Re: [WISPA] 5 GHz attenuation

2007-06-22 Thread Jack Unger
Mike, Good to go as long as the TV towers allow you to get the CPE antennas above the trees. jack Mike Hammett wrote: Most of my coverage area is open fields, so there isn't much to making a link work. I have an increasing demand to install an AP in a small town (no point within town is

Re: [WISPA] 5 GHz attenuation

2007-06-22 Thread Mike Hammett
://www.ics-il.com - Original Message - From: Jack Unger [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 10:22 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] 5 GHz attenuation Mike, Good to go as long as the TV towers allow you to get the CPE antennas above the trees

Re: [WISPA] 5 GHz attenuation

2007-06-22 Thread Sam Tetherow
] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 11:25 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] 5 GHz attenuation I have two towers running MT APs at 5.8 with CM9s and 16 dBi horiz sectors. Using Osbridge 5GXi's as the CPE, I have clients a few miles out with non-LOS and the occasional treeline

Re: [WISPA] 5 GHz attenuation

2007-06-22 Thread Mike Hammett
PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 11:25 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] 5 GHz attenuation I have two towers running MT APs at 5.8 with CM9s and 16 dBi horiz sectors. Using Osbridge 5GXi's as the CPE, I have clients a few miles out with non-LOS and the occasional

Re: [WISPA] 5 GHz attenuation

2007-06-22 Thread Graham McIntire
] 5 GHz attenuation Mike, Good to go as long as the TV towers allow you to get the CPE antennas above the trees. jack Mike Hammett wrote: Most of my coverage area is open fields, so there isn't much to making a link work. I have an increasing demand to install an AP in a small town

RE: [WISPA] 5 GHz attenuation

2007-06-22 Thread CHUCK PROFITO
To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] 5 GHz attenuation Could you provide some sort of numbers? How much loss does that 1/4 mile of water-retaining trees have? The town is basically a square with the tower on the far west side in about the center. It is 1/2 mile to the extreme corners, so

Re: [WISPA] 5 GHz attenuation

2007-06-22 Thread Mike Hammett
PROTECTED] To: 'WISPA General List' wireless@wispa.org Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 12:13 PM Subject: RE: [WISPA] 5 GHz attenuation No one talks of the type of trees. We've noticed getting through a line of poplars, adjust antenna size, not much of a problem. But one pine tree, or a well placed

Re: [WISPA] 5 GHz attenuation

2007-06-22 Thread Graham McIntire
] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 11:25 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] 5 GHz attenuation I have two towers running MT APs at 5.8 with CM9s and 16 dBi horiz sectors. Using Osbridge 5GXi's as the CPE, I have clients a few miles out with non-LOS and the occasional treeline

RE: [WISPA] 5 GHz attenuation

2007-06-22 Thread Brian Webster
www.wirelessmapping.com http://www.wirelessmapping.com -Original Message- From: Mike Hammett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 1:30 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] 5 GHz attenuation Kinds? um...I know coniferous vs. deciduous and a couple different kinds