We put raydomes on all of our dishes. I have never done a before and after comparison. It is so minimal that we just use them everywhere.
On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 9:37 AM, Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > The material, thickness and placement all affect radome loss. > Fiberglass is normally the best, the thinner the better. > There is a factor called the loss tangent for most materials used. The > lower the better. > > But it also has to be spaced such that it is placed in a null in the > nearfield electrical field. > If it is spaced wrong it can create a bunch of loss. Spaced right and it > becomes invisible to the signal. > > I would say less than a dB and if done right, less than a half dB. > > -----Original Message----- From: Robert Andrews > Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2017 8:30 PM > To: af@afmug.com > > Subject: [AFMUG] Radomes... > > What do you folks out there see for signal loss when putting a radome on > a 5 Ghz link? I was testing today thinking I might see 1db loss and > was surprised to see more like 2-3 db! I also had that link go from > doing 80mb/s in testing to around 70mb/s with the radome... > > Best, > Robert >
