I'd coax seal. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Sep 18, 2015 10:33 PM, "Christopher Gray" <cg...@graytechsoftware.com> wrote:
> What Josh said. The EB-ePMP is awesome. I've only been using them for a > few months but they seem to be holding up well. [For my first tests, I just > used zip-ties, which worked for a week while I waited for the adapters to > arrive.] > > The Ubiquiti silicone boots do not fit the ePMP RP-SMA connectors quite > the same way as the Rockets, but I've been using them without any tape and > have not had any problems throughout our recent storms. > > -Chris > > On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 11:04 AM, Josh Luthman < > j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> wrote: > >> Jay - the adapter is like $5 or something >> >> http://www.rfelements.com/en/products/brackets/easybracket-for-epmp/ >> >> >> Josh Luthman >> Office: 937-552-2340 >> Direct: 937-552-2343 >> 1100 Wayne St >> Suite 1337 >> Troy, OH 45373 >> >> On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 10:28 AM, Jay Weekley <par...@cyberbroadband.net> >> wrote: >> >>> I hate to revive a discussion that died a week ago but am I reading >>> correctly that you used an ePMP radio on a Ubiquiti Rocket dish? If so, is >>> that a difficult or is there an adapter? >>> >>> Christopher Gray wrote: >>> >>>> I just changed two low bandwidth 5 MHz width PTP links from Rocket M2 >>>> radios to ePMP 2.4 GHz non-sync radios. The "signal strength" is about 10 >>>> dB lower with the ePMP radios. Do they use a different mechanism to >>>> calculate signal strength? >>>> >>>> Link 1: >>>> >>>> * 2x Rocket Dish RD-2G24 >>>> * Antennas were not re-aimed when switching radios >>>> * Radio outputs are maximized on both systems to FCC PTP limits >>>> * UBNT signal read -62 dBm Tx / -61 dBm Rx >>>> * ePMP singal reads -72 dBm Tx / -70 dBm Rx >>>> >>>> Link 2: >>>> >>>> * 1x Rocket Dish RD-2G24 >>>> * 1x L-Com DPD 18 dBi Dish >>>> * Antennas were not re-aimed when switching radios >>>> * Radio outputs are maximized on both systems to FCC PTP limits >>>> * UBNT signal read -70 dBm Tx / -72 dBm Rx >>>> * ePMP singal reads -80 dBm Tx / -82 dBm Rx >>>> >>>> Both links were stable, and both links appear stable now. Both ePMP >>>> links have 60-70% more throughput. Do I just need to adjust my mental meter >>>> 10 db? Are the new signals actually as concerning as they feel? >>>> >>>> Thanks - Chris >>>> >>> >>> >> >
