True, most won't, unless they really, really want it. I've had one in the shop for the past couple of months and people walk in and ask what it's for. I say it's for a tower location for when the snow leaves us, but how about going on your house somewhere. No one has said that they wouldn't, it would look just as big as a sat dish would anyway.
---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Mike Hammett" <wispawirel...@ics-il.net> Reply-To: WISPA General List <wireless@wispa.org> Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:39:18 -0500 >Well yes, a 30 dB dish would be fine. Most people don't use them as CPE. > > >----- >Mike Hammett >Intelligent Computing Solutions >http://www.ics-il.com > > > >-------------------------------------------------- >From: "Stuart Pierce" <spie...@avolve.net> >Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 4:33 PM >To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> >Subject: Re: [WISPA] Ubiquiti Sector Tilt angle > >> Signal with what though ? A 30db Rocketdish setup I can get 17 miles out >> and the link profile has fresnel in the ground. >> >> 120* 16dbi sector with Rocket to 30dbi dish Rocket. Course I didn't leave >> it there, I instead connected to another 5ghz Bullet5 on a 120* Maxrad and >> fresnel is still in the ground but Rocket reports 29megs. The heavy rains >> here recently haven't hurt it's 1500 byte pings at all either, so I'm >> impressed. >> >> ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- >> From: "Mike Hammett" <wispawirel...@ics-il.net> >> Reply-To: WISPA General List <wireless@wispa.org> >> Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:53:32 -0500 >> >>>I wouldn't even try to get a signal 15 miles away on a 120. :-p >>> >>> >>>----- >>>Mike Hammett >>>Intelligent Computing Solutions >>>http://www.ics-il.com >>> >>> >>> >>>-------------------------------------------------- >>>From: "Robert West" <robert.w...@just-micro.com> >>>Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 1:29 PM >>>To: "'WISPA General List'" <wireless@wispa.org> >>>Subject: Re: [WISPA] Ubiquiti Sector Tilt angle >>> >>>> I was compensating for the electrical tilt but just one degree was >>>> throwing >>>> it way, way off. Trying to get a usable signal 15 miles out, maybe >>>> less, >>>> and that slightest fraction of a degree would change it considerably. >>>> But >>>> after reading Tom and Mercy's posts it's all making sense to >>>> me........... >>>> A little more work. >>>> >>>> Bob- >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On >>>> Behalf Of Faisal Imtiaz >>>> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 2:22 PM >>>> To: WISPA General List >>>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Ubiquiti Sector Tilt angle >>>> >>>> ..... Technically speaking.. if you are not concerned about dealing with >>>> 'near' customers.... less than 1 or 2 miles... then you can pretty much >>>> leave the sectors at '0' tilt.. and you have coverage to the horizon.... >>>> >>>> The built-in electrical down-tilt typically throws folks off...... only >>>> becomes a factor if you are needing to down tilt for near customers.. >>>> >>>> Faisal. >>>> >>>> On 3/29/2010 1:36 PM, 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! 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