Eurodk.com sells the Dynadish 5 for $121.23USD, the LHG 5HP for $44.49, the LHG 5 XL HP for $61.17USD, and the SXTsq 5 HP for $38.23, plus USPS Priority shipping that adds about another $20k (took less than one week to receive my order); this makes that source considerably less expensive than the other sources my team looked at. The LHG series as-el mast mount is only $5.50USD. Plus, they have current stock of most models, drop-shipped directly from Latvia where their warehouse is located next to the MikroTik manufacturer (this is the reason I went with them in the first place, as the US reseller quoted 2-3months back-order).

I have not yet tried running the LHG 5 on 12V power, but I will try that out here shortly and let you know. We currently carry a 120VAC generator & solar invertor for our team’s field deployment setup, for the HF radio, laptops, lighting and other equipment, but it would be nice to know if the HamWan antenna can be added to the list of 12VDC possibilities for lean go-kits running off of battery/solar/vehicle.

BTW, the Dynadish is an insignificant 0.5db spec difference in gain. Given that the 802.a/n download/upload speeds of the LHG5 series is way more than needed for most portable applications, I don’t yet see any advantage of 802.ac (if you’re going to be streaming video from encrypted websites like YouTube, Netflix, Xfinity, which one might be able to argue demands >10Mbps, you’re in violation of FCC Part 97 regs for amateur radio anyway). Since the 5Ghz band is not being used by HamWan for client connections, that eliminates most or all of the extra 802.ac speed anyway which requires 5GHz to reach its spec’d max speeds.

Stephen W9SK

From: PSDR <psdr-bounces@hamwan.org> On Behalf Of lionelhlvrsn@gmail.com
Sent: Monday, September 14, 2020 6:01 PM
To: 'Puget Sound Data Ring' <psdr@hamwan.org>
Subject: Re: [HamWAN PSDR] Advice for parts for a portable setup

Thank you Stephen, and thank you, Carl!

I am curious to hear back on the 802.ac issue, so that will be a factor.

I made a table of what I’ve learned so far. I like that the Dynadish is smaller and appears to be faster and more robust. If I understand correctly, the wider antenna beam width would make it more forgiving for aiming it at a HamWAN site. The Dynadish’s increased power consumption is a downside for battery life. Does anyone how much the Dynadish actually weighs?

	LHG XL HP5	Dynadish
MSRP	$79	$179
CPU Model	AR9344	QCA9557
CPU Speed	600 MHz	720 MHz
RAM	64 MB	128 MB
Storage	16 MB	16 MB
Antenna Gain	27 dBi	25 dBi
Antenna Beam Width	6.4°	8°
Ethernet Port Speed	Fast (10/100)	Gigabit (10/100/1000)
TX Power	Up to 630 mW	?? Not listed and haven’t been able to find
Listed Range	40 km (25 miles)	45 km (28 miles)
Dimensions	550 x 245 mm (22” x 10”)	404 x 175 (16” x 7”)
Weight	945 g (2 pounds)	Not listed, but some websites list this as 26-28 pounds. Could this be accurate?
Power Consumption	7 w	9 w
In Stock?	No	No

-Lionel

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