Re: [AFMUG] aligning bigger antennas on short paths

2014-12-13 Thread Daniel White via Af
E-mail: <mailto:daniel.wh...@saftehnika.com> daniel.wh...@saftehnika.com From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Jaime Solorza via Af Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2014 5:31 PM To: Animal Farm Subject: Re: [AFMUG] aligning bigger antennas on short paths Sergio...is my brothers na

Re: [AFMUG] aligning bigger antennas on short paths

2014-12-13 Thread Jaime Solorza via Af
gt; > daniel.wh...@saftehnika.com > > > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *That One Guy via > Af > *Sent:* Friday, December 12, 2014 9:06 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] aligning bigger antennas on short paths > &g

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2014-12-13 Thread That One Guy via Af
> > daniel.wh...@saftehnika.com > > > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *That One Guy via > Af > *Sent:* Friday, December 12, 2014 9:06 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] aligning bigger antennas on short paths > &g

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2014-12-13 Thread Daniel White via Af
: <mailto:daniel.wh...@saftehnika.com> daniel.wh...@saftehnika.com From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of That One Guy via Af Sent: Friday, December 12, 2014 9:06 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] aligning bigger antennas on short paths Jarrod Washington [jarrod.w

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2014-12-13 Thread Daniel White via Af
: <mailto:daniel.wh...@saftehnika.com> daniel.wh...@saftehnika.com From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of That One Guy via Af Sent: Friday, December 12, 2014 8:34 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] aligning bigger antennas on short paths yeah, we are the PCN is -43 and we a

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2014-12-12 Thread That One Guy via Af
>>>>> On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 11:36 AM, Ken Hohhof via Af >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Yeah, it was so considerate of AT&T to leave that dish up there >>>>>&

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2014-12-12 Thread George Skorup (Cyber Broadcasting) via Af
<mailto:af@afmug.com> *Sent:* Friday, December 12, 2014 11:18 AM *To:* af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] aligning bigger antennas on

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2014-12-12 Thread Jaime Solorza via Af
we wanted. And they built a platform to stand on while >>>>>>>> aiming it, >>>>>>>> that was awfully nice of them. And they left the flexible waveguide >>>>>>>> down >>>>>>>> to the shelter. I’d

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2014-12-12 Thread Josh Luthman via Af
t;> dish >>>>>>>> ourselves and running waveguide to it. And it’s an Andrew parabolic, >>>>>>>> not >>>>>>>> the old WE horns, so we don’t have to worry about water getting into >>>>>>>> the >>&g

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2014-12-12 Thread That One Guy via Af
;>> to >>>>>>> go where we wanted. And they built a platform to stand on while aiming >>>>>>> it, >>>>>>> that was awfully nice of them. And they left the flexible waveguide >>>>>>> down >>>>>>

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2014-12-12 Thread Josh Luthman via Af
I’d really hate to think about hanging a new 12 ft dish >>>>>> ourselves and running waveguide to it. And it’s an Andrew parabolic, not >>>>>> the old WE horns, so we don’t have to worry about water getting into the >>>>>> waveguide and freezing. I

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2014-12-12 Thread Jaime Solorza via Af
>>>>>> that was awfully nice of them. And they left the flexible waveguide down >>>>>> to the shelter. I’d really hate to think about hanging a new 12 ft dish >>>>>> ourselves and running waveguide to it. And it’s an Andrew parabolic,

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2014-12-12 Thread That One Guy via Af
on’t have to worry about water getting into the >>>>> waveguide and freezing. It doesn’t even look like anyone has been using >>>>> the lightning bolt logo for target practice. Life is good when someone >>>>> abandons nice stuff you can use. >>>>

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2014-12-12 Thread Jaime Solorza via Af
t; the old WE horns, so we don’t have to worry about water getting into the >>>> waveguide and freezing. It doesn’t even look like anyone has been using >>>> the lightning bolt logo for target practice. Life is good when someone >>>> abandons nic

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2014-12-12 Thread That One Guy via Af
someone >>> abandons nice stuff you can use. >>> >>> >>> *From:* Hardy, Tim via Af >>> *Sent:* Friday, December 12, 2014 11:18 AM >>> *To:* af@afmug.com >>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] aligning bigger antennas on short paths >>> >>

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2014-12-12 Thread Jaime Solorza via Af
> >> >> *From:* Hardy, Tim via Af >> *Sent:* Friday, December 12, 2014 11:18 AM >> *To:* af@afmug.com >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] aligning bigger antennas on short paths >> >> >> HPBW for a 12 ft dish at 11.2 GHz is 0.5 degree. >> >> >&g

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2014-12-12 Thread That One Guy via Af
lightning bolt logo for target practice. Life is good when someone > abandons nice stuff you can use. > > > *From:* Hardy, Tim via Af > *Sent:* Friday, December 12, 2014 11:18 AM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] aligning bigger antennas on short paths > >

Re: [AFMUG] aligning bigger antennas on short paths

2014-12-12 Thread Ken Hohhof via Af
the lightning bolt logo for target practice. Life is good when someone abandons nice stuff you can use. From: Hardy, Tim via Af Sent: Friday, December 12, 2014 11:18 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] aligning bigger antennas on short paths HPBW for a 12 ft dish at 11.2 GHz is 0.5 de

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2014-12-12 Thread Hardy, Tim via Af
HPBW for a 12 ft dish at 11.2 GHz is 0.5 degree. From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Ken Hohhof via Af Sent: Friday, December 12, 2014 11:17 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] aligning bigger antennas on short paths Nope, a 4 ft dish in 11 GHz should be pretty narrow, a few

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2014-12-12 Thread That One Guy via Af
ade him slowly sweep the azimuth. > > > *From:* That One Guy via Af > *Sent:* Friday, December 12, 2014 9:50 AM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* [AFMUG] aligning bigger antennas on short paths > > Weve never gone above 2' > we finished installing our 11ghz link yeste

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2014-12-12 Thread Bill Prince via Af
I wouldn't exactly call a 10 mile link in 11 GHz a short link. We have a similar link (almost exactly the same distance and same size dishes). You may have gotten lucky. We got ours close enough that we knew we weren't on side lobes, but if the signal level is per spec, you got it done. --

Re: [AFMUG] aligning bigger antennas on short paths

2014-12-12 Thread Ken Hohhof via Af
: [AFMUG] aligning bigger antennas on short paths Weve never gone above 2' we finished installing our 11ghz link yesterday and had the antennas rough aligned, one side is 3' one side is 4'. I expected the tighter patterns would make it harder to find the initial link but they act

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2014-12-12 Thread Josh Luthman via Af
Sounds like you got lucky. If you're at the projected signal you're done. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 10:50 AM, That One Guy via Af wrote: > Weve never gone above 2' > we finished installing our 11ghz l

[AFMUG] aligning bigger antennas on short paths

2014-12-12 Thread That One Guy via Af
Weve never gone above 2' we finished installing our 11ghz link yesterday and had the antennas rough aligned, one side is 3' one side is 4'. I expected the tighter patterns would make it harder to find the initial link but they actually linked up right off the bat and it was right on the projected p