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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I second that.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Khan McDonald<b><br></b>Network Operations Analyst<br><br></span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net [mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Alex Maclaren<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, 4 May 2012 9:46 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'Craig Askings'; ausnog@lists.ausnog.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [AusNOG] Bandwidth in Phillip Island<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I beg to differ of all this discussion about the EIRP limits in Australia meaning wireless link distances can only be 2-3km.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>We have many links of over 15km operating at legal limits.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>It is just a matter of having enough gain on your dishes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>For instance, if you have two BulletM5 radios and 27dbi grid dishes, over 10km operating in the 5.4GHz range, your theoretical signal is -72dBm.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>This would be more than enough signal to achieve full modulation on the link.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#666699'>Alex Maclaren</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#666699'><br>Network Operations Analyst<br>Cirrus Communications Pty Ltd </span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#666699'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:red'>t|: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#666699'>1300 552 698<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:red'>f|: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#666699'>1300 556 790<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:red'>e|: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:alex.maclaren@cirruscomms.com.au">alex.maclaren@cirruscomms.com.au</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:red'>w|: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.cirruscomms.com.au/" title="Cirrus Communications -
Connecting Regional Australia with Wireless Broadband, Network equipment
and IP Telephony">http://www.cirruscomms.com.au/</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><img border=0 width=203 height=102 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CD29DC.5703E770" alt="New Signiture"></span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>This is an e-mail from Cirrus Communications Pty Ltd. It is confidential to the named addressee and may contain copyright and/or legally privileged information. No-one else may read, print, store, copy, forward or act in reliance on all or any of it or its attachments. If you receive this email in error, please telephone us on +61 2 4336 2000 or email <a href="mailto:info@cirruscomms.com.au">info@cirruscomms.com.au</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> <a href="mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net">ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net</a> [<a href="mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net">mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Craig Askings<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 3 May 2012 9:07 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:ausnog@lists.ausnog.net">ausnog@lists.ausnog.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [AusNOG] Bandwidth in Phillip Island<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Don't expect more than a couple of kms at the class licence EIRP limits that have been set for Australia.<br><br>On 3/05/2012 9:03 PM, Martin Hepworth wrote: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Uniquiti's AirFiber <a href="http://www.ubnt.com/airfiber">http://www.ubnt.com/airfiber</a> could be an option.<br><br clear=all>-- <br>Martin Hepworth<br>Oxford, UK<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 3 May 2012 09:31, Mike Everest <<a href="mailto:ausnog@duxtel.com" target="_blank">ausnog@duxtel.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>> Ubiquiti Nanostation/Bullets can easily get upto 15Kms without issues. TCO<br>> is in the hundreds.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>