Part 101 radios are self-certify… the FCC just asks for a test lab report.
Daniel White Managing Director – Hardware Distribution Sales ConVergence Technologies Cell: +1 (303) 746-3590 <mailto:dwh...@converge-tech.com> dwh...@converge-tech.com From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Brian Sullivan Sent: Tuesday, June 7, 2016 7:07 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Convert Andrew Dragonwave dishes to N It certainly seems like a defensive maneuver. Although we have been asking for since what, 2011? The radio isn't shipping yet and I believe they still have to certify with the FCC before they can put out a spec sheet. One distributor I spoke to said August availability. I did ask the same question on the forum, hoping to get somewhere with an adapter. I think the UBNT employee that responded doesn't know all that much about it either and I agree, came off sounding a little strange. Also strange he would tell us about Jirous, the first I have heard mention of it. A pissing match between Mimosa and UBNT is good for WISPs. :-) On 6/7/2016 5:31 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: This product seems to me like a defensive product against Mimosa, also they had the spring WISPA show and needed something to announce other than the AF4x. Is it shipping yet, does it even have a firm ship date? There doesn’t even seem to be brochureware on the website yet. I assume that was you that asked the same question on the UBNT Forum. Their answer about working on an adapter for the Jirous dish and if they sent you a sample maybe you could check if it fits the Dragonwave dishes, that seems pretty naïve. Also seems to confirm this is playing defense against Mimosa. And they seem to be thinking “disruptive” pricing to drive high volumes, probably not thinking much about retrofits. From: Brian Sullivan <mailto:installe...@foxvalley.net> Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2016 5:05 PM To: af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Convert Andrew Dragonwave dishes to N I know they like white, but why then make it a connectorized radio? That is one of the great things about the 5x, 4x, 3x + 2x, Bring-Your-Own(or old)-Dish. How many licensed links in use will need more bandwidth? We just happened to have Dragonwave, who sells the most licensed links? I would think a connectorized adapter for the most popular antennas may be worth selling. On 6/7/2016 4:13 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: Ubiquiti doesn’t seem to like having an “ecosystem”. Maybe that’s an Apple thing that rubbed off on Robert. Along with an affinity for the color white. From: Chuck McCown <mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2016 3:59 PM To: af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Convert Andrew Dragonwave dishes to N The history suggests, anything I might make, that actually makes money, they eventually will incorporate in some fashion. From: Brian Sullivan <mailto:installe...@foxvalley.net> Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2016 2:39 PM To: af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Convert Andrew Dragonwave dishes to N Maybe UBNT would like adapters designed for an array of licensed dishes? This would help get the radios out to the masses faster. :-) Paging Chuck Macenski + Gary Schulz 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. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
