I am currently running airPointPro Outdoor units with Comet GP24-3
Omni's, which is a 12 db antenna. I am servicing customers as far as 5
miles away with sufficient results. However, the equipment is about
150' above ground level which im sure helps. Good luck.
Ian
Derek Breiland wrote:
Up to this point I have been running
off of one tower with 3 sectors. I am looking at putting an addtional
AP up about 6 miles from this tower to penetrate into a community of
homes that will otherwise be difficult to cover due to the number of
obstructions not to mention their elevation on the map leaves a little
to be desired. It will also enable me to install a less expensive CPE
at the customer site if I can bring the AP closer to the customer
making the service a bit of an easier sell.
I want to utilize an omni antenna in
this area. I have not yet decided what to backhaul with yet but I
am considering an APPO to the new XO2 at the remote. I can use one
radio on the XO2 for the backhaul on one channel and the other radio
for the access to the customers. I am not a big fan of repeaters
unless absolutley necessary. It seems that most complaints on this
site have the word "repeater" in the paragraph so I will try and stay
away from it.
My question is to anyone currently working with onmi antennes on an AP.
What ranges can I expect for the various dB omni antennas? 9dB seems
small to me, 12dB is maybe the ticket, 15db - way overkill? I do not
want the pattern to get too large to cause problems with my main
tower. I am looking at trying to get out no more than 3 miles for the
AP. The AP and omni will be mounted on a 40'-50' existing tower. Also
has anyone had better results with one manufacturer over the other with
the same dB antenna?
Any suggestions are greatly
appreciated. I will be doing more and more of this so I would like to
get it right the first time based on others experiences in already
doing it.
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