What are your thoughts about the impact of rain and snow on the 24 GHz signal?
On 11/23/09 2:23 PM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > Why only 85Mbps? I figured they'd do a full 100. > > On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 2:16 PM, Bret Clark <[email protected]> wrote: >> Has it run through heavy rain yet, wonder how much rain affectst the >> attenuation. >> >> On Mon, 2009-11-23 at 12:01 -0700, Matt Larsen - Lists wrote: >> >>> Just installed a Ligowave 24ghz unlicensed backhaul radio to take the >>> place of a 100meg fiber loop. >>> >>> We are going 2.97 miles with the 2' dishes. -65 signal on both sides >>> and it has tested out at 85meg of capacity in both directions. >>> >>> Very happy with it so far. The software and management interface is >>> very comprehensive and has some interesting features in it, including a >>> "constellation" feature that gives an approximation of what the OFDM >>> signals look like. This unit has the ability to use a voltmeter for >>> the signal strength peaking, and my climber highly recommends using that >>> instead of trying to call out signal strengths. That made it a lot >>> easier to peak in. >>> >>> Climber also says that the mounting hardware looks great, but is >>> actually pretty crappy when it is on the tower. It is not very >>> fine-grained in its adjustment capabilities - at least that is the >>> politically correct way to put it. >>> >>> The complete link was in the $8000 neighborhood. The fiber link was >>> costing $500/month, so it won't take very long for this to pay for itself. >>> >>> Matt Larsen >>> vistabeam.com >>> >>> >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> ---- >>> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >>> http://signup.wispa.org/ >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> ---- >>> >>> WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] >>> >>> 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: [email protected] >> >> 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: [email protected] > > 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: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
