PTP SXT 5HnD or Powerstation 5?

RouterOS Wireless Networking
1

For a link of about 15KM, which is better SXT or PS5.

Heard that PS5 can only handle a working 2Mbits reliable and anything over that will somehow die in the air.

now what about SXT?

thnx

2

i dont think the SXT inbuilt ANTENNA 16dbi is sufficient for 15 km link. I tried but had no signal.

I am using a 711 with 30 dbi grids on both ends and getting 12 mbps UDP for a 16 km link.
If u want more u can go for 433ah with dbii f50 and grids

3

try this setup. It will work better than Powerstation.
http://forum.mikrotik.com/t/sxt-reflector-154mbps-tcp/48199/1

4

I don’t think using a dish will grant me any help since the SXT will be mounted on a tower very high on the tip.

now what about using SXT within city towers for ptp connection? if it was used within 2-5 KM what bandwidth max throughput can I get? do you guys think I can get more than 2 meg?

5

for 2-5 km u can get more than 2 mbps with ease. keep the LOS clear. The sxt has a very narrow beamwidth

6

with NV2 we could achieve 100MBps up and 100MBps down (basically ethernet port maxed) with SXT

7

i have very clear LOS but i cannot exceed more than 14 mbps even with NV2.
Signal = -73/-74
CCQ = 89/35( why is the RX CCQ low?)

I have seen CCQ % get better with load. Is it because my link has lesser RX load so poor CCQ. At more load it might get better??
NV2 is still a complex case for me. Sometimes i loose signal if I change to NV2 for some long distance links

8

The point of the dish is to narrow the beam width, which in turn should increase your signal (and distance). The July Mikrotik newsletter has a very nice reflector designed for the SXT in it: http://www.mikrotik.com/download/share/News_32.pdf