My adapter is a circular to sma adapter.  The interface is mechanically 
identical to the radio.  So it fits over the nose of the antenna in the same 
way the radio does.

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> On Jul 4, 2019, at 6:19 AM, Tim Hardy <thardy...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Normally, the -A would designate Andrew (see here)
> 
> https://www.scribd.com/document/348184480/Andrew-Antenna-Specs
> 
> But, it really doesn’t matter - the whole reason for selling these as 
> “Dragonwave” antennas is they controlled the flange or mount.  I believe that 
> CommScope and RW were not allowed to sell the mount directly, and you had to 
> go through DW to get it.  The specs on this antenna list it as single 
> polarized, and you’ll have to look at the feedhorn to see what you have here. 
>  If it’s not circular, you will have to get a dual-polarized feedhorn.  
> 
> I’m not up to speed on Chuck’s adaptor, but you may have to remove the DW 
> flange or mount to get this to work properly with it.  Hopefully an OMT is 
> included somewhere in here?
> 
> https://www.solidsignal.com/pview.asp?p=a-ant-11g-36-c
> 
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>> On Jul 3, 2019, at 10:04 PM, Keefe John <kj...@ethoplex.com> wrote:
>> 
>> The antenna model is A-ANT-11G-36-C-A
>> 
>> Keefe
>> 
>>> On Wed, Jul 3, 2019, 8:52 PM Keefe John <kj...@ethoplex.com> wrote:
>>> These are the radiowaves ones.
>>> 
>>>> On Wed, Jul 3, 2019, 5:41 PM Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote:
>>>> Good point. Has to be circular waveguide on the antenna.
>>>> 
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>>>>> On Jul 3, 2019, at 4:27 PM, Tim Hardy <thardy...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Dragonwave never made antennas - they private labeled either Commscope 
>>>>> ValueLine or RadioWaves antennas.  These would require an OMT or 
>>>>> dual-polarized feeds to get both polarizations.
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Jul 3, 2019, at 10:27 AM, Keefe John <kj...@ethoplex.com> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> The TX power is correct.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> We'll double check the tightness but the techs said they didn't see an 
>>>>>> issue when installed.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> It is possible the leads are switched at one end, however you are 
>>>>>> correct Chuck that UBNT claims that doesn't matter with this radio.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Is anyone sure the Dragonwave dishes actually work with two polarities 
>>>>>> at once?  I believe the literature says single pol.  I know they are 
>>>>>> dual pol in that you can connect a Dragonwave either horizontally or 
>>>>>> vertically on the back of the dish but can you use two polarities at 
>>>>>> once?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Keefe
>>>>>> 
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>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Wed, Jul 3, 2019 at 8:56 AM Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> Both chains and both directions?  Cross pol would be about 20db down 
>>>>>>> but doesn’t that radio automagically take care of that for you?
>>>>>>> 
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>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> > On Jul 3, 2019, at 7:24 AM, Keefe John <kj...@ethoplex.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > We took a Dragonwave Horizon Compact Pluses off a link and used 
>>>>>>> > Chuck's adapters to install AF-11FXs on the Dragonwave dishes. Now 
>>>>>>> > we're seeing a 20 Db signal loss on the RSL. The DSL with the 
>>>>>>> > original Dragonwaves was 1 or 2 db off the PCN. What could be the 
>>>>>>> > problem?
>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>> > Keefe
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