Sorry but this whole thread is going sour fast.....
1. Dual Polarity antennas work for transmit and receive. They are not TX
only or RX only in configuration.
2. The normal isolation between vertical polarity and horizontal
polarity can range from 10-30 dB depending on the operating frequency.
3. The biggest issues to using 2 radios on the same dual polarity
antenna is the adjacent channel rejection, x-pole polarity, TX power
levels and Receiver sensitivity..
4. 802.XX radios will not work on the same channel because while one
radio is transmitting on 5825 GHz. the radio on the other polarity is
receiving on the same channel. Considering there is only 10-30 dB of
seperation, the radio RX levels will only be reduced by that amount
causing receive interference.
5. We have more than 20 dual polarity links running FD radios such as
Proxim Tsunamis operating in the same band. Granted, they have much
better filtering than the basic 802.XX radio but they work flawlessly..
6. We presently have 2 DP links in place with 802 style radios. One of
the links consists of WRAP/CM9's operating in 5.7-5.8 Ghz. The other
has a Proxim MP.11a on one plane and Tranzeo TR-5a on the other. One
link is 6.5 miles, the other is 7 miles. There is no desense between
radios and both operate fine without interference issues.
7. While Tom may be experiencing the tower rental issues regarding
antennas, we have not seen this in the NE. Most leases we have
negotiated are based around wind loading on the tower.
Like everything, dual polarity antennas have a place like all other
equipment. The link just needs to be engineered to operate properly.
-B-
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Bob Moldashel
Lakeland Communications, Inc.
Broadband Deployment Group
1350 Lincoln Avenue
Holbrook, New York 11741 USA
800-479-9195 Toll Free US & Canada
631-585-5558 Fax
516-551-1131 Cell
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