Help Identifying These Antennas

[navagator]

I have neighbors on either side of me that are using these little parabolic shaped antennas. I would say they were about a foot and a half across, and they have one small probe sticking out of the center. One is pointing East and the other West.

Could they be some kind of microwave antenna?

Here are a couple of photos. The second photo shows one of the antennas on a walk up tower, sorry for the pic quality.

 

[comfortably_numb]

Wireless internet

Here's an example of a provider that deploys those antennas in my area:

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The transmitters can be on cell towers, on top of water towers, and other locations.

 

[EmCommSat]

Yes, those look to be PTP microwave antennas, probably Ubiquiti 5GHz.


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[LocutusOfBorg]

I tried ptp microwave internet once back in the good old days of 802.11b. Didn't work so well even though I had a clear path to 4 AP's from 45 feet up my tower.

 

[navagator]

Wireless internet

Here's an example of a provider that deploys those antennas in my area:

GoBrolly® Best Internet Service for Kansas and Missouri

GoBrolly - Best internet for Louisburg, Paola, Hillsdale, Wea, Stilwell, Cleveland, Freeman, Drexel - Reliable. Fast. Work from Home.

gobrolly.com

The transmitters can be on cell towers, on top of water towers, and other locations.

I thought about wireless internet. We have at least one wireless internet provider that I know of.

Now, can this cause interference issues with C band? The last few months I've been experiencing choppy/jerky video on many of the channels I watch and I can't seem to find any problems with my system.

 

[navagator]

Wireless internet

Here's an example of a provider that deploys those antennas in my area:

GoBrolly® Best Internet Service for Kansas and Missouri

GoBrolly - Best internet for Louisburg, Paola, Hillsdale, Wea, Stilwell, Cleveland, Freeman, Drexel - Reliable. Fast. Work from Home.

gobrolly.com

The transmitters can be on cell towers, on top of water towers, and other locations.

I have 2 commercial radio towers about a mile across from me. You can see them from the pic I added below which I took from my yard.

I believe the wireless antenna in the first picture is pointing towards those towers, so there's probable a transmitter on one of those towers.

 

[Titanium]

Here is a discussion on interference from a local terrestrial internet provider from a few years ago.

wireless internet interfering with C Band

Hi there. A month or so ago I posted about my signal stuttering and freezing up and I checked every connection, bought another LNBF and swapped out receivers, but no change. Well, as it turns out, I also had gotten setup with a wireless internet provider (with a small dish and transmitter)...

www.satelliteguys.us

 

[navagator]

Here is a discussion on interference from a local terrestrial internet provider from a few years ago.

wireless internet interfering with C Band

Hi there. A month or so ago I posted about my signal stuttering and freezing up and I checked every connection, bought another LNBF and swapped out receivers, but no change. Well, as it turns out, I also had gotten setup with a wireless internet provider (with a small dish and transmitter)...

www.satelliteguys.us

Thank you for pointing out that thread.

It sounds like this could be the problem I'm having.

I think I'll order one of your filtering LNBF's and see if it helps.

 

[primestar31]

Thank you for pointing out that thread.

It sounds like this could be the problem I'm having.

I think I'll order one of your filtering LNBF's and see if it helps.

Use "Satguys Save" (without the quotes) in the Coupon code for Titanium's sales site, and you'll save 15% on the cost of your order of his stuff.

 

[navagator]

Use "Satguys Save" (without the quotes) in the Coupon code for Titanium's sales site, and you'll save 15% on the cost of your order of his stuff.

Thanks for the tip. I'll do that.