Just going by the spec sheet, that sector is 120 degrees at the 6 dB points (109 degrees HPOL). Plus it is V/H not dual slant. Plus there is no F/B spec.
If you already have one on the tower, it makes sense to try and use it. But for a new installation, is the difference between 90 and 109 degrees enough to worry about? Or maybe ring up KPP and see if they have something in the pipeline that would be 120 degrees at 3 dB, dual slant, good F/B, and maybe even with N connectors and a mounting bracket for the 450i AP? From: Wireless Administrator Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2016 2:01 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Ubiquiti 120 Degree 900MHz MIMO 13dBi (AM-9M13-120) I’m with you on that. I spent about 2 weeks in denial before I finally gave up. Maybe someone else here will comment on possibilities. Steve From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Mathew Howard Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2016 2:45 PM To: af Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Ubiquiti 120 Degree 900MHz MIMO 13dBi (AM-9M13-120) Interesting, I don't have anything to compare the sector we have to (there hasn't ever been any other 900mhz on the tower), and the clients are all NLOS, so calculations aren't useful, so I can't say that ours is actually working as well as it should... but there's no reason why it should work any differently with a Canopy radio attached to it than it does with a UBNT radio (unless there's a problem with the adapter, of course). On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 1:12 PM, Wireless Administrator <wirel...@htn.net> wrote: Calculated levels and comparison to integrated AP performance. All three sectors had the same issues. We tried every possible combination even slant holding stinger on a 45deg angle. I was just hoping to hear from someone who could explain why or perhaps from someone who got it working. Steve From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Mathew Howard Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2016 1:57 PM To: af Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Ubiquiti 120 Degree 900MHz MIMO 13dBi (AM-9M13-120) 6db off compared to what? another sector, or calculated signal levels? I'm a little concerned about using V/H as well, which is why I opted to go with a Cambium sector for our first AP, rather than doing this project now. Apparently it does work to mix V/H and slant antennas with PMP450 - Cambium confirmed that is the case with 3.65 (the new high gain SM is V/H and the sectors are slant), so I'm assuming it will work fine with the 900mhz 450i as well... and the Cambium dual slant yagis can easily be converted to V/H as well... whether or not it will work as well as slant, probably largely depends on the environment it's deployed in. On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 10:45 AM, Wireless Administrator <wirel...@htn.net> wrote: Mathew, We tried PMP100 and even with one sector and one AP performance was 6db off the expected level. We haven’t implemented 450i-900 yet but would be concerned about V/H vs Dual Slant. Steve From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Mathew Howard Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2016 10:45 AM To: af Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Ubiquiti 120 Degree 900MHz MIMO 13dBi (AM-9M13-120) I don't see any reason why it wouldn't work with either setup. If there are multiple sectors on a tower, you may run into some issues doing frequency re-use, since I don't think the F/B ratio is as good as the Cambium sectors, but if you're talking about a single sector, I don't see that there would be any issues. I am actually planning to upgrade the Ubiquiti 900mhz sector we have to a 450i this spring, and re-use the UBNT antenna. On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 9:08 AM, Wireless Administrator <wirel...@htn.net> wrote: Does anyone have experience trying to use the following antenna with Cambium access points? Ubiquiti 120 Degree 900MHz MIMO 13dBi (AM-9M13-120) Would it work with either a pair of PMP100 AP’s to provide v/h coverage or with the new 450 gear in a V/H implementation? Thanks, Steve
