We've been told that we'll have APs and SMs soon (already have most of the APs). The sector antennas and yagis are supposed to ship to the channel at the end of the year.
KP has 3 different CPE antennas in the works. A short yagi, a long yagi, and a flat panel. They've already done some field testing and the results were solid. They have several different sector antennas in the works, but not an Omni (too little gain). I expect March availability at this point. Jeff Broadwick ConVergence Technologies, Inc. 312-205-2519 Office 574-220-7826 Cell [email protected] > On Dec 23, 2015, at 2:11 PM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > > Here’s what my admittedly flawed memory tells me. > > The pre orders won’t all be filled until January, although Cambium claims to > be ramping up production. I am guessing they were very uncertain what the > demand would be for this, since there was a fair amount of skepticism in the > community. I will probably order a few more, but I don’t expect to get them > for awhile. Normally we don’t do elective tower work this time of year, but > the weather has been unusually mild. > > I think they said no Lite AP at least for now. > > Pricing should not be a secret. Here is MSRP to the best of my knowledge, it > doesn’t take a rocket scientist to estimate street price. > > C009045A001A AP $2895 > C009045C001A SM $299 > N009045D001A 65 degree 13 dBi sector antenna $395 > N009045D003A 12 dBi yagi $89 > > I don’t know why they describe the sector as 60 degree, it’s what would > normally call a 90 degree. KPP told me they have some antennas in the works, > but they seem to be waiting for feedback on whether this product will fly or > flop before pulling the trigger on all the variations. > > I replaced a Til-tek 120 degree sector with the Cambium sector, and I forgot > what a beast that Til-tek was, by comparison the Cambium sector is smaller > and lighter but still big in comparison to the 3.65 and 5 GHz sectors we are > used to. > > > From: Kurt Fankhauser > Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2015 12:12 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [AFMUG] 900mhz 450i availability ??? > > What is the status on the 900mhz 450 hitting mass distributors? I know some > people out there have some early pre-order units but is there some of this > still floating around on a boat somewhere or something? Streakwave doesn't > even have the 900mhz 450i listed on their website at all. Also more > importantly, how good is the F/B ratio on the cambium sector in real life > deployments? The sector looks like a KP on the PDF. Have they released any > pricing publicly? Also will there be a lite AP for <10 subs at half cost of > the full AP? This is very important because we need to have many sectors on a > tower to get around the noise which means a lot less subs per AP.
