Yes they did say that, and I read the white paper, and I think I understood it at the time. I think they used some kind of special sauce to make that true though. I don’t think it would apply to any two radios.
From: TJ Trout Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2016 1:09 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Using AirFiber 5x dishes with non-Airfiber radios Didn't cambium say that you can receive slant using a hpol/vpol cpe and not loose any performance? Or is that with cambium CPE's only? On Thu, Aug 11, 2016 at 12:05 PM, Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: You lose, but not quite that bad: 20*Log (Cos(angle)) = 3.01 dB From: Josh Luthman Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2016 12:59 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Using AirFiber 5x dishes with non-Airfiber radios BOTH sides should be slant. That's it. One slant and one VH you'll lose I think 15db? Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Thu, Aug 11, 2016 at 2:57 PM, Paul McCall <pa...@pdmnet.net> wrote: Probably a dump question, but is there any downside with using a AF‑5G30‑S45 to use with Mikrotik radios? I wouldn’t expect the X polarity to hurt performance, but don’t want to assume. We have some links to put up that long term may become AirFiber 5X links, thus the thought. Paul McCall, President PDMNet, Inc. / Florida Broadband, Inc. 658 Old Dixie Highway Vero Beach, FL 32962 772-564-6800 pa...@pdmnet.net www.pdmnet.com www.floridabroadband.com