Re: [WISPA] Advice on PTP link over water?

2010-12-03 Thread Gary McWhirter
Robert West > Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 10:04 PM > To: 'WISPA General List' > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Advice on PTP link over water? > > Look at 900MHz. It's my understanding that 900MHz is crazy good over > water. > > Albert- > > > -Origi

Re: [WISPA] Advice on PTP link over water?

2010-12-02 Thread Jeremy Parr
On 1 December 2010 16:51, Tom Sharples wrote: > Hi, we need to install an aprox. 8 mile PTP 5.8Ghz link near the Big Island > in Hawaii. One end will be at about 50ft MSL, while the other end is at > about 3500ft. The first 4 miles are over water, with rest over moderately > hilly terrain to a fr

Re: [WISPA] Advice on PTP link over water?

2010-12-02 Thread Christopher Hair
thout any issues. Chris -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Robert West Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 10:04 PM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: Re: [WISPA] Advice on PTP link over water? Look at 900MHz. It

Re: [WISPA] Advice on PTP link over water?

2010-12-01 Thread Rubens Kuhl
If you have 100% Fresnel Zone 1 clearance, instead of 60% FZ1 which is the usual parameter over land, you are probably good to go. As these sites are more prone to rust, I would strongly prefer integrated units instead of dish antennas; Ubiquiti Powerbridge M comes to mind, both because not having

Re: [WISPA] Advice on PTP link over water?

2010-12-01 Thread Robert West
WISPA] Advice on PTP link over water? Hi, we need to install an aprox. 8 mile PTP 5.8Ghz link near the Big Island in Hawaii. One end will be at about 50ft MSL, while the other end is at about 3500ft. The first 4 miles are over water, with rest over moderately hilly terrain to a freestanding 50ft tower

Re: [WISPA] Advice on PTP link over water?

2010-12-01 Thread Greg Ihnen
Does anyone advocate or have experience with circular polarization over water? Greg On Dec 1, 2010, at 5:21 PM, Tom Sharples wrote: > Hi, we need to install an aprox. 8 mile PTP 5.8Ghz link near the Big Island > in Hawaii. One end will be at about 50ft MSL, while the other end is at > about 35

[WISPA] Advice on PTP link over water?

2010-12-01 Thread Tom Sharples
Hi, we need to install an aprox. 8 mile PTP 5.8Ghz link near the Big Island in Hawaii. One end will be at about 50ft MSL, while the other end is at about 3500ft. The first 4 miles are over water, with rest over moderately hilly terrain to a freestanding 50ft tower. The ends have LOS. Ordinarly I