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On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 1:25 PM, Adam Moffett <dmmoff...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sounds like 3D printing is the direction people are going for one-offs. > > > ------ Original Message ------ > From: "Cameron Crum" <cc...@wispmon.com> > To: "af@afmug.com" <af@afmug.com> > Sent: 9/30/2016 2:02:06 PM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] I want a "Stinger like" antenna for Wimax CPE > > > When I was building slotted waveguide antennas for our network, we needed > a way to seal up the slots so the rain wouldn't fill the antennas faster > than a weep hole could drain it. I found that 3M made some heat shrink > tubing that just fit over the size of tubing I was using. After heat > shrinking the stick, we would dip the ends in "plastidip". Never had a > leak. I wonder if you just needed to hand make a couple dipole or patch > array antennas, if dipping them in plastidip wouldn't be a decent option. > Obviously it would be labor and time intensive for production, but for a > couple one-offs, why not? > > On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 11:42 AM, <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > >> The antenna is the easy part, the case and mounting are more difficult >> and expensive. Tooling alone for a new antenna case is easily $10K+. >> >> *From:* Adam Moffett >> *Sent:* Friday, September 30, 2016 10:40 AM >> *To:* af@afmug.com >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] I want a "Stinger like" antenna for Wimax CPE >> >> Yup. They have an array of metal circles on a board connected to each >> other by traces. >> >> What about a cheaper external antenna? The price to beat is $120. >> >> >> >> ------ Original Message ------ >> From: ch...@wbmfg.com >> To: af@afmug.com >> Sent: 9/30/2016 12:37:35 PM >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] I want a "Stinger like" antenna for Wimax CPE >> >> >> Yeah, that will be an array of patches inside. Hard to couple to with >> any efficiency. >> >> *From:* Adam Moffett >> *Sent:* Friday, September 30, 2016 10:34 AM >> *To:* af@afmug.com >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] I want a "Stinger like" antenna for Wimax CPE >> >> Like a 45 slant 15dbi panel. >> a 10" x 10" diamond with flattened corners. >> >> >> ------ Original Message ------ >> From: ch...@wbmfg.com >> To: "Animal Farm" <af@afmug.com> >> Sent: 9/30/2016 12:33:37 PM >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] I want a "Stinger like" antenna for Wimax CPE >> >> >> What does the CPE look like? >> >> *From:* Adam Moffett >> *Sent:* Friday, September 30, 2016 10:29 AM >> *To:* Animal Farm >> *Subject:* [AFMUG] I want a "Stinger like" antenna for Wimax CPE >> >> I want to narrow the radiation pattern on Wimax CPE in order to reduce >> interference. Higher gain is a bonus, but mostly I want to tune out >> interference from other base stations and thereby improve CINR. >> >> Right now all I've got is I can put an external antenna on with coax >> jumpers. A dish with a significantly narrower pattern than the integrated >> panel is $120-$140 from KP Performance, plus the cost of the coax jumpers >> and the labor to seal them. >> >> I'm really missing the Canopy stingers and reflectors right now. If I >> could slip something on for $50 I'd be all over it like white on rice. I'd >> also just settle for a cheaper external antenna. >> >> Any brilliant ideas? >> >> >> > -- If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.
