jober

Ok, So not a Rocket5AC-Prism? It's the Rock5AC-Lite, -ptp or -ptmp. (ubnt blundered the Prism name in reguards to the tech and what it's it and how. They should have said Half Prism and Full Prism.)

If you really plan to replace 90's with three 30's you need to be looking at the v2 or v1 R5AC-Prism with GPS sync.

I'm in a very noisy area and I have had the same issue with the horns. So like I said, aim it up higher or down a lot more. Remember that the 90 deg. sectors have higher gain and a 6 deg. vertical beamwidth. 

Its seeing a lot more with that 30° vertical beam width. Maybe move it up a few degrees.

22 minutes ago, aardvarkglory said:

@dlaw,

I love how you have done the setup on your tower and I really am liking the brackets that attach to the tower.  I am going to do my first TP setup soon and would like to do something similar to how you setup your tower.  Where might I find the brackets like what you are using in the pics above?

Thanks

Dan

http://www.mccowntech.com/

https://www.streakwave.com/itemdesc.asp?ic=M-TOW-TRIPLE&eq=&Tp=&o1=0

On 11/16/2016 at 3:19 PM, Tasos said:

@dlaw,

Thanks for posting and sorry for the problems.  When building out new towers with horns it can be slightly challenging because of the sharp drop off on beam angle.  What I would suggest is using 40deg horns or maybe 2x 30deg and 1x 40deg for your 90deg coverage area.  40deg horns only have about 2db less gain then the 30's so you will not notice a difference in your links. The extra 10deg of coverage would allow you to overlap a bit and close any dead zones between Horns.

We are looking into ways to perhaps mark and angle or have a add on tool that will help visualize the coverage area.  Please let us know if you try the 40's and how they work.  We would love to see pictures of your install and if you could share your CPE type and distances of links with signal, that would be great!

Can you explain the gain of the 30 degree horn at the 3dbi and 6dbi sides? I have 3 of the 30 degree horns and I'm wondering if I should go to the 40 degree when doing 360 degree coverage.

I guess what I want to know, are we getting 18dbi at the edge of the 20deg mark or 15dbi? and would the 30 degree edge only be 12dbi? If this is true then what is the 5 and 10 degree points? Is the 18dbi in the center at only 4 degrees?

Take the cover off the front and the radio off the back. You can look through the port to gauge the target zone. You can proof in google earth when planning the site. 

Twist port alignment scope/tool.

The tool could be your cell phone camera in a twist port that holds the phones camera in the right place (or a GoPro). And an app for PC or other device that allows you to look at the target coverage area in google earth to make a target picture. Then when you are on the tower with the twist port alignment tool it will show you the google earth picture as an overlay or simple cross hair or ring. The app could have a selection to choose the horn you are using.

Or maybe a simple tube with an eyepiece, it could slide in and out to the correct field of view to match the horn. I think a clip on spotting scope would be easier to manage on the tower. Maybe clipping to the back/smallest ring where the set screws are. Or even something that clips to the front.

Just my thoughts, Sorry for rambling.  

Shouldn't those horns locations be switched? They seem to be pointing into each others stream. And I think we all learned by watching Ghostbusters, "Don't cross the streams".

jonwamg,  

 Were you able to get a replacement ring? If replacement parts are not available we all need to factor that into our decision when buying these. (As with any product)