Maybe I can sell my used Trango shield kits after all. The ones with the blue RF absorbers on each side that look like seat cushions and the metal over the back. Amazingly after 10 years on a tower they look like new.
I would think the key to just using metal shields is to make sure they act as shields and not as parasitic antenna elements or knife edge refractors. That conductive spray that Cambium uses inside their CLIP would probably work inside an enclosure, I assume it won’t hold up to weather and sun if applied to the outer surface. Unless maybe you painted over it. From: Glen Waldrop Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2015 3:53 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] ePMP use with Itelite-sector-xl-2.45dualband-2xdual I have the 2.4GHz sector with the radio enclosure. I was planning on shielding the back, problem is getting to the enclosure after shielding it. I haven’t quite come up with a proper work around for that yet. I’ll probably just build my shield for it and then keep a few spares on the ground like I should have anyway. From: Chuck McCown Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2015 12:59 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] ePMP use with Itelite-sector-xl-2.45dualband-2xdual I would like to try. From: Josh Luthman Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2015 11:08 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] ePMP use with Itelite-sector-xl-2.45dualband-2xdual I have one sitting in the office, not sure when I can send it out. Would you be able to make a part that fixes the FB? Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On May 24, 2015 12:17 PM, "Chuck McCown" <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: Well if you are going to throw them off a tower, throw one my way. I would like to take it apart and see what the problem is. Perhaps I can suggest a fix. From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Josh Luthman Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2015 11:27 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] ePMP use with Itelite-sector-xl-2.45dualband-2xdual Throw it off the tower and put something else in its place? Short of building a big metal wall (which may not work, just guessing) I'm not sure what you could do. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Sat, May 23, 2015 at 11:11 PM, Paul McCall <pa...@pdmnet.net> wrote: Is there a way to further shield the back to make it acceptable ? From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Chuck Hogg Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2015 8:24 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] ePMP use with Itelite-sector-xl-2.45dualband-2xdual We're abandoning the use of these in sites. 2.4 in V/H is the first problem. F/B as JL suggested. The antenna itself is not at the higher level of desirability, but in a pinch where you might need to retain space and such it might work out ok. I wouldn't put it in my WISP anymore though. Regards, Chuck On Sat, May 23, 2015 at 7:57 PM, Mathew Howard <mhoward...@gmail.com> wrote: It helps to use the version with the built in enclosure... it gets you an extra layer of metal on the back that kind of works as shielding. On Sat, May 23, 2015 at 5:11 PM, Glen Waldrop <gwl...@cngwireless.net> wrote: I have some ITElite 2.4GHz sectors, still on the ground due to the poor F/B ratio. Gain is really good in testing though. I'm going to put something else up to shield the back. ----- Original Message ----- From: Josh Luthman To: af@afmug.com Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2015 4:35 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] ePMP use with Itelite-sector-xl-2.45dualband-2xdual The F/B ratio is shit. Complete shit. Garbage. Just awful. I've got several sites where the 180* actually has more gain than front facing (ie I hear east better than west while being a mile or two west of the tower). The hardware is a joke, but workable. Forward 5 GHz gain seems about right. 2 GHz gain may be lacking, though I suspect it isn't. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Sat, May 23, 2015 at 5:21 PM, Paul McCall <pa...@pdmnet.net> wrote: We are curious to see how this antenna compares in a 4 sector arrangement with the Cambium ePMP APs, GPS synced? http://www.itelite.net/en/Katalog/Multi-Band-Antennas//SECTOR-XL-245dual-band2xdual-HV.html Has anybody used enough of these to have any real world feedback? Paul Paul McCall, Pres. PDMNet / Florida Broadband 658 Old Dixie Highway Vero Beach, FL 32962 772-564-6800 office 772-473-0352 cell www.pdmnet.com pa...@pdmnet.net
