The 11X is coming with N connectors from what I have seen. So we could
use some LMR200 N-to-SMA adapter cables. If this is a start from
scratch thing, I would suggest a way to have the connectors covered up
and out of the rain - maybe with a screw on door? I dislike
weatherproofing RF cables.
On 6/7/2016 3:27 PM, Chuck McCown wrote:
Sure can. I would recommend SMA connectors though I think.
What does the radio have on it?
*From:* Brian Sullivan <mailto:installe...@foxvalley.net>
*Sent:* Tuesday, June 07, 2016 2:14 PM
*To:* af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com>
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Convert Andrew Dragonwave dishes to N
So I assume there is no adapter available based on the crickets i've
heard from a few places.
Paging Chuck McCown- If we wanted 20 or 30 of these could you make up
a batch? I assume there would be others who would end up wanting them
too.
On 6/7/2016 11:47 AM, Eric Kuhnke wrote:
If the dish's feed waveguide is cylindrical, yes you can use dual
polarity with it. The question is having the right adapter, which it
sounds like Chuck will build.
On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 8:07 AM, Brian Sullivan
<installe...@foxvalley.net <mailto:installe...@foxvalley.net>> wrote:
UBNT is about to release their 11 Ghz radios to the market. I
imagine some operators like us may want to upgrade existing 11
GHz links to the UBNT radio to gain more capacity.
Our licensed links are Dragonwave Horizon Compact and we use the
Andrew VHLP2-11-DW1 in the majority of links. Is there an
adapter that will convert these dishes to N connections? These
dishes also allow us to rotate the radio to take advantage of
Horizontal or Vertical polarities as our license dictates. Can
they be run in dual polarity? Ideally, the adapter would have 2 N
connections, one for H + V. Here is a photo of the Dragonwave
interface.