They have a Powerbridge M5 that includes a 25 db MIMO panel. Regards Michael Baird > I wonder if any of you have experience with 5.8 GHz MIMO > antennas. I'm trying to design a point-to-point link, about 10 > miles, that will carry a high percentage of a whole network's > backhaul. So I'd like it to go at about 80 Mbps, MCS 12 in 20 MHz. > The UBNT SR71-15 card can plug into a Routerboard and thus feed two > antennas, or a dual-polarized antenna. I'd rather have one antenna > than two. I can find dual-feed 2' dishes, but they're on the large > side, with wind load and visibility issues. And I see a lot of > single-feed panels, which can handle 11a-type traffic. > > I can run Ethernet into an external radio that comes in a panel, but > that adds a hop and more complexity, and frankly most of the specs > don't match the SR71-15's. There will be at least three antennas at > each end, possibly four (backhaul plus local access). MiniPCI radios > in, say, an RB600 seem easier to deal with. > > But who makes a standalone 5.8 GHz dual-polarized panel, something > the 22-25 dB range (13-16")? UBNT makes MIMO sector antennas, and > makes panels with built-in radios, but it doesn't seem to have a PTP > panel antenna to mate with the SR71-15. ARC has one that works with > its built-in enclosure system; do I just leave the enclosure empty > and route the cables through it? (Seems hokey.) RADwin has one > designed for its own system; I don't know how well it would work > otherwise and it's way expensive. Suggestions? Thanks! > > -- > Fred Goldstein k1io fgoldstein "at" ionary.com > ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/ > +1 617 795 2701 > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/ >
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