We've had good luck with the two piece design over the one piece. Although the 19 dBi Arc panels seem to blow them all away. We're in Battle Ground so it seems we are all neighbors, we should get together sometime.
Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Summers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 9:04 PM Subject: RE: [smartBridges] BEST DEAL? directional CPE antenna > > Yeah, I wish it were a little wetter (and cooler) right now!!! > 102 degrees here in Beaverton today. 105 expected tomorrow. > On the upside, I haven't had to mow the lawn in about 3 weeks. > Another week of this and the weeds will be dead too. :-) > > I've been kinda leery about the design of those tubes and > how open they are to the elements. I've always wrapped spots > along the tube, and at the back end, with tape to help keep > most of the water out. None of them have been brought back > for water yet. We just didn't have any luck with the two > piece variety. They didn't seem to pick up the signal as > good as the one piece, and they were more of a molded metal > on the grid itself, rather than little round rods that were > welded together and painted like the one piece. > > Anyway, EC has been good to me, and I don't often buy one > antenna in quantities of 10, at least not yet. We buy 2 here > and 4 there. Mix and match to fit the needs of the customer > and try to keep a few in stock so we have enough for new installs > and replacements just in case. > > Kevin Summers > KISTech Internet Services Inc. > www.kistech.com > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of George > > Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 6:51 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [smartBridges] BEST DEAL? directional CPE antenna > > > > > > Couple things. > > Have you tried getting them directly from Pac Wireless? > > I think the prices you just quoted are higher than I pay when I buy 10 or > > more antennas. > > The other thing I want to point out especially to you Kev, seeing > > your here > > in the wet Oregon like me is. > > The eqinox dipoles that come from EC seem to have a problem > > gathering water. > > I used to buy all my antennas from EC and when they swapped over from pac > > wireless to equinox, I bought about 20 of them. > > I use H polarity quite a bit and have had to replace the dipole out. > > The way the dipole is designed allows it to collect water and not > > drain. If > > you were to crack one open you would see little plastic dam like > > seperators. > > The other thing is you can get n male on the end of the antenna > > pigtail from > > Pac Wireless directly allowing you to plug right into the > > outdoor sb unit. > > Doesn't cost anything extra. > > George > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Kevin Summers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 9:27 AM > > Subject: RE: [smartBridges] BEST DEAL? directional CPE antenna > > > > > > > > > > Equinox/Pac Wireless 19db grid...............$ 50.00 > > > Equinox/Pac Wireless 24db grid...............$ 67.00 > > > > > > Doesn't include shipping. You can get them from Electro-comm > > > at www.electro-comm.com. They have great service, great prices, > > > and their people know how this equipment works very well. Go > > > to their site and download the Broadband Catalog. > > > > > > I haven't checked into it, but someone told me once that Equinox > > > bought Pacific Wireless, or the other way around. Anyone know > > > anything about this? > > > > > > If you go 24db grid, I would recommend staying away from the two > > > piece version. It's a pain in the ass, it doesn't seem to receive > > > as well as the one piece unit does, and I've had two of the two > > > piece units come back from the field broken. (one or two of the > > > ribs separated from the outer edge.) > > > > > > Kevin Summers > > > KISTech Internet Services Inc. > > > www.kistech.com > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of The > > Wirefree Network > > > > Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 10:03 PM > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: [smartBridges] BEST DEAL? directional CPE antenna > > > > > > > > > > > > I am looking for an 18-19 Db directional antenna to throw onto an aBo. > > > > This client is shooting through a bit of trees, and I can > > only get about > > > > a 58% RSSI (stable) with the 13db Maxrad flat panel. > > > > > > > > I only need one for now. I was thinking that the parabolic grid dish > > > > might be best, over a panel? Any thoughts on that? > > > > > > > > I checked out the archive and found this thread:" RE: [smartBridges] > > > > Locating best antenna solution". But it appears that the JUNE archive > > > > is down?? > > > > > > > > I am looking to get one right away, so I would really appreciate it if > > > > someone could provide me with the item number, price, and distributor > > > > info as well. > > > > > > > > Thanks a ton! > > > > > > > > Sully > > > > > > > > The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List > > > > To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe > > > > smartBridges <yournickname> > > > > To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type > > > > unsubscribe smartBridges) > > > > Archives: http://archives.part-15.org > > > The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List > > > To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe > > smartBridges <yournickname> > > > To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe > > smartBridges) > > > Archives: http://archives.part-15.org > > > > > > > The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List > > To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe > > smartBridges <yournickname> > > To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type > > unsubscribe smartBridges) > > Archives: http://archives.part-15.org > > The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List > To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe smartBridges <yournickname> > To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe smartBridges) > Archives: http://archives.part-15.org > The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe smartBridges <yournickname> To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe smartBridges) Archives: http://archives.part-15.org
