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On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 9:08 AM, Jaime Solorza <losguyswirel...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. >>>> >>> >>
