And don't do what I did for the first AP install I ever did. Mount the antenna to face exactly north.. Compass says north is that-a-way..
OK.. then test.. Wait.. how come I have no signal here?!?! Over a beer I complain to my surveyor friend who reminds me about that whole Magnetic vs true North thing!! :) Yeah, 18* declination here. ryan On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 10:59 AM, Forbes Mercy <forbes.me...@wabroadband.com > wrote: > We have a lot of those sectors out and some of the lessons we learned > were: 1) The higher the DB the less downward/upward range it covers, 2) > same for 90's versus 120's, the 120's have a lot wider downward coverage > than the 90's. Its hard on us because all of our towers are are on > steep hills overlooking the valley so yeah you have to work hard once in > a while to find the sweet spot. > > Forbes > > On 3/29/2010 10:36 AM, Robert West wrote: > > I'm having a heck of a time with the large UBNT sectors getting the tilt > > angle to jive. With the smaller sectors, they behave perfectly and go > right > > where the calculations say they will however, with the larger ones, > nothing > > I do other than have someone 10 miles out with a CPE check levels while I > > tilt up and down seems to be good. I REALLY don't want to have to do > that > > with all of them... > > > > > > > > Anyone having any success or insight with the proper tilt of these > things? > > Using the 120 degree 5GHz flavors. > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > Robert West > > > > Just Micro Digital Services Inc. > > > > 740-335-7020 > > > > > > > > Logo5 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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/ > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
