You still gotta buy two “dish+radio kits”, one for each side:

https://store.ui.com/collections/operator-airfiber/products/af11-complete-hb

And a second duplexer per side. 



> On May 9, 2020, at 2:58 PM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote:
> 
> $999 for a single radio, where a kit is $1500 for two radios and all the 
> trimmings?
>  
> From: Chuck Macenski <>
> Sent: Saturday, May 9, 2020 2:44 PM
> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <>
> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] af11x
>  
> In stock:
> https://store.ui.com/collections/operator-airfiber/products/af-11 
> <https://store.ui.com/collections/operator-airfiber/products/af-11>
>  
>  
> On Sat, May 9, 2020 at 12:10 PM Mathew Howard <mhoward...@gmail.com <>> wrote:
>> Well, right, that's true, and another thing that you need to consider is 
>> that something like an Aviat will run at higher TX power, and probably has 
>> better receive sensitivity, meaning you might be able to use smaller dishes 
>> for similar performance in some circumstances.
>>  
>> Using 2 foots is doable on 7 miles around here (the ubnt dishes are actually 
>> something like 32", but the gain is more in line with a decent 2')... but it 
>> all depends on what your requirements are. It will lose some capacity in 
>> heavy storms, but I wouldn't expect that to be a major problem in Utah. Even 
>> putting a 3' dish on some structures we're installing on is questionable 
>> (whether for wind load reasons, appearance or even just lack of space), so 
>> 4' or 6' has pretty much been out of the question on the links I've done. 
>> Sometimes you just have to take what you can get.
>>  
>>  
>> On Sat, May 9, 2020 at 11:34 AM Mike Hammett <af...@ics-il.net <>> wrote:
>>> I didn't mean to imply it would be the same price, but it's a different 
>>> value that needs to be considered.
>>>  
>>> If you need larger or higher quality dishes, they very well could represent 
>>> more cost than the electronics in either scenario. Ever price out 4' or 6' 
>>> high performance dishes?
>>>  
>>>  
>>> It's not just cat A vs. cat b, but within cat A there are still huge 
>>> differences in what you may need to use in your environment.
>>>  
>>> That said, in our area, I can't imagine using less than a 3' dish for a 7 
>>> mile link in 11 GHz. I'd be happier with a 4'.
>>> 
>>> 
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>>> From: "Mathew Howard" <mhoward...@gmail.com <>>
>>> To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" <af@af.afmug.com <>>
>>> Sent: Saturday, May 9, 2020 11:18:56 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] af11x
>>> 
>>> Well, in theory, the AF11 will be available without the dishes again at 
>>> some point...
>>>  
>>> I think an Aviat single transceiver link came out to about $6k for the 
>>> hardware, with 2' dishes when I priced it, so that's nearly double the 
>>> price of the AF11. If we say $1k of that is in the dishes (I don't remember 
>>> exactly how the pricing broke down, but I think the dishes were actually 
>>> quite a bit less than that), that's still an almost $2k difference (with 
>>> throwing the ubiquiti dishes away)... presumably the better dishes will be 
>>> about the same price for either radio, so the only other difference is 
>>> going to be a few hundred for adapters to connect the AF11 to a real dish.
>>>  
>>> It didn't used to be too big of a difference in price to use Jirous dishes 
>>> with the AF11, because even though you had to buy an adapter (which I think 
>>> was like $140), the dishes were cheaper, but I don't think that's the case 
>>> anymore (and it obvious isn't if you can only get the kit).
>>>  
>>> And of course, if you only need ~350Mbps, you could just do single pol with 
>>> the AF11, and there'd be no need to go with better radios... and it would 
>>> take ~$350 off the price, since you don't need the extra duplexers.
>>>  
>>> But the only reason I'd see you needing better dishes on a 7 mile link is 
>>> if congestion makes a cat A dish necessary.
>>>  
>>> Shipping cost also starts to add up when you're dealing with bigger 
>>> dishes... Chuck could probably pick up the AF11 kits locally from 
>>> Streakwave, but that may not be the case for other stuff.
>>>  
>>> On Sat, May 9, 2020 at 9:44 AM Mike Hammett <af...@ics-il.net <>> wrote:
>>>> How much more is it, though, for better radios if you need the better 
>>>> dishes, yet have to buy the Ubiquiti dishes anyway?
>>>> 
>>>> AF11 kit with dishes (that you'll just throw away)
>>>> N to waveguide adapters
>>>> Good dish
>>>>  
>>>> vs.
>>>>  
>>>> Better radio
>>>> Good dish
>>>> 
>>>> 
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>>>> From: "Mathew Howard" <mhoward...@gmail.com <>>
>>>> To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" <af@af.afmug.com <>>
>>>> Sent: Saturday, May 9, 2020 9:21:00 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] af11x
>>>> 
>>>> I used Comsearch for the last few we did... the price wasn't much 
>>>> different at the time, but I have no idea if that's still the case.
>>>>  
>>>> Ken is right about the performance... you basically get he same throughput 
>>>> out of dual pol that higher end radios get on single pol. It only really 
>>>> matters if the area is congested, but if it is, you may need to spend more 
>>>> and get better radios.
>>>>  
>>>> On Sat, May 9, 2020 at 8:51 AM <ch...@wbmfg.com <>> wrote:
>>>>> So is Liz still the best value for freq coordination and license prep?
>>>>>  
>>>>> From: Ken Hohhof <>
>>>>> Sent: Saturday, May 9, 2020 7:34 AM
>>>>> To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <>
>>>>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] af11x
>>>>>  
>>>>> I don’t have any AF11X and may be remembering wrong, but I think you 
>>>>> basically have to coordinate dual pol, for single pol performance.  So if 
>>>>> you’re in a congested area, it might be marginally more difficult to 
>>>>> coordinate because you won’t have the option of using single pol if only 
>>>>> V or H is available.  V is usually preferred because of less rain fade, 
>>>>> so sometimes H is still available.  Bottom line, might want to do 
>>>>> frequency coordination before buying hardware.
>>>>>  
>>>>> From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com <>> On Behalf Of Chuck McCown
>>>>> Sent: Saturday, May 9, 2020 7:15 AM
>>>>> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com <>>
>>>>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] af11x
>>>>>  
>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On May 8, 2020, at 11:01 PM, Mathew Howard <mhoward...@gmail.com <>> 
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> The kit is available with high band duplexers.
>>>>>>  
>>>>>> But yeah, last I checked, the AF11 is still only in stock anywhere in 
>>>>>> kit form, so it makes sense to just go with the Ubiquiti dishes (which 
>>>>>> should be fine for 7 miles anyway), So you'd be at about $3200 for the 
>>>>>> hardware (2 kits plus two more duplexers to do mimo). If I remember 
>>>>>> correctly, coordination and licensing was somewhere around $1600 on the 
>>>>>> last link we did, so you'll probably end up right around $5K total.
>>>>>>  
>>>>>> I haven't ever had any problem finding an open frequency, but that 
>>>>>> completely depends on the area.
>>>>>>  
>>>>>> On Fri, May 8, 2020 at 6:15 PM Jason Wilson <ja...@remotelylocated.com 
>>>>>> <>> wrote:
>>>>>>> Additionally if you get a high band allotment you’ll need new duplexes 
>>>>>>> all the way around.
>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>> On Fri, May 8, 2020 at 3:48 PM Jesse DuPont 
>>>>>>> <jesse.dup...@celeritycorp.net <>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> Yes. The AF11x "kit" (two radios, two duplexers, two antennas) is 
>>>>>>>> $1500, need two more duplexers if doing MIMO - another $500 ish. Then 
>>>>>>>> $2K (at the most) for the coordination/licensing fees. If you want 
>>>>>>>> better antennas than the UBNT ones in the kit, they'll be over and 
>>>>>>>> above. Radiowaves and KP make good ones (they're the same antenna, 
>>>>>>>> actually).
>>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Jesse DuPont
>>>>>>>> Owner / Network Architect
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>>>>>>>> On 5/8/20 4:41 PM, ch...@wbmfg.com <> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> $4K, both radios, both antennas and a license?
>>>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>>> From: Jesse DuPont
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Sent: Friday, May 8, 2020 4:39 PM
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group ; ch...@wbmfg.com <>
>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] af11x
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>>> About $4K, 700 Mbps. Open freqs completely depends on your location. 
>>>>>>>>> Might have to upgrade antennas.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Jesse DuPont
>>>>>>>>> Owner / Network Architect
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>>>>>>>>> On 5/8/20 3:26 PM, ch...@wbmfg.com <> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> What is the cost, all in, license, antennas, everything for a system 
>>>>>>>>>> that will do 7 miles?
>>>>>>>>>> What throughput will that have?
>>>>>>>>>> How likely is it to find an open frequency?
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
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