I guess what I am saying is that if you check with Exalt, I am willing to bet that they certified the equipment in each sub band with the diplexers for that band instead of the diplexers that border that band. If they did so, then I doubt very much that the equipment is certified in the configuration in which you have described you intend to use it. If you change the configuration of the equipment you are not in compliance with the certification.
I like the idea of using the same equipment and just switching out diplexers as well. Be that for the reason to save time, money, or both. I read the whole post. I could be wrong and a quick call to Exalt would verify the correct answer. Would you be caught, probably not and obviously that isn't your concern as you wouldn't willfully violate the regs. Whether or not you are talking changing diplexers or swapping out entire ODU's, to me, this is one of the biggest PITA things about licensed gear. Either way, I hope it works for you. It sounds like a pain just because you have no way to know what you should expect unless you but it on a service monitor or the like and test that diplexer. On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 7:22 AM Adair Winter <ada...@amarillowireless.net> wrote: > Lewis, > Quiet the interesting and extreme take on this. How is equipment made to > operate in the 10.7 to 11.7Ghz band out of compliance? You do realize that > band 7 and 8 are SUB-bands of the 11Ghz licensed band right? And that a > diplexers is simply a passively tuned filter? You make it seem like we are > about to build out own pirate 11ghz radio. > > We would never do anything out of compliance. My question was just that, a > simple question about how tight the diplexer may or may not be. Money isn't > the problem, Had you read my original post to the end, you'd see that it's > the length of time to receive parts, not cost that is the concern. > > Adair > On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 6:53 AM, Lewis Bergman <lewis.berg...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I don't know if you care but you definitely be out of compliance with >> your license as you will be using equipment not certified in that band. >> While they may work, you really won't have an idea about how a link >> "should" perform as you are using it out of its tested operational >> parameters. So, if you are good with being illegal and aligning and >> realigning until you think it is as good as it gets, I guess you go for it. >> Are Exalt diplexers that expensive? >> > On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 12:49 AM Colin Stanners <cstann...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > How wide is your channel size? You may be more than just 5/15mhz past the >>> edge. From what I remember most diplexers in that range don't have such a >>> sharp cutoff that they would affect only a few mhz, but if you're running >>> 80mhz channels you're more likely to get an edge cut off, with interesting >>> results. >>> >>> On Jul 25, 2017 12:07 AM, "Adair Winter" <ada...@amarillowireless.net> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I have a set of exalt exploreair radios with band 8 >>>> (11.00-11.2/11.5-11.7 diplexers in them. I'm currently licensed in band 7, >>>> (10.925-11.125/11.425-11.625) on 10.995/11.485. So only 5mhz outside the >>>> band 8 diplexers. Anyone know how sharp the cutoff is and if these "might" >>>> work or not? Last we knew, exalt was 16 weeks out on parts.. :( >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> Adair Winter >>>> VP, Network Operations / Co-Owner >>>> Amarillo Wireless | 806.316.5071 <(806)%20316-5071> >>>> C: 806.231.7180 <(806)%20231-7180> >>>> http://www.amarillowireless.net >>>> <http://www.amarillowireless.net> >>>> >>>> >>>> > > > -- > > Adair Winter > VP, Network Operations / Co-Owner > Amarillo Wireless | 806.316.5071 <(806)%20316-5071> > C: 806.231.7180 <(806)%20231-7180> > http://www.amarillowireless.net > <http://www.amarillowireless.net> > > >
