Well, If you have plenty of room in 5.8ghz that should not be a probably. I have a 5.3 link running 8 miles with 2 foot dishes which was actually over kill with the signal level I got (within EIRP). I could have used the 23 dbi panels, but better safe than sorry.
-Cameron Midcoast Internet http://www.midcoast.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patrick Shoemaker Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 4:24 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] TrangoLINK-45 Due to windloading restrictions on one of the towers, I am limited to using the 23 dBi panel built into the TrangoLINK-45. I also would like to avoid the cost and hassle of external antennas if possible. Patrick Shoemaker President, Vector Data Systems LLC [EMAIL PROTECTED] office: (301) 358-1690 x36 mobile: (410) 991-5791 http://www.vectordatasystems.com John Scrivner wrote: > I did not think you could legally run 3 foot parabolics in 5.3./ 5.4. > Are there 3 foot dishes FCC certified with radios in 5.3 / 5.4? I > would like to see a URL to data on these radio / antenna combinations. > I had always believed the lower power limits of those bands pretty > much meant they were only worth using in 2 or 3 mile shots. Please > enlighten me. > Scriv > > > On Feb 19, 2008 3:17 PM, Mike Hammett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> You can go 10 - 15 miles within EIRP in 5.3\5.4 in a PtP configuration. I >> believe 10 miles is with a 3' dish. >> >> >> ---------- >> Mike Hammett >> Intelligent Computing Solutions >> http://www.ics-il.com >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Patrick Shoemaker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 3:09 PM >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] TrangoLINK-45 >> >> >>> Oh yeah, one hop is 6.5 miles so 5.3/5.4 is out unfortunately. >>> >>> The other is 0.5 miles so I will probably run that in 5.3. There are a >>> lot of weather radar towers around here that junk up 5.4. >>> >>> Patrick Shoemaker >>> President, Vector Data Systems LLC >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> office: (301) 358-1690 x36 >>> mobile: (410) 991-5791 >>> http://www.vectordatasystems.com >>> >>> >>> Randy Cosby wrote: >>>> I've had some limited experience with them, and so far all is good. I'm >>>> using 5.4 channels, which is an added bonus for dealing with noisy >>>> canopy stuff. Fairly short hops though. >>>> >>>> >>>> Patrick Shoemaker wrote: >>>>> I have two Motorola Canopy 20M backhauls running in 2.4 GHz that serve >>>>> as redundant links between POPs. I am located in Maryland just outside >>>>> of DC, and the 2.4 noise floor has crept high enough to require >>>>> replacement of these backup links. I am looking at the TrangoLINK-45 >>>>> radios to replace these and wanted to get some real-world feedback from >>>>> anyone who is using this system. Any problems / bugs / known issues? >>>>> >>>>> They will be colocated with Orthogon PtP radios as well as some Canopy >>>>> APs, which are all running in 5.7. The Canopy APs and Orthogon get along >>>>> great together running in the same band- am I wrong assuming the Trango >>>>> product will have good enough receiver selectivity to get along with the >>>>> other equipment too? It will likely be run H-pol with the other stuff on >>>>> v-pol (except the Orthogon which uses both polarities via MIMO). Thanks, >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- >>> WISPA Wants You! 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