Awesome! What about the XR5? Or any 5.8 card for that matter? We can all agree that this is the better option when you're the one out in the field, but what about financially? I see that this cable is $600 for 150 feet. At that price if doing it this way saves me from one lightning strike, saving one radio, I consider it worth it. If I'm about to deploy a Canopy 2.4 radio, is this a wise option?
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 5:39 PM, Kurt Fankhauser <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. 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