth bothering with IMO. Only reason they provide it is because people where used to the Andrew dish that basically requires it the Andrew dishs suffers greatly without the metal cap. For some time now the bigger Pac (Laird) grids all are shipping w

Re: [WISPA] Looking to Sell..........

2010-06-15 Thread Jeromie Reeves
Oh I do not do ANY 2.4 ghz links other then APs for houses or small groups of houses (IE Picos now). (ok I have 3 users left on 2.4) The Pacs with the cheap metal clip on tip are CRAP. I can not express the horribleness of those enough. The ones like I linked, are great, and are on par with 2ft sol

Re: [WISPA] Is this a record of some kind?

2010-06-15 Thread Cameron Crum
I'd like to take credit for all of it, but my partner who has been designing antennas of one kind or another for more than 50 years now actually came up with the optimized slot pattern. I took that, had it machined, and then optimized the feed position and length so we didn't have to use tuning scr

Re: [WISPA] Apex firmware upgrade problem

2010-06-15 Thread Nick Olsen
We figured it out, tftp was on, no firewalls.. etc.. Not our first rodeo :) Was windows 7 64bit. Just so happens that both me and scott run win 7 64 bit so we both had the same problem. Then for fun tried a windows server 2003 box and all was well. This server 2003 box sits in the same network a

Re: [WISPA] Apex firmware upgrade problem

2010-06-15 Thread Brad Belton
As Travis said make sure you've issued the "tftpd on" command, but also make sure your router isn't blocking or firewalling the traffic from reaching the radios. Do your radios have a valid ipconfig with a good gateway? Best, Brad -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [

Re: [WISPA] Looking to Sell..........

2010-06-15 Thread Blair Davis
MikroTik AP with Tranzeo CPE... on 900MHz??!?!??! What radio card in the MikroTik AP? Matt Larsen - Lists wrote: I don't use Tranzeos for APs - except for 900mhz and they will soon be replaced with Mikrotik, which seems to work well with Tranzeo 900mhz CPEs. Save some of your blowing up

Re: [WISPA] Looking to Sell..........

2010-06-15 Thread Blair Davis
I use HyperLink 2.4GHz grids. I've used them for about 10 years now.  Tried several other types, but never get the performance or durability... Marlon K. Schafer wrote: Those are 5 gig. I decided NOT to go the cheap route on any 5 gig systems out here. I'm looking for 2.4 gig grids that