There's mountains near Steve's WISP footprint? Jaime Solorza
On Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 7:45 AM Mike Hammett <af...@ics-il.net> wrote: > You have that the other way around. A horn would be ideal in a mountain > area. > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> > <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> > <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> > Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> > <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> > The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> > > > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Sean Heskett" <af...@zirkel.us> > *To: *af@afmug.com > *Sent: *Tuesday, April 10, 2018 10:49:19 PM > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Rfelements > > I Totally agree with josh. > > They have a specific purpose so if you can deploy within those parameters > they are great. > > Unfortunately our area isn’t conducive to that type of deployment because > of terrain. In the mountains you need antennas with a wider vertical beam > because your towers are on mtn peaks and some clients are same height as > the tower and other clients are on the valley floor. It’s hard to use a > spot beam to cover all that. > > In the Midwest or other flat areas I could see them being useful to spot > beam the population centers. > > -Sean > > > On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 8:29 PM Josh Reynolds <j...@kyneticwifi.com> > wrote: > >> They are great for stuff like 30/40Mhz wide, gps sync, put 4-6 on a pole >> in a subdivision or on a tower leg kinda thing. >> >> >> If anybody thought they were for something else (ie long range), they >> didn't read the data sheets. >> >> Lightweight, low size, low wind load, perfectly circular pattern - great >> spot beams. Good F/B ratio. >> >> On Tue, Apr 10, 2018, 9:12 PM Robert <i...@avantwireless.com> wrote: >> >>> I recently did a couple of tests with RF horns. I was hoping for a lot >>> and was disappointed. I was hoping that they could be colocated >>> closer than regular sectors that I use and the crosstalk signal levels >>> were just about the same as the shielded sectors. As far as the >>> signals at the CPE's they were pretty good but not amazingly better for >>> as small as the target area got reduced to. >>> >>> On 4/10/18 6:43 PM, Steve Jones wrote: >>> > Can i get some non fanboy real world on these guys? Btw, i hate >>> facebook >>> > groups almost as much as dslreports or the ubnt forums, this is >>> > literally the only place to get legitimate product info. >>> >> >
