5.7/5.8 GHz 802.11n dual polarity MIMO through office building glass, 1.5 km distance

Josh Smith juicewvu at gmail.com
Wed Dec 29 16:24:15 UTC 2010


On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Bryan Fields <Bryan at bryanfields.net> wrote:
> On 12/29/2010 08:19, Robert E. Seastrom wrote:
>>
>> Most of these regulations are centered on the concern that your
>> building not look like a tower site.  An antenna that is sufficiently
>> small that it can not be seen from the ground without resorting to
>> optics may be on their "oh, that's fine" list once they see one
>> sitting on the table in front of them.
>
> Don't forget about OTARD, where so long as you control the space in your
> lease, no local government regulations can prevent installation of a internet
> reception radio.
>
> Also, the Ubiquiti is crap from a build/reliability standpoint.  If you're
> doing anything serious, it would be worth it to buy a better product.  I'm
> partial to the Alvarion and Motorola PtP links.
>
>
> --
> Bryan Fields
>
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>
>

While certainly not the best stuff made I've found the ubiquiti
equipment to be very nice for the price and have a few of their AP's
which have been in service 24x7 for a couple of years now.

Thanks,
-- Josh Smith
KD8HRX
email/jabber:  juicewvu at gmail.com
phone:  304.237.9369(c)




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