I missed that from his first email. yes, he would be over power at +14dBm.

On Sun, Nov 30, 2014 at 11:23 PM, Fred Goldstein <f...@interisle.net> wrote:

> On 11/30/2014 11:55 PM, Josh Luthman wrote:
> > I have a link at 6.6 miles with a pair of Rocket M5.  It's at 5765 and
> > has worked beautifully for a couple of years now.  It is -55 on each
> > side with 2' dishes.
> >
> > I'm looking at doing another link that's almost identical (one similar
> > tower) and my calculations are showing if I use 5660 at 14dbm tx power
> > I should see -56.  Does this sound right at all?  6.6 miles seems far
> > off the top of my head for the DFS band.
>
> The ERP limit there is +30, so if you're using +14 tx power, then the
> antenna gain is only 16 dB or you're noncompliant.  That's what a
> NanoStation does on DFS.  A big dish (like the 2 footer, around 30 dB
> gain) would still help with receive gain but you would have to turn down
> the Rocket to something lower (0 dBm).
>
> UBNT DFS stuff is approved for +41 dBm EIRP or so on the 5150 band, though.
>
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