We are in the process here to get a license for the local Sheriff Department for 4.9ghz, it is taking wayyyyy longer than anticipated. The FCC is really slow. Equipment that we were going to deploy was Motorola PMP-49400. About $1,500 per radio with integrated antenna for 21Mbps aggregate on a 10mhz channel.
Kurt Fankhauser WAVELINC P.O. Box 126 Bucyrus, OH 44820 419-562-6405 -----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Steven McGehee Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2010 11:48 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Seeking 4.9Ghz Advice Thanks Ralph. Yeah not looking to pass commercial traffic on this, I just didn't know anything about 4.9 and wanted to get some feedback, etc., from people just like yourself. Thank you for your response, and the others, too. On 8/26/2010 22:35, Ralph wrote: > So are you going to be doing some municipal video surveillance or something > for the Fire or Police department? > The 4.9 band is PUBLIC SAFETY only. I have deployed a lot of it in my area > on surveillance projects for the PD and some at the University of Georgia > (for their PD). > It all has to be licensed and as was said by someone else before it CANNOT > be used for regular ISP stuff. > > That said, I was not impressed with the performance. There seemed to be a > lot of interference and I ended up only using 4 links and they were all > about 2 blocks in length. There's not a lot of certified equipment out there > (don't even THINK about Mikrotik) and what is there is expensive. > > My 2 cents worth from an actual user :-) > > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of Steven McGehee > Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2010 9:30 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: [WISPA] Seeking 4.9Ghz Advice > > Hey guys, > > We may be getting into some 4.9Ghz deployments soon and I thought I > would check with you guys to see what sort of tips and 'gotchas' you may > know of if you currently are operating in 4.9. We are having a meeting > soon with the local municipality to see how we can work together to get > this potentially going for the benefit of everyone in the community. > Please feel free to email me directly if you'd prefer with any advice or > tips in working with the local government, what equipment you recommend, > maybe legal advice, etc. > > I know that's vague, but I hope it's specific enough as well :) .. thanks. > > -Steven > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/