I have two back to back point to point links in Colorado at a location that gets 200+ inches of snow per year. Each end point has commercial power available, but the back to back point is a total solar site. That system was using Motorola Canopies for 10+ years. Two years ago I replace all the equipment with 5g (lower gain) dish nanobridges. All four radio's have radomes on them to keep the snow out of the dishes. (One of them has significant up-tilt). I get 150Mb of throughput with an average latency of 7ms. (The Canopies were 60ms and 10Mb) As a HUGE plus my power budget went from a 10 day no sun reserve to a 25 day no sun reserve. (Batteries fully recharge in 2 days of full sun). - With my old system I averaged one outage every other year in the winter for 2-3 days (Late December or early January when the days are short and the weather bad). - I have not gone below 50% in the last two years. I have installed more of them in "easy" non-harsh areas as well. Mark KC5EVE At 02:51 PM 5/10/2013, Corey Dean wrote:
I know of a shot at 13 miles with very decent signal levels that has been up for 2 years using nano bridges with no problems.
Corey N3FE ________________________________________ From: Jeff Carrier [k0jsc.jeff@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, May 10, 2013 3:35 PM To: Corey Dean Cc: David Osborn; app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] Ubiquiti Equipment
Rocket M5's are the toughest stuff they make (that I've used). With the 30 dbi dish and radome cover they're great but that's a bit much for 10 miles. I think you could do that shot using Nanobridges with the 25dbi (18 inch) dish. I have a 20 mile shot using those with no problems. For $95 us dollars each they're a steal. Make sure you use shielded cable with the RJ45's that ground the shield at either end. Also watch the 5.6 band (though i'm not sure what your amateur band plan might include). They use it for radar here and an ISP in Utah got a hefty fine for operating on that frequency.
73 de K0JSC
On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 1:09 PM, Corey Dean <n3fe@repeater.net<mailto:n3fe@repeater.net>> wrote: They sure can! I am running some bullet5's with 25 dbi grids looking at each other for just over 5 years in North Central, PA and well as Nanostations and they have not had any problems. Most are mounted on towers and have seen some pretty harsh weather!
Corey N3FE ________________________________________ From: app_rpt-users-bounces@ohnosec.org<mailto:app_rpt-users-bounces@ohnosec.org> [app_rpt-users-bounces@ohnosec.org<mailto:app_rpt-users-bounces@ohnosec.org>] On Behalf Of David Osborn [david.osborn@manx.net<mailto:david.osborn@manx.net>] Sent: Friday, May 10, 2013 1:58 PM To: app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org<mailto:app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org> Subject: [App_rpt-users] Ubiquiti Equipment
Hi Gang,
In recent messages, Ubiquiti equipment has been mentioned for links.
I was wondering how it stacks-up in terms of keeping out / withstanding the weather. I have an application in mind for an AllStar node and it will be on a wild hilltop with nasty weather (very). The path I have in mind is just under 10 miles, clear line-of-sight.
Can any of the ubiquiti stuff stand a bit of a weather bashing and, if so, which items have been found best?
David GD4HOZ
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