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The XR cards have better static protection by far! The little chip that switches the antenna connector on the SR cards dies if you look at it crosseyed! On a tower or other hard to access location, I now use XR cards exclusively. Only one I've lost was to a direct hit. (fragged the antenna, cable and radio controller!) But, YMMV. Kurt Fankhauser wrote: What about SR series versus the XR series? I noticed that the XR's have thicker RF shields and they won't fit in a SBC that stacks the cards. (with lower TX power of course)Kurt Fankhauser WAVELINC P.O. Box 126 Bucyrus, OH 44820 419-562-6405 www.wavelinc.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Mark Nash Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 10:39 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Ubiquity mini-pci's worth the cost? AMEN on the MMCX connector. We use these cards alot, XR2, XR5, XR9, XR3. They're great cards. Got nothing but good to say about them. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Ratcliffe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 3:34 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Ubiquity mini-pci's worth the cost?I have SR2/5s that I've never replaced that are from the original batch, installed outdoors, running at full power. I love the MMCX connector, and static discharge/lightning, I had a case of a RB133 that fried from a nearby lightning discharge that didn't damage the SR2. All in all, very happy with S/X/R2/5 series cards. We went from CM9 cards before that. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kurt Fankhauser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'WISPA General List'" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 5:43 PM Subject: [WISPA] Ubiquity mini-pci's worth the cost?I've never used any Ubiquity product ever and its mainly because of the $99 price tag for a single mini-pci but from what I've been reading in some of the Mikrotik forums these things are pretty reliable. Now I don't need the extra power that they put out, basically I am considering them because I've heard good things about them as far as reliability and never getting a new one DOA. I have a few questions for anyone here that has experience with these cards. 1. Do Ubiquity cards still create a lot of noise and consume power when you operate them with even with reduced TX power? 2. How do you like the MMCX connector? I am tired of fiddling with bad uf.l pigtails trying to find ones that work. 3. Will these cards get damaged from switching from Antenna A to B in the software when there is no antenna hooked to the other port? 4. How do these cards fair against lightning and static discharge compared to other cards? I never have a problem with static but I don't want any surprises. 5. I'm currently using R52H's and R52's but am considering switching to all Ubiquity for reliability. Anyone use both and whats your thoughts? The cards I'm considering are the SR2's and SR5's. I will be running the cards all with reduced TX power and only using the higher TX when I need to make up for some LMR900 coax runs. Regards, Kurt Fankhauser WAVELINC P.O. Box 126 Bucyrus, OH 44820 419-562-6405 www.wavelinc.com---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ |
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