is the 450I CBRS 365 Radio still in production? I have reached out to several distros and no one seems to have stock and I can’t get an answer when they may get a shipment in.
Yes, this radio is still in production. Unfortunately, we are still working to catch up to demand. I know it’s not a great situation, but getting the order into your channel partner is the best way to get units when they become available.
I hate to bring this up when the current models are on backorder, but we could really use a 3 GHz version of the 450b mid-gain.
We are seeing an increasing failure rate of the 3 GHz P11 SMs. The failure mode is high (up to 20 dB) A/B ratio in the DS direction only. Some of these are 10 years old so I’m not complaining about that, and I have a bunch of used ones, but I assume those may eventually have the same problem.
The problem is we have no option smaller than a 450b high-gain. So when we go to do the repair, we may not be able to mount the big dish on the customer’s house, if for example fascia is the only option. Also the SM may only be 0.2 to 0.5 miles from the AP and a 450b high-gain is overkill.
A 3 GHz version of the 450b Retro would also solve the problem, but I’m guessing we’re even less likely to get that.