Kevin I have some of those 24 db wire grid antennas I got from your company. Would those work better than 24 db yagis (or do they even make such a thing?) I was thinking that perhaps the narrower beam on a yagi might be better (though I have honestly never used a yagi before.).
Sevak: The solar panel would be a last resort. I *think* there is a silo in the middle of this that does have power and might have LOS between the two, but I'm not sure. But if I do that, I'm looking at two APPOs ($660.00) and two antennas ($150.00) and giving the silo owner free internet service ($17.95 per month), all for one customer. So that wouldn't really be worth it, though I agree that it is the ideal solution. Thanks Sam On Mon, 27 Oct 2003, Kevin Proctor wrote: > Sam, > > Passive repeaters can work in some instances. The key factor is gain > and electrical separation. I have done it in the Denver area on a > microwave video link to get around the Downtown area with a pair of 4' > solid dishes. It works, but not always. > > Here is something to TRY. No guarantees that it will work for you, but > it is worth a try. If you were to ask me what the probability was I > would say it was a very firm and definite maybe. > > Use 2 24 dbi grid dishes (19 dbi panels might actually be better due to > the signal rejection they offer to the rear.) and separate them > vertically by at least 5' on the mast. Connect them with as short a > piece of cable as you can. Use good practice. As in: drip loops, etc, > but keep the cable as short as you can and make it LMR400 or an > equivalent or better. Hard-line would be best. Get things aimed up > using a laptop hooked to each antenna individually via whatever radios > you need to connect to each end. > > Like I said, this works sometimes. Electrical separation so the > antennas do not cancel each other out and antenna gain are key. > > Kevin B. Proctor > Customer Service > Internet and International Orders > Electro Comm Distributing Inc > 5015 Paris St > Denver CO 90239 > USA > > Phone: +1-303-371-8182 > 800-525-0173 > FAX: +1-303-371-8158 > 800-423-8018 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sam > Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 2:11 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [smartBridges] Passive Repeaters > > Has anyone used a passive repeater before? (I may be calling that the > wrong thing....it's where you wire two antennas together with just a > piece > of LMR-400 to relay or "bounce" signal around a corner, over a hill, > etc.) > > I have a customer that has a hill in between him and my AP. > > > /\ > / \ > AP / \ Customer > > The distance from the AP to the top of the hill is about one mile, clear > > line of site. From the top of the hill to my customer is about .5 miles, > > clear line of site. There is no electricity out there, no other > customers > to be gained by putting up another AP( or APPO to bridge the signal) so > this is really the only cost-effective way to do it that I can think of. > > IO was thinking about two yagis on top ot the hill, one pointing at the > AP > and the other at the customer, and then giving the customer a yagi too. > > Will this work? > > Thanks > Sam > > > ----------ANNOUNCEMENT---------- > Don't forget to register for WISPCON IV > http://www.wispcon.info/us/wispcon-iv/wispcon-iv.htm > > The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List > To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe > smartBridges <yournickname> > To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe > smartBridges) > Archives: http://archives.part-15.org > > ----------ANNOUNCEMENT---------- > Don't forget to register for WISPCON IV > http://www.wispcon.info/us/wispcon-iv/wispcon-iv.htm > > The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List > To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe smartBridges > <yournickname> > To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe smartBridges) > Archives: http://archives.part-15.org > ----------ANNOUNCEMENT---------- Don't forget to register for WISPCON IV http://www.wispcon.info/us/wispcon-iv/wispcon-iv.htm The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe smartBridges <yournickname> To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe smartBridges) Archives: http://archives.part-15.org
