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kbldawg
11-28-2007, 01:34 PM
Anbody use any of the new Pac Wireless Wide Band Dual Polarity 5gHz Backhaul Antennas?
Reviews?
David L. Vrablic
11-28-2007, 06:57 PM
Not yet Chad but I have 6 on order for three new BH's.
I am still looking for good prices on filters / isolators / circulators.
We are going to have to compare notes.
Anbody use any of the new Pac Wireless Wide Band Dual Polarity 5gHz Backhaul Antennas?
Reviews?
If you are talking about new wideband grid, then yes, we have been using a couple of them for about 2 months on a 3.5 mile, 5.2 GHz link. These are small and solidly built antennas except for a small problem that the small metal sub-reflecter comes off the feeder too easily. But that is no problem as you can always glue it to the feeder permanently or leave it altogether as it only adds very small gain (0.5 dB). Overall we are satisfied with its performance.
Om.
David L. Vrablic
11-29-2007, 07:44 AM
Or are you talking about the new Wide Band dishes that Laird brought to PAC wireless.?
The ones with the disk feed assembly/
At 5.x I find that close in I get a bunch of signal using grids off at right angles.
As a matter of fact I am looking into the backfire types in place of the panels to improve the FB ratio and keep down the noise both in and out of the antenna.
Being old school I have found it very hard to accept that a panel can out perform a grid but that is just the Magic of it all.