It seems to me like having Ubiquiti certified with various WISP antennas would be far cheaper than certifying each combination of Routerboard / Wireless Card / Case / Antenna combination.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Forrest W. Christian Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 11:13 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Question posed to the FCC Mike Hammett wrote: > The XR5 is certified with a 31.4 dbi antenna. Nothing in the FCC > certification says what type of antenna. Someone I spoke with > familiar with the certification process said the type doesn't matter, > only maximum (perhaps minimum too, I can't remember) gains. Actually it appears to have been tested with the following two antennas:* *Hyperlinktech, Dipole, HG2403RD-RSF, 3dbi Radio waves, Parabolic, SP1.5(2/3)-5.8, 31.4dBi. The ceritificate at the FCC is for 5.7 only. Not sure what happened to the 2.4 grant. So it looks like you can use the XR5 in 5.7 with the radiowaves antenna. However, any other antennas would be illegal until such time as Ubiquiti specifies in writing that the additional antennas are legal to use, with specific model numbers. I would, however, be skeptical of anything but a Parabolic of some sort, since the FCC requires the certification testing be done for each antenna "type" - where type is not neccessarily just "parabolic", but things like "parabolic with dipole feed, DC open, and a specific in and out of band gain pattern". I would expect there to be no problem with Ubiquiti saying that the lower gain radiowaves 5.8ghz parabolic antennas are ok, but anything else may require additional testing. -forrest -- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.11/836 - Release Date: 6/6/2007 1:10 PM -- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
