Sergio...is my brothers name but never seen it as Sergiu Jaime Solorza On Dec 13, 2014 8:21 AM, "Daniel White via Af" <af@afmug.com> wrote:
> Sergiu Albu would be Steve’s SAF rep… but he doesn’t hang out on the list. > > > > I help all of my customers regardless of territory (since mine in North > America ;-) > > > > [image: cid:image001.jpg@01CE2975.BD4B6370] > > *Daniel White* | Managing Director > > *SAF North America LLC* > > > > *Cell:* > > > > (303) 746-3590 > > *Skype:* > > danieldwhite > > *E-mail:* > > daniel.wh...@saftehnika.com > > > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *That One Guy via > Af > *Sent:* Friday, December 12, 2014 9:06 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] aligning bigger antennas on short paths > > > > Jarrod Washington [jarrod.washing...@moonblink.com] > > really good sales guy > > we had a communication issue with the licensing coordination, was really > something we should have been more clear on because of the clustered way > our business structure is. but it ultimately resulted in a new FRN being > created instead of the license going to our FRN. He took ownership of the > issue and got it all squared away in no time. hes a rockstar. You see how > many questions i fire off on this list, you can imagine what that poor > bastard had to deal with with me having a direct line to him. > > > > Daniel White from the list here filled in the gaps. > > > > Im a SAF fanboy now > > > > On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 9:39 PM, Josh Luthman via Af <af@afmug.com> wrote: > > Only you, Steve :) > > Who's your SAF rep? > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > On Dec 12, 2014 10:34 PM, "That One Guy via Af" <af@afmug.com> wrote: > > yeah, we are the PCN is -43 and we are -42/-41 Everything tests fine, > speedtests are great, full capacity. I wouldnt be concerned if it had been > hard to get the link up. > > > > we did full H/V sweeps on both sides, then fine aligned as normal. I just > expected it to be hard to find the link and somewhat easy to use it. on the > sweeps we didnt see notable side lobe peaks. just strange. > > > > Im really freaking happy with SAF on this though, great support from > moonblink both pre and post sales, input from SAF sales and support > directly, quick responses. I guess my only complaint is the product wasnt > harder to use > > > > On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 9:27 PM, Josh Luthman via Af <af@afmug.com> wrote: > > If you got the signal the PCN states you're good to go. You can also do a > speed test to verify your 300 some megs if you need to? > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > On Dec 12, 2014 10:24 PM, "That One Guy via Af" <af@afmug.com> wrote: > > yes. > > you do understand my concern is that they linked up too easily? Im almost > thinking we could have just laid the antennas on their sides and they still > would have made a marginal link. If I werent so pessimistic I would be > excited about this. Im concerned when the ground thaws or something > everything will go batty > > We have cut the traffic over to it. > > > > On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 8:28 PM, Jaime Solorza via Af <af@afmug.com> > wrote: > > Did u make sure they linked up in lab first? > > Jaime Solorza > > On Dec 12, 2014 7:08 PM, "That One Guy via Af" <af@afmug.com> wrote: > > the ground is frozen, pretty much all tilled farmland. Is it possible im > seeing some sort of multipath type madness that this thing just wouldnt not > link up. Ive had a harder time pointing shorter 5ghz links > > > > On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 7:22 PM, Jaime Solorza via Af <af@afmug.com> > wrote: > > Slow and easy...slow and easy... > > Jaime Solorza > > On Dec 12, 2014 11:43 AM, "That One Guy via Af" <af@afmug.com> wrote: > > madness we are a little better than the target after fine alignment. at > one point we had the 4' side pinting to the ground abot 100 yards out ant > it still had about a -80 on the bnc readout > > > > On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 11:36 AM, Ken Hohhof via Af <af@afmug.com> wrote: > > Yeah, it was so considerate of AT&T to leave that dish up there when they > sold off the site, only needed to be re-aimed about 2 degrees to go where > we wanted. And they built a platform to stand on while aiming it, that was > awfully nice of them. And they left the flexible waveguide down to the > shelter. I’d really hate to think about hanging a new 12 ft dish ourselves > and running waveguide to it. And it’s an Andrew parabolic, not the old WE > horns, so we don’t have to worry about water getting into the waveguide and > freezing. It doesn’t even look like anyone has been using the lightning > bolt logo for target practice. Life is good when someone abandons nice > stuff you can use. > > > > > > *From:* Hardy, Tim via Af <af@afmug.com> > > *Sent:* Friday, December 12, 2014 11:18 AM > > *To:* af@afmug.com > > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] aligning bigger antennas on short paths > > > > HPBW for a 12 ft dish at 11.2 GHz is 0.5 degree. > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Ken Hohhof via Af > *Sent:* Friday, December 12, 2014 11:17 AM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] aligning bigger antennas on short paths > > > > Nope, a 4 ft dish in 11 GHz should be pretty narrow, a few degrees and you > should be into a deep, deep null. Take a look at the beamwidth or pattern > for your antenna. It should be similar to an 8 ft dish in 5.x GHz. > > > > We once used an existing 12 ft dish for an 11 GHz link and I kept having > to tell the tower guy he was not going to be able to eyeball it. The > beamwidth was something like 1 degree if I remember right. He ketp getting > nada for signal until I made him slowly sweep the azimuth. > > > > > > *From:* That One Guy via Af <af@afmug.com> > > *Sent:* Friday, December 12, 2014 9:50 AM > > *To:* af@afmug.com > > *Subject:* [AFMUG] aligning bigger antennas on short paths > > > > Weve never gone above 2' > > we finished installing our 11ghz link yesterday and had the antennas rough > aligned, one side is 3' one side is 4'. I expected the tighter patterns > would make it harder to find the initial link but they actually linked up > right off the bat and it was right on the projected power levels. > > This is only 10 miles, so we have visual on the path. > > We did a little rough alignment yesterday, and will do the fine alignment > today. when we we roughing it there was a good amount of travel on the > antenna (4') side we were on and only a couple db change. do larger > antennas on such a short path give you a little more leniency in alignment > or something? we will do full horizontal and vertical panning today to make > sure we arent in side lobes, just curious is there is more slop in this > scenario. > > > > -- > > All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that the > parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if you > can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do not > use a hammer. -- IBM maintenance manual, 1925 > > > > > -- > > All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that the > parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if you > can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do not > use a hammer. -- IBM maintenance manual, 1925 > > > > > -- > > All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that the > parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if you > can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do not > use a hammer. -- IBM maintenance manual, 1925 > > > > > -- > > All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that the > parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if you > can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do not > use a hammer. -- IBM maintenance manual, 1925 > > > > > -- > > All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that the > parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if you > can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do not > use a hammer. -- IBM maintenance manual, 1925 > > > > > -- > > All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that the > parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if you > can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do not > use a hammer. -- IBM maintenance manual, 1925 >
