hi, just got my equipment up and running. 2 x 25dbi dp flat panel 5 GHz antennas with 20m antenna cable lmr-400 on both sides, rb600a and r52h on both sides. Distance between antennas is 1.6km with almost no obstructions in LOS apart from a few branches of some trees nearby. Height of antennas on one side is 4m mounted on a wall and on the other side 10m mounted on a wooden tree pole, height difference between sites ia approx. 40m…so to the weired stuff:
Initially setup as transparent bridge using static WDS.
When i using frequency 5180 MHz the signal strength was between -80 to -84 with quality 50-70% both sides…i think that was very bad considering distance and high power radios…then i switched to frequency 5800 MHz and the signal dropped to -90 to -92 and quality to 20-30%…hmmm extremly bad and dissappointing…then i switched frequency to 5300 and voila signal strength -70 to -74 with quality 85-95%…weired since there are no interference on those frequencies, im all alone , so whats going on here?? The polarization used on antenna is Vertical, havent tested horizontal yet due to lack of 1 radio, next week will get it and then ill try nstreme dual.
Anyone else experienced such fluctuations in quality by just changing the frequency?