Jim
On May 14, 2004, at 6:32 PM, Donald Day wrote:
I have 2 CB3-Plus's.
I too feel that the lack of any type of usable interface makes this piece of
hardware the most ugly prom queen ever. Nothing to look at and frustrating
to deal with but she does "put out". That's the only thing going for it and
going forward that won't be enough to keep me a customer. Good for a few
cheap dates and that's about it.
Believe it or not, I feel the same way, (and my wife sells a ton of 'em.)
I wanted to use them for a long distance shot (5.5miles with minor foliage)
with a couple of 24db grid antennas (probably illegal output values).
You're close to legal (probably are for a 24dBi (dBi, not dB) antenna on a 23dBm radio in terms of EIRP
for a PTP link. You'll need 1dB of loss somewhere between the two to stay 'in-bounds'. If its a PTP link
then you're allowed 30 - (antenna gain - 6) / 3, so 30 - ((24 - 6) / 3) or 24dBm! By the time you account for
coax losses, you're probably more than fine.
You may *not* be legal in terms of out of band emissions when operating close to the edges of the band (say, on channels 1 or 11.)
However the lack of software features keeps them relegated to a close proximity solution.
Engenius is such an oxymoron in this context. I'd name this line of hardware "The knuckle dragger". If they could ever spend a few bucks on SNMP and useful interface John Chambers would have to take notice.
And how
Jim
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