How does your dragonwave version differ from the commscope standard version?
Keefe On Thu, Jul 4, 2019, 9:50 AM Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > Look at the antenna. The waveguide is either circular inside like a pipe > or tube or it has a rectangular interior shape. > > Sent from my iPhone > > 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 > > Sent from my iPad > > 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. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> 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 >>> >>> Keefe John >>> CEO >>> Ethoplex >>> Direct: 262.345.5200 >>> -------------------- >>> Ethoplex Business Internet >>> http://www.ethoplex.com/ >>> Signal Residential Internet >>> http://www.signalisp.com/ >>> >>> https://www.linkedin.com/in/keefejohn/ >>> >>> >>> 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? >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>> > 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 >>>> > -- >>>> > AF mailing list >>>> > AF@af.afmug.com >>>> > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>>> >>>> -- >>>> AF mailing list >>>> AF@af.afmug.com >>>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>>> >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> AF@af.afmug.com >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >>> >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> AF@af.afmug.com >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> AF@af.afmug.com >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >> -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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