Motorola Canopy on Volmer Peak

http://www.lazygranch.com/images/canopy/canopy_dish.jpg
http://www.lazygranch.com/images/canopy/label.jpg
http://www.lazygranch.com/images/can...tor_canopy.jpg

There are 8 of these dishes on Volmer Peak (Berkeley,Ca). I like the
cheesy corner reflector set up. Like the guy was short one dish and
figured nobody would notice. A few of these are near the top of the
tower. The one that were photographed are mounted to a passive
reflector structure that has been there for ages. Not that the Canopy
set up is related to the reflector. Rather, they just shart the same
small tower.

Actually, if the 5210BH is what is connected to those dishes, it's an
illegal setup. Whoever the owner is better pray that the FCC doesn't
find out about this one. You cannot amplify a 5.2 Canopy radio any more
than it already is.

Chris


miso@sushi.com wrote:
> http://www.lazygranch.com/images/canopy/canopy_dish.jpg
> http://www.lazygranch.com/images/canopy/label.jpg
> http://www.lazygranch.com/images/can...tor_canopy.jpg
>
> There are 8 of these dishes on Volmer Peak (Berkeley,Ca). I like the
> cheesy corner reflector set up. Like the guy was short one dish and
> figured nobody would notice. A few of these are near the top of the
> tower. The one that were photographed are mounted to a passive
> reflector structure that has been there for ages. Not that the Canopy
> set up is related to the reflector. Rather, they just shart the same
> small tower.

> miso@sushi.com wrote:
> > http://www.lazygranch.com/images/canopy/canopy_dish.jpg
> > http://www.lazygranch.com/images/canopy/label.jpg
> > http://www.lazygranch.com/images/can...tor_canopy.jpg
> >
> > There are 8 of these dishes on Volmer Peak (Berkeley,Ca). I like the
> > cheesy corner reflector set up. Like the guy was short one dish and
> > figured nobody would notice. A few of these are near the top of the
> > tower. The one that were photographed are mounted to a passive
> > reflector structure that has been there for ages. Not that the Canopy
> > set up is related to the reflector. Rather, they just shart the same
> > small tower.


NetSteady wrote:
> Actually, if the 5210BH is what is connected to those dishes, it's an
> illegal setup. Whoever the owner is better pray that the FCC doesn't
> find out about this one. You cannot amplify a 5.2 Canopy radio any more
> than it already is.
>
> Chris
>
>

If you google the number, there are photographs of that transmitter
attached to dishes. Of course, the pipe clamp looks cheesy.

Is this some sort of private wireless internet?

"NetSteady" <cmhutch@gmail.com> wrote in news:1164746131.628325.311160@
80g2000cwy.googlegroups.com:

> Actually, if the 5210BH is what is connected to those dishes, it's an
> illegal setup. Whoever the owner is better pray that the FCC doesn't
> find out about this one. You cannot amplify a 5.2 Canopy radio any more
> than it already is.
>
> Chris
>

Thats how Motorola Sells them !!!

http://motorola.canopywireless.com/p...on=show&recID=
1423

Did you see the new Engenius/Senao, the 16 dBi one ? It claims 16 dBi
antenna and 400 mW transmitting power ?

http://www.engeniustech.com/datacom/...ls.aspx?id=173

Doing the math, at 400 mW, and 16 dBi, that's 14+W ERP, IF, you believe
the numbers.

I was kind of suprised when I saw the 16 dBi unit, as it's not much
larger than the 9 dbi one. I suspect that the antenna is not really 16
dBi. The 9 dbi unit has a single patch antenna inside. I was expecting
the 16 dBi unit to be 2 to 3 times the size of the 9, but it's only a
couple inches larger in each direction.

The antenna design is like a hybrid patch/yagi thing. It's a stacked
patch. I have not measured anything yet, as I'd have to destroy back on
the case to get to the antenna coax.

Regards,

DanS








>
> miso@sushi.com wrote:
>> http://www.lazygranch.com/images/canopy/canopy_dish.jpg
>> http://www.lazygranch.com/images/canopy/label.jpg
>> http://www.lazygranch.com/images/can...tor_canopy.jpg
>>
>> There are 8 of these dishes on Volmer Peak (Berkeley,Ca). I like the
>> cheesy corner reflector set up. Like the guy was short one dish and
>> figured nobody would notice. A few of these are near the top of the
>> tower. The one that were photographed are mounted to a passive
>> reflector structure that has been there for ages. Not that the Canopy
>> set up is related to the reflector. Rather, they just shart the same
>> small tower.
>