Thank you very much for the information and story! Great great tips to know. Wouldn't using horizontal polarity rule out any problems of the fresnel zone getting cut in half vertically? Would it be better for the bottom half to be blocked by trees or both sides if hpol?
My two story house (note is the only two story on this entire street, you can't miss it) is shorter then the trees of 60 feet down a few hundred feet from my street. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=45373&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=49.223579,79.101563&ie=UTF8&ll=39.99186,-84.207222&spn=0.00293,0.004828&z=18&iwloc=addr&layer=c&cbll=39.991542,-84.207562&panoid=kugBrg86FdzM3UWcUwfB5A&cbp=12,26.649883903293187,,0,2.0927060806621767 Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. --- Henry Spencer On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 10:48 PM, Phil Curnutt <pcurn...@gmail.com> wrote: > Raise your antenna. The fresnel at 2.9 miles is around 30 odd feet. Your > trees are probably not that tall, so get above them. > > Phil > > On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 8:40 PM, <os10ru...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Feb 5, 2009, at 10:53 PM, Josh Luthman wrote: > > > > > Isn't this controlled by the frequency like 900, 2.4, 5.8? I wasn't > > > aware > > > that a higher gain antenna would widen the beam. > > > > > > The higher gain is achieved by focusing the power into a smaller area. > > > > Greg > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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/