The 5/8 heliax will work on any freq up to 6.1ghz is the cut-off. http://www.midland.ru/products/andrew/pdf/LDF45.pdf
The loss on 2.4ghz is low enough that you can make up for it will the higher powered XR2 cards and the better receive sensitivity off the XR2 helps out also. The nice thing about the loss on your signals makes the noise floor go down also. :) Kurt Fankhauser WAVELINC P.O. Box 126 Bucyrus, OH 44820 419-562-6405 www.wavelinc.com -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Josh Luthman Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 5:23 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] MiniPCI Radio Cards Does that work with 2.4 or 5.8? Or 900? On 6/19/09, Kurt Fankhauser <[email protected]> wrote: > The 5/8 heliax is cheaper and has slightly less loss. I don't use the > LMR-900 anymore as it weighs twice as much also. > > Here is a picture of what you could do with the Heliax :) I just had a > lightning storm role by this tower last night which just happens to be by my > house. Needless to say I slept like a baby knowing I was not going to have > to replace any equipment from lightning damage. I sleep a lot better at > night now then I use to a few years back... :) > > Kurt Fankhauser > WAVELINC > P.O. Box 126 > Bucyrus, OH 44820 > 419-562-6405 > www.wavelinc.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Josh Luthman > Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 10:48 AM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] MiniPCI Radio Cards > > Augh..4 bucks a foot. > > What's the difference between LMR900 and 5/8 heliax? > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > "When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however > improbable, must be the truth." > --- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle > > > On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 10:30 AM, Kurt Fankhauser <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I have done this with LMR400, I ran 150 foot of LMR400 up a tower and put > a >> 250mw amp at the top. With the choosen antenna I was right at 36db power >> output. It actually worked very well. Just as good or better than having >> the >> radio's at the top. It was a cheap way to put your radio's on the ground. >> BUT the first time the site got a lightning hit again I was screwed :( >> >> So I quickly figured out the cost of replacing amps after 1 hit that I >> could >> have spent the extra money on the LMR900 or 5/8 HELIAX and I would have >> actually come out cheaper by not going the amped route. >> >> Kurt Fankhauser >> WAVELINC >> P.O. Box 126 >> Bucyrus, OH 44820 >> 419-562-6405 >> www.wavelinc.com >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Josh Luthman >> Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 10:09 AM >> To: WISPA General List >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] MiniPCI Radio Cards >> >> Is that how we can get 2.4 and 5.8 gear on the ground, with an amplifier? >> >> I would love having the gear inside and just coax and amp and antenna >> outside way up there! >> >> On 6/19/09, Jeremy Parr <[email protected]> wrote: >> > 2009/6/19 Scott Carullo <[email protected]> >> > >> >> >> >> My first advice is ditch the amp, not necessary and most likely illegal >> >> power. You can get what you need out of the minipci card. >> >> >> >> You will want to purchase from US distributor, search for RB411 and you >> >> should have plenty of options, best one probably close to you so you > get >> >> them quickly prices are roughly the same everywhere. Titan Wireless is >> an >> >> excellent source of Mikrotik Product and they are good to work with. >> >> >> > >> > I would like to ditch the amps, and run the radios tower-top, but we > have >> so >> > much lightning here. I'd like to limit towertop equipment to an amp, >> since >> > its easy to troubleshoot and replace. This will let me locate the radios >> in >> > the shack at the base, and troubleshoot easily without a climb, or 20 >> trips >> > up and down replacing one bit at a time. I'm only planning on a 250mw or >> > 500mw amp. >> > >> > >> > >> >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ---- >> > WISPA Wants You! 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