Depends though, a building may have a ton of unlic 2.4/5ghz equipment, and nothing in the 24GHz space. If you are shooting a link a half mile to a mile, it works well for that. Regards,
Chuck On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 3:21 PM, Cameron Crum <cc...@wispmon.com> wrote: > Licensed or unlic? If unlic, still no. I can put together an unlicensed > link for for less than $500 that will probably perform as well as something > costing $6000, and for another $500 I could have redundancy. I'd be a hard > sell to get me to pay for something like that. Maybe I'm just a cheap skate. > > Cameron > > > On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 2:16 PM, Gino Villarini <g...@aeronetpr.com> wrote: > >> What about below$6k?**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Gino A. Villarini**** >> >> g...@aeronetpr.com**** >> >> Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp.**** >> >> 787.273.4143**** >> >> *From:* wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] *On >> Behalf Of *Cameron Crum >> *Sent:* Friday, July 29, 2011 3:11 PM >> >> *To:* WISPA General List >> *Subject:* Re: [WISPA] inexpensive non-2.4/5.8 backhaul ?**** >> >> ** ** >> >> $8000 is expensive to me for an unlicensed frequency. For just a bit more >> you can get licensed. If I'm getting out of the $100s range then I'll bite >> the bullet and go all the way. The difference between $8000 and $12000 is >> not that much if I have to finance the link. **** >> >> ** ** >> >> Cameron**** >> >> On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 1:59 PM, Gino Villarini <g...@aeronetpr.com> >> wrote:**** >> >> Yes short hops… whats your price range for “pricey”**** >> >> **** >> >> Gino A. Villarini**** >> >> g...@aeronetpr.com**** >> >> Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp.**** >> >> 787.273.4143**** >> >> *From:* wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] *On >> Behalf Of *Cameron Crum >> *Sent:* Friday, July 29, 2011 2:58 PM**** >> >> >> *To:* WISPA General List >> *Subject:* Re: [WISPA] inexpensive non-2.4/5.8 backhaul ?**** >> >> **** >> >> I'm aware of all that, but 24GHz still attenuates fairly quickly and rain >> fade will be a problem if you try to go too far. It would be good for short >> hops, though. It still seems a bit pricey.**** >> >> On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 1:44 PM, Fred Goldstein <fgoldst...@ionary.com> >> wrote:**** >> >> At 7/29/2011 02:38 PM, Cameron Crum wrote:**** >> >> I just assumed if you pay that much for a link it would be in the licensed >> band. Still though, I can't imagine too many people using the unlicensed 24 >> ghz band, It should be pretty clear, but if you can't bgo bigger than a 2ft >> dish, I guess you are pretty limited. **** >> >> **** >> >> Directivity increases with frequency, for a given dish size, so a 24 GHz >> 2-foot dish is as directive as a 6 GHz 8-foot dish. Aiming should be, well, >> rather fun... >> >> But the rules are a little weird, so a bigger antenna would probably run >> afoul of the field strength limit. 24 GHz doesn't specify a power level, >> but it requires at least a 1-foot dish (33 dB gain) for directivity, and the >> maximum field strength is 2.5 v/m at 3 meters. I don't offhand know the >> formula for converting that to ERP. But the Exalt has a 10 milliwatt (+10 >> dB) output which would mean an ERP of around 20 watts with a 1-foot dish. >> (Values are from memory, not precise.)**** >> >> >> >> **** >> >> Cameron >> >> On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 1:24 PM, Gino Villarini <g...@aeronetpr.com> >> wrote:**** >> >> There are 2 24 ghz blocks available for MW links, one is unlicensed the >> other is not**** >> >> -- >> Fred Goldstein k1io fgoldstein "at" ionary.com >> ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/ >> +1 617 795 2701**** >> >> >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> WISPA Wants You! 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