Have you used a spectrum analyzer to see if it is in-band interference? If
it is out-of-band, a narrow band-pass filter will make the cell site go buh
bye.. 

If it is in-band, the cellular guys may need to install a filter.

I have had UHF and VHF systems sitting right next to high power pager
transmitters and with appropriate cavities, you never even knew they were
there..

-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Dirk-Willem van Gulik
Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 11:22 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [BAWUG] Cell phone arrays and WiFi


On Tue, 8 Jul 2003, Gerard J. Cerchio wrote:

> Jennifer Donnelly at Cal Com Systems assures me that
> this cell installation will not affect our 802.11b network at
> all.  Some of our transceivers will be within 50 feet of the
> cellular array.

For what it is worth; at those distances, the European GSM masts in the
1800Mhz frequencies do cause the receivers of most cards to blank out due
to overload when used with for example a simple omni. This is visible as
short burst of no receiption and a very sudden low noise with little
signal.

At www.wirelessleiden.net we are currently experimenting with wave guide
antenna's which have a much narrower range around the 2.2Ghz when we are
deploying near a GSM mast:

The whave guide:
        http://www.wirelessleiden.nl/wcl/cgi-bin/moin.cgi/NodeRijnVliet

In the from the two sector GSM antennas, to the back/right the WiFi
antenna:
        
http://webfolder.wleiden.webweaving.org/Rijn%20en%20Vliet%20-%20July%202003/
Rijn%20en%20Vliet%20-%20July%202003-Pages/Image18.html

We're not quite done testing/deploying here - so we are not quite sure yet
if this solves the problems.

Dw


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