I will be putting up a new 5.3 GHz link in the near future. The distance is only a few thousand feet. Normally I would use radios with integrated panel antennas, but this link is near a weather radar tower. Experience has shown that even when the radar's operating frequencies are blocked out of the radio's DFS channel map, the DFS algorithm can trip due to spurious emissions from the radar transmitter. I usually get around this by using high performance dishes with a narrow beam and small sidelobes.
Since this link is only a few thousand feet, 2 foot HP dishes seem like overkill. Also, aesthetics are a concern at one end of the link and a physically small antenna would be best. Is anyone aware of a high quality (Radiowaves, Andrew, etc.) dual polarity high performance parabolic for 5.3 GHz that is smaller than 2 feet? -- Patrick Shoemaker Vector Data Systems LLC [email protected] office: (301) 358-1690 x36 http://www.vectordatasystems.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/
