We didn’t use any alignment tool, besides squinting slightly and just 
experience. A tool would’ve been better though :)  

> On May 28, 2025, at 6:26 PM, Mathew Howard <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I haven't used any of the XRs, but I'm pretty sure there's no flat surface, 
> so the WB scope probably isn't going to work. I assume the AF60XR comes with 
> a plastic sight, like all the other UBNT 60ghz radios do these days, which is 
> typically good enough to get you close enough fine tune with signal, and yes, 
> the alignment brackets are pretty decent (again, I haven't used the XR, but 
> I'm assuming it's similar to the others). They do have some beam forming, 
> which makes them relatively easy to aim compared to other mmwave radios... 
> they don't need to be anywhere near as precise as something like an AF24. 
> 
> The original AF60 is junk compared to the AF60LR, WaveLR and WavePro 
> (especially the bracket, but also, in general).
> 
> On Wed, May 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM Nate Burke <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> We haven't used the UBNT 60ghz since the original AF60 between 2 
>> rooftops going across a street.  We found it almost impossible to align, 
>> but that was back in the day of the single U-Bolt alignment.  I'm 
>> looking at doing a temporary (1 month) 3 mile link from a tower to a 
>> building with the AF60XR.  Is it going to be hard to align the tower end 
>> without 100 climbs?  It looks like the alignment bracket is better now, 
>> allowing for fine adjustments. With the AF24, we can strap the WB 
>> Telescope on the front and align them right in with no question.  I'm 
>> guessing there's no flat surface to mount a scope on the AF60.
>> 
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