Speaking of which, the B5c comes with some really nice tape for sealing the connectors... I'm not sure exactly what it is, but it seems to work well.
On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 10:52 AM, Rory Conaway <r...@triadwireless.net> wrote: > Always wrap your connectors. I even do that in Arizona. > > > > Rory > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Ryan Mano > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 20, 2015 8:16 AM > *To:* 'af@afmug.com' > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] mimosa > > > > Also heard that you don’t need to wrap the connectors with tape is this > true? > > > > Because wrapping the connector leaves water trapped? > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com <af-boun...@afmug.com>] *On > Behalf Of *Rory Conaway > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 20, 2015 10:59 AM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] mimosa > > > > No. Order the RP-SMA option on the dish and Jirous has the cables for > about $9. > > > > Rory > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com <af-boun...@afmug.com>] *On > Behalf Of *Ryan Mano > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 20, 2015 7:52 AM > *To:* 'af@afmug.com' > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] mimosa > > > > Am looking at the specs…do the connectorized come with cables to attach to > dish? > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com <af-boun...@afmug.com>] *On > Behalf Of *Rory Conaway > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 20, 2015 10:35 AM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] mimosa > > > > I like the Jirous antennas. I’ve got that exact setup going in for a 5’ > mile link but I have to put one of the antennas on a roof with a boatload > of interference (hence the Jirous antenna with the integrated shroud) and > I’m probably using DFS frequencies. > > > > Rory > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com <af-boun...@afmug.com>] *On > Behalf Of *Mathew Howard > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 20, 2015 7:23 AM > *To:* af > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] mimosa > > > > At 8 miles, I would definitely go with 2' dishes and the B5c. I would > probably go with the Jirous JRC-29 EXTREME MIMO. > > > > On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 8:54 AM, Ryan Mano <rm...@corp.mdswireless.com> > wrote: > > Ok that’s good to know…my links would be around 8 miles…so I should get > connectorized instead of intergrated….as for the dish what would be the > best to get to work with this? > > > > One mentioned jirous which I have used on a pervious link with a > ptp450…would like to know the model number of that dish you are using for > this radio and also if any others > > > > thanks > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Craig House > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 20, 2015 9:48 AM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] mimosa > > > > I agree with this evaluation I only have two links up right now but a > third one is halfway installed. The throughput on them at 10 miles with 2 > foot dishes is easily doing 500 Mb and not dropping connections at all. > Mine of course our connectorized but we also have a pair of integrated up > that we were told were only good for 5 to 6 miles by the manufacture and we > use them for several months in an emergency situation at almost 12 miles > they did have stability problems but it got us through the pinch. And even > at that distance we were getting pretty good signals according to the > radios and about 200 meg of throughput but they did drop from time to time. > When we put those up we didn't have time to order replacement radios to > properly install them it was a quick fix to see if we could make them work > and they did. I also agree that the new firmware release coming out will > solve hopefully a lot of issues that we have with them like the monitoring > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On May 20, 2015, at 08:43, Shayne Lebrun <sleb...@muskoka.com> wrote: > > They’re good little radios, but they need some seasoning. ‘auto > everything’ mode makes what I would consider to be some questionable > choices, for example. Also, zero SNMP support at this point, which makes > things impossible to monitor/diagnose after the fact. > > > > We’re eagerly looking forward to the next firmware release, which > supposedly will enable SNMP and same-tower coordination. > > > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com <af-boun...@afmug.com>] *On > Behalf Of *Rory Conaway > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 20, 2015 9:33 AM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] mimosa > > > > I’ve got 10 of them up and they have worked great. As for mixing it with > Cambium gear, that’s a tough one. Because there is no interoperability > with GPS between manufacturers, you have to rely on normal isolation > methods. You probably want to keep them at least 10 apart or more. On the > one tower where I was concerned about the issue and another location where > I have a lot of 5GHz radios, Ubiquiti, and others on the same roof, I’m > using the Jirous dishes with the built-in shrouds and then using the > B5c’s. I don’t have any comparison to the B5 in that situation, I just > planned for the worst case scenario. I have another colleague that is > using the B5c’s with Ubiquiti antennas with Ubiquiti shroud on the same > roof because he needed a 34dBi antenna and it’s shooting 32 miles. He > couldn’t get enough throughput out of the AF5x radios so he swapped to the > Mimosa and he is getting 2-3 times more throughput, about 200Mbps. > > > > Rory > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com <af-boun...@afmug.com>] *On > Behalf Of *Ryan Mano > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 20, 2015 6:20 AM > *To:* 'af@afmug.com' > *Subject:* [AFMUG] mimosa > > > > Would like to know what your feedback is on the mimosa B5 intergrated….am > looking to try this out and if its ok to mix with cambium gear on the same > towers > > > > thanks > > > > > > >
