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Rain can have a major impact on wireless microwave links, especially as frequencies increase. Learn how rain fade affects 24 GHz, 60 GHz, and 80 GHz circuits, and why fade margin is critical for reliable network design.
Wireless signal fade happens when the radio signal drops in strength or quality. Distance, weather, interference, and physical obstructions all play a role. Even small changes matter. Water absorbs RF energy. Heat bends signals. Trees grow. The result is lower signal-to-noise ratio, higher error rates, and retries that pile up fast
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Here’s a Microwave Backhaul Troubleshooting Checklist suitable for field techs, NOC staff, or network engineers. It covers physical, configuration, environmental, and link-layer elements:
Over the years many MidWestern WISPS have fashioned ways to use Harvestore silos for broadcast locations. With the help of one of our good clients, who did most of the work designing this, we were able to install a very solid structure on the top of a silo. Please note. These photos were taken before … Read more
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I have been asked a few times on what I would pick for a PTP link. here is what I would recommend as option #1. You can use the RF Elements link planner to judge how far you can go. If you want to dive deeper you can use the Cambium LinkPlanner, which is a … Read more
Over the years I have seen providers use a wide variety of subnets across a point-to-point link. Anything from a /64, to /122,124, and the 127
The following are results from a series of tests of AGLcom’s parabolic dish antennas on an existing link that is 5.7 miles long.
this video will help you learn how to adjust the thresholds for signal strength when it comes to microwave/licensed backhauls
For those of you who may not have seen the Mikrotik 60ghz dishes. Here are some screenshots.
Recently we had a teaching moment for a couple of folks who had not had much experience with aligning higher frequency antennas with very tight beamwidths. This particular day we were aligning 2 foot Siklu 80GHZ antennas. One of the questions we often get asked is how do you align these? These questions are usually asked … Read more