Yeah, I have a site with a 450 Full (built before the Lites existed) and one of
those omnis, and a total of 6 subs. And of course they are in all different
directions so it would take a full set of sectors.
Hard to justify 4 Lite APs and sectors. But the omni is only good for about 3
miles if you’re lucky. Less when the top blows off, and the rain and hornets
get inside.
From: George Skorup
Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2015 1:38 PM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 5GHZ WBMFG Omni
+1 The L-com/KP/WB has quite a bit of variation, especially the horizontal. We
messed with one, turned it +/- 90 degrees and found a sweet spot where the V &
H was nearly identical and left it facing the majority of the customers (450).
The vertical would vary maybe 1-2dB while the horizontal was more like 4-5dB.
And now with the 450 Lite APs, there's really no reason to do an omni. Well, I
suppose if the site will never have more than a handful of customers.
On 7/8/2015 1:10 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
Alpha might be better but AFAIK only makes 2.5 and 3.5 GHz.
My experience with KPP and L-Com which are apparently from the same source as
Chuck’s has been the performance is mediocre at best. The gain doesn’t seem
like it is really 13 dBi, the azimuth pattern is quite lumpy, and the V/H ratio
will be all over the map. Also I had the top cap blow off one of them in a
storm.
The published patterns for the UBNT omni will scare you off, they are very
ugly, but maybe they are just being more honest than the competition.
From: Mathew Howard
Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2015 12:06 PM
To: af
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 5GHZ WBMFG Omni
I think I've actual only seen three different kinds of dual polarity omnis.
UBNT and Arc are the only ones that seem to be different. The ones like Chuck
sells seem the best, UBNT are second and Arc are complete trash.
On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 11:54 AM, Colin Stanners <cstann...@gmail.com> wrote:
Is it just me or are a number of the higher - quality WISP antenna
manufacturers loving the KBT omnis?
On Jul 8, 2015 10:06 AM, <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote:
Same parts.... same source in China...
From: Ken Hohhof
Sent: Tuesday, July 7, 2015 6:46 PM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 5GHZ WBMFG Omni
That link shows plots that sure look like 0 degrees. Identical to L-Com
part? Same plots.
From: TJ Trout
Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2015 7:14 PM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 5GHZ WBMFG Omni
2* is my guess
On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 4:37 PM, Matt <matt.mailingli...@gmail.com> wrote:
http://wbmfg.com/products.cfm?PID=81&Cat=
Does this antenna have down tilt?
