It's actually fairly forgiving. Our 1.1km link has not lost connection from wind at all and it has been up above 70kph. The standard and LR brackets are both tested to 200kph for your reference.
Thanks, -Hal On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 7:53 AM Stefan Englhardt <s...@genias.net> wrote: > We are planning to use them on 10-12m steel poles. The poles are very > solid built and with a concrete > <http://www.dict.cc/englisch-deutsch/concrete.html> foundation > <http://www.dict.cc/englisch-deutsch/foundation.html> > > but they might sway a bit due to the length with heavy wind. Is this > critical? Is failover with 5Ghz fast enough to > > overcome short moves? > > > > > > *Von:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *Im Auftrag von *Faisal Imtiaz > *Gesendet:* Donnerstag, 21. Juli 2016 21:34 > > > *An:* af@afmug.com > *Betreff:* Re: [AFMUG] Metrolinq > > > > So having dealt with multiple links, I can tell you that if you are > missing some db's it has to do with alignment. > > > > We are seeing -55/-59 on our 450m link > > and on our 250m link we are seeing -43/-47 signal (and had to reduce > power on 60ghz on one side.. .i.e. we are not aligned perfectly ) > > > > So I can say affirmatively there is no 'missing power' it has to do with > alignment... > > > > :) > > > > Faisal Imtiaz > > > Snappy Internet & Telecom > 7266 SW 48 Street > Miami, FL 33155 > Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 > > Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: supp...@snappytelecom.net > > > ------------------------------ > > *From: *"Stefan Englhardt" <s...@genias.net> > *To: *af@afmug.com > > > *Sent: *Thursday, July 21, 2016 3:14:16 PM > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Metrolinq > > Do you get the calculated rx-power? > > > > > > *Von:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com <af-boun...@afmug.com>] *Im > Auftrag von *Faisal Imtiaz > *Gesendet:* Donnerstag, 21. Juli 2016 20:33 > > > *An:* af@afmug.com > *Betreff:* Re: [AFMUG] Metrolinq > > > > It would be appropriate to point out that there are two versions or > Metrolinq 60ghz Radios one smaller lower power and other larger higher > power. > > > > We have been using the larger units (Circular cones) for links 250m to > 450m successfully.. aiming them with the shipping brackets is a whole > another challenge.. I am very happy to the the LR brackets available and > those should go long ways is aligning longer links. . > > > > Faisal Imtiaz > > > Snappy Internet & Telecom > 7266 SW 48 Street > Miami, FL 33155 > Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 > > Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: supp...@snappytelecom.net > > > ------------------------------ > > *From: *"Carl Peterson" <cpeter...@portnetworks.com> > *To: *af@afmug.com > > > *Sent: *Thursday, July 21, 2016 11:57:41 AM > > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Metrolinq > > We haven't had any issues with 5GHz but the 60GHz side underwhelms. We > tried a 900' link and couldn't get the 60Ghz side to work. We were able to > move one end and get it down to 600' and have a 60GHz link at -55 but that > is 10-15db below where it should be. It's working, but at this point I > wouldn't use it for anything over 500' or so. > > > > On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 10:40 AM, Stefan Englhardt <s...@genias.net> wrote: > > > We’ve only dfs bands in 5 GHz. Metrolinq supports only the lower band with > lower allowed power (1W EiRP). > > I’ve installed the newest FW before doing anything so I might be lucky to > avoid the biggest problems (hopefully). > > > > > > *Von:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *Im Auftrag von *Faisal Imtiaz > *Gesendet:* Donnerstag, 21. Juli 2016 16:30 > *An:* af@afmug.com > *Betreff:* Re: [AFMUG] Metrolinq > > > > Interesting.. most folks have the opposite issue. > > > > FWIW, there is no dfs support on 5ghz (not sure about non-american rules). > > If you are bench testing... you need to turn down the power on 5ghz .. way > down.... > > > > Regards > > > > Faisal Imtiaz > Snappy Internet & Telecom > 7266 SW 48 Street > Miami, FL 33155 > Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 > > Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: supp...@snappytelecom.net > > > ------------------------------ > > *From: *"Stefan Englhardt" <s...@genias.net> > *To: *af@afmug.com > *Sent: *Thursday, July 21, 2016 8:13:34 AM > *Subject: *[AFMUG] Metrolinq > > Got my first links. 60GHz work fine in lab. The 5GHz Part does strange > things. Does not initialze or does not connect. > > Syslog gives dfs or cant initialize messages. > > 60GHz is up immediately und runs stable in lab. Latency is low. Feels like > a 1G cable connection. Powered by Netonix 24V. > > Takes only 6 Watts. Good build quality. Webinterface is easy and fast. > > > > So a cheap option for fast short hops where you dont want to dig. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Carl Peterson > > *PORT NETWORKS* > > 401 E Pratt St, Ste 2553 > > Baltimore, MD 21202 > > (410) 637-3707 > > > >
