What about something similar to the computer screen privacy filters,
wouldnt that be along the same concept of blocking multipath?

like a raydome with a waffle pattern of 1/2 inch deep holes or something
like that?

i assume the privacy filters are something similar, just blocks angled light

On Sun, Jul 7, 2024 at 10:37 AM Peter Kranz via AF <af@af.afmug.com> wrote:

> I’ve used the uptilt mitigation technique, but not had any where near the
> success of just placing a concrete brick on the roof in front of the
> antenna to block the view of the multipath source (I’m dealing with
> multipath off the SF Bay in my links).
>
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> Peter Kranz
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> *From:* Forrest Christian (List Account) <li...@packetflux.com>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 03, 2024 2:05 PM
> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com>
> *Cc:* Peter Kranz <pkr...@unwiredltd.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Multipath mitigation
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> If that's the case, then maybe some uptilt on the SM, effectively moving
> the AP to the bottom of the pattern might work.  Of course this relies on
> an antenna pattern with fairly sharp cutoff at the edges.
>
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> On Wed, Jul 3, 2024, 12:50 PM Peter Kranz via AF <af@af.afmug.com> wrote:
>
> Easiest solution to this is to position the SM antenna in a location where
> it cannot see the reflected signal from the corn field but still has clean
> LOS to the main beam. We try to get clever about using features on the
> rooftop, building, etc.. to block the multipath reflection.
>
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> *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *Steve Jones
> *Sent:* Saturday, June 29, 2024 10:10 AM
> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com>
> *Subject:* [AFMUG] Multipath mitigation
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> Is there an SM side solution for this? We have a handful of customers we
> have to go out twice a year to move their equipment up 5 feet or down 5
> feet. In the fall, I love to point out they just harvested the field across
> the road, didnt they. theyre always "how did you know"
>
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> I could take the loss hit in many of these cases to do a splitter and
> diverse antennas, but would that harm or hurt more?
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> Some of them we just have 2 radios installed a spring and fall radio, we
> just have them swap which ones plugged in. 2 450b SMs leaves a lot of
> budget for something that doesnt require touching
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> One of you geeks has to have come up with a solution over the years
> other than truck rolls.
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