XPost: alt.home.repair, sci.electronics.repair   
   From: _arlen.george@halder.edu   
      
   On Tue, 15 Oct 2019 21:12:13 -0000 (UTC), Dan Purgert wrote:   
      
   >>> o How about in this picture of a Ubiquiti Rocket M5 5Ghz antenna?   
   >>>     
   >>   
   >> the connection is not obvious from that angle   
   >   
   > The rocket (radio) plugs into a socket in the antenna.  IIRC, the socket   
   > there is covering the upper 2" or so of the radio unit.   
      
   The main point is that the radio and antenna are as close together as a   
   tire is to the wheel ... such that these are colloquially equivalent:   
   o Aim the radio   
   o Aim the antenna   
      
   Just as these are colloquially equivalent   
   o Balance the wheel   
   o Balance the tires   
      
   The problem I have with quibbling is that it gains us nothing, and, worse,   
   the people who quiblle are always the ones who can't add value.   
      
   Think about it this way:   
   o You're on a slippery tile roof, aiming the antenna,   
   o And you call down below to the guy on the laptop with the software   
   o "Did we get to 60 decibels yet"   
   And ... the guy incessantly argues with you   
   o That's it's dBi or dBm... or worse ... that it's minus   
      
   The time to quibble is when you're sitting in the classroom.   
   o We're trying to get something done here   
      
   Already Johann Baretta mentioned he owns a WISP where he picks up signals   
   from San Onofre Visitor Center WiFi from 60 miles away.   
      
   That's the kind of range that's possible with this stuff!   
   (Well, not that much for $100 ... but you get the point).   
      
   The value here is that anyone on a computer with an Ethernet port   
   can extend their range by huge amounts, for less than a hundred bucks.   
      
   Since this equipment isn't sold in the normal consumer stores,   
   they just have to know that it exists, and what to get, where the   
   PowerBeams are hard to beat in terms of price/performance but there are   
   tons of choices depending on what the person wants to do:   
      
   a. Do they want to vastly extend the range of their WiFi   
   b. Or do they paint the furthest reaches of their property   
   c. Or do they wish to pick up or throw Internet vast distances   
      
   All this is possible - for around $100 - if you know how.   
      
   --   
   That type of technical value is what people should focus on   
   (instead of quibbling over meaningless things of no adult value).   
      
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