Chuck we just did a 13 mile link using AF5XHD, getting about 350mbps in both directions using 60mhz and 50/50 ratio.
On Jun 6, 2018 2:42 PM, "Mathew Howard" <mhoward...@gmail.com> wrote: Yeah, if you go with 3' dishes you might be getting close to $1500 in cost, but that'll easily cover it with 2 footers. The only parts involved are going to be the dishes and the radios, so it's pretty simple to price... well, I suppose mounts and surge suppressors too, but I assume you know where to get those... On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 1:14 PM, <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > Thanks, that is what I am looking for. Actually not sure yet what up down > ratio the customer will be buying yet. > > If I tell the owners $1500 for parts then I should be good to go? > > *From:* Mathew Howard > *Sent:* Wednesday, June 6, 2018 11:47 AM > *To:* af > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] 25 kM unlicensed > > That's because airfibers use a fixed up/down ratio (75/25, in this case). > If you needed 50/50, this link would only be get you somewhere around > 140Mbps each way. > Signal is just a little too low to get 8X (256qam) on this case, but I > probably could if I changed them to the new HD version, since they can get > a little higher power at any given modulation, and they can achieve higher > modulations at lower signal levels... it might even be able to do 1024qam > (it probably could with 3' dishes anyway). going to a 50mhz channel would > also add some 20% capacity (50mhz is the max for the standard af-5x, but > the hd can go up to 100mhz if you have lots of spectrum to burn). > > An entire link with 2' dishes should come to router around $1000. I > haven't priced the 3' dishes recently, but they are quite a bit pricier. > > > On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 11:21 AM, <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > >> Is the 65 Mbps a limitation of the link or system settings or ?? >> >> *From:* Mathew Howard >> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 6, 2018 10:16 AM >> *To:* af >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] 25 kM unlicensed >> >> Here's an example of a 25km AF-5x link using 2' dishes. I'd probably use >> AF-5xHD radios these days, and I'd use the airFiber dishes (the only >> difference between them and the RocketDish LW is that they're slant vs H/V). >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 12:43 PM, Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: >> >>> Which is better, Rocket 5AC + RocketDish LW >>> or >>> AF5X + AF-5G34-S45 >>> >>> ? >>> >>> Or some other brand. Hauling out PTP to a customer. Like to keep the >>> bandwidth up but they are not currently asking for more than 100 Mbps. >>> >> >> > >
