No, I would like to make the SMA connectors be the physical mount for the feed.
So they are the support and mount. Cables and such a PITA to incorporate into
manufacturing.
I will keep thinking about it.
From: Josh Luthman
Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2015 3:52 PM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Product Idea for Chuck - Feedback?
The pigtails? What about doing it like a force 110 feedhorn?
Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373
On Sep 16, 2015 5:46 PM, "Chuck McCown" <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote:
The PCB edge launch connectors to mate with that are very expensive...
From: Josh Luthman
Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2015 3:40 PM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Product Idea for Chuck - Feedback?
RPSMA? Ya
Trango started it, Ubnt did it, Mikrotik kinda followed suit, ePMP does it...
Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373
On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 5:39 PM, Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote:
ePMP connectors are reverse are they not?
From: Josh Luthman
Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2015 2:31 PM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Product Idea for Chuck - Feedback?
Right but not at all of us are replacing an FSK radio with a $200-400
radio...we're using a $99.
Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373
On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 4:22 PM, George Skorup <geo...@cbcast.com> wrote:
I would just swap to a Force110 or 200 when it's available. We're doing
mostly 450, so redeploying the reflectors is easier.
On 9/16/2015 3:13 PM, Josh Luthman wrote:
Yes. Yes, plus the realign.
Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373
On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 4:04 PM, Adam Moffett <dmmoff...@gmail.com>
wrote:
The PoE is compatible right? Does it take more than 5 minutes to
swap dishes?
On 9/16/2015 3:35 PM, Gino Villarini wrote:
Also, the patch on the integrated epmp does not provide a good
illumination to the Canopy Dish, What we need is the same patch that the 450
has... it works with all canopy dishes in the market... if we can achieve 23db
gain,, it would be awesome!
Many people will migrate from FSK to EPMP and the current process
is not efficient at all
On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 2:52 PM, Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com>
wrote:
But you can put an integrated radio on our dishes. Isn’t the
integrated radio cheaper?
From: Josh Luthman
Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2015 12:47 PM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Product Idea for Chuck - Feedback?
Is it a new customer? Force 110 with a connectorized radio
Is it a new customer that wants a reflector? Use the
connectorized radio
Is it a customer with Canopy+Dish? Use the connectorized radio
Integrated radio would be for customers that are really close and
could hear multiple sectors.
Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373
On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 2:41 PM, Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com>
wrote:
But why would you want to use the connectorized radio vs the
epmp?
From: Josh Luthman
Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2015 12:39 PM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Product Idea for Chuck - Feedback?
Enabling you to use the reflectors already there and simply
swap radios would be fantastic. I'm sure there are many going from FSK to epmp.
Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373
On Sep 16, 2015 2:35 PM, "Chuck McCown" <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote:
Oh, OK. I actually developed a small patch antenna for the
connectorized radio back when these first came out. I think it was for you.
Last winter or spring.
The holdup was waiting for a tiny radome. I think I designed
the thermoform mold but never got any samples or something like that. Could
still finish that project I guess.
From: Gino Villarini
Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2015 11:49 AM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Product Idea for Chuck - Feedback?
just to clarify, we DO NOT want a epmp integrated holder!
check the sketch
On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 1:29 PM, Chuck McCown
<ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote:
We can do this. Whose dish and what frequency?
We have a holder now for ePMP for our current dishes. It
fits some of the others I think.
Our older dishes had a D tube with a piece of bent conduit
welded into it. The SM snapped into place. Hard to do some thing for them.
Later we had the rectangular tubing with the claw snap fit.
Our current ePMP holder should work with those.
From: Gino Villarini
Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2015 11:17 AM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: [AFMUG] Product Idea for Chuck - Feedback?
Chuck
As we migrate Canopy to epmp, we find ourselves wishing for
this:
-Epmp holder for conn. epmp radio with illumination
feedhorn for traditional dishes
The idea would be that instead of replacing the whole
canopy radio+dish with a Force110 unit, it would be more efficient to just
remove the Canopy radio and reuse the dish with a conn. radio
I think that we could pay $25-$30 for something like this.
