that's what I figured. I assume putting in a bigger antenna than is licensed benefits in terms of pattern but then I'm no longer legal on EIRP?
On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 2:49 PM, Colin Stanners <cstann...@gmail.com> wrote: > Considering their goal of reducing interference through more directional > antennas, I'm sure that installing a different antenna than licensed, > especially a smaller one, is a big no. > > On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 2:33 PM, Steve Jones <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> we have some links we are about to license, we can "get by" with 2' >> antennas, but one is right on that margin. >> we can do 2' all day long at all the sites involved, anything bigger and >> wed have to do some retrofits that will create some other issues, not a >> huge deal, just prefer to not have to deal with the repercussions >> we would like to have some troubleshooting flexibility down the road. >> maybe a 4 and a 2 or 2 3s, just depending on how the actual path performs >> over time >> so can we do that, license them all with 3 or 4' and install 2' today? >> I'm thinking no because of the antenna patterns on the PCNs not being as >> narrow with the smaller antenna, but id like to hear its totally doable >> with fcc blessing and they'll even send a guy with a rope to pull them up >> for us >> > >
