Thanks for the info Brian! It has taken me all of 45 years to figure out when to listen, when to shut up and when to just "shut up and listen."
I appreciate (as I am sure anyone that struggles with getting RM setup) the fine advice and direction you give. >From Louisiana: HAPPY NEW YEARS ALL!! Mac > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Brian Webster > Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 3:00 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: RE: [WISPA] Radio Mobile > > Radio Mobile is not doing a simple free space loss calculation. There > will > be a fade margin factored in based on the numbers you use for mode of > variability. If you open the path profile window then do a "view" > "details" > you will get a text window that shows all the calculation details the > program used to derive the numbers. That is the first place to start to > look > for the difference. The other thing you may be seeing is that if you > don't > have the antennas aimed directly at each other, in the calculation you > will > be getting the gain from something other than the strongest point in > the > pattern. > > > > Thank You, > Brian Webster > www.wirelessmapping.com <http://www.wirelessmapping.com> > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Mike Hammett > Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 12:03 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: [WISPA] Radio Mobile > > > How do I figure out how Radio Mobile arrives at it's signal level? On > a 3 > km link in 5 GHz, I'm off 15 - 20 db from Eje's power calculator. What > the > radio link window says is really close to the input numbers for Eje's > calculator. Why they're different is that I actually used the right > antenna > files and hard fixed the AP at N, S, E, and W. > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----- > ---- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----- > ---- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > --------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > --------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
