You see what happens when you try lame humor before the Tecate ! :)
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: "Jaime Solorza" <losguyswirel...@gmail.com> > To: "Animal Farm" <af@afmug.com> > Sent: Monday, August 15, 2016 5:59:16 PM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] RF Elements vs. Cambium sectors > Hey... I was attempting lame humor > On Aug 15, 2016 3:55 PM, "Ken Hohhof" < af...@kwisp.com > wrote: >> I think he might have been pointing out that if your installer didn’t know >> about >> the 2 degree downtilt, it could have been installed with too much downtilt >> which would adversely affect performance comparisons. >> Also look at the elevation plots for the 2 products, the Cambium sector is >> shown >> as having quite a bit of null fill. >> Electrical downtilt could also be more consistent at the edges of the sector >> than mechanical downtilt. >> RF Elements in their literature touts matching VPOL and HPOL patterns, >> obviously >> good for MIMO-B performance. Those of us who have tried dual pol omnis know >> the >> downside of mismatched VPOL and HPOL antenna gain. >> From: Jaime Solorza >> Sent: Monday, August 15, 2016 4:43 PM >> To: Animal Farm >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] RF Elements vs. Cambium sectors >> Use a washer... Zaz 2 degree downtilt. Lol >> On Aug 15, 2016 3:25 PM, "Faisal Imtiaz" < fai...@snappytelecom.net > wrote: >>> Sitting back and just comparing the specs, I can believe the results. >>> Both are excellent sectors, but if you do a line by line spec comparison you >>> will see that RF Elements eeks out by a notch. >>> The only thing to keep in mind is that Cambium is showing 2degree electrical >>> down-tilt, and Rf Element does not have that. >>> 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: "Paul McCall" < pa...@pdmnet.net > >>>> To: af@afmug.com >>>> Sent: Monday, August 15, 2016 2:16:34 PM >>>> Subject: [AFMUG] RF Elements vs. Cambium sectors >>>> I saw an interesting set of test results or someone testing an ePMP 1000 >>>> with RF >>>> Elements 17 db sector vs. Cambium ePMP 2000 with Cambium 2000 sector, and >>>> the >>>> performance was actually better with RF elements. Yet, Cambium’s new sector >>>> claims 35dB F/B vs. 29dB for RF Elements. >>>> Anybody using RF Elements sector with ePMP 1000 radios and getting good >>>> results >>>> on F/B GPS Sync issues? I know with the 1000 series, we needed 8 to 15 >>>> feet of >>>> vertical separation to make everything run smooth on Frequency re-use. It >>>> will >>>> “work” with less. >>>> Anyway, curious if that will be a problem with RF Elements in the same >>>> environment. I see RF elements has some bigger gain sectors as well. >>>> 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
