Did you make sure you have the duplexors connected the right direction? I
did that wrong once... and make sure you have the right duplexors for the
sub-band you're on.

On Wed, Jul 3, 2019 at 10:50 AM Brian Sullivan <installe...@foxvalley.net>
wrote:

> It's important to note when you attach the duplexors to the radio that you
> are tightening both SMA connectors at the same time.
> They warn about damage than can occur if you tighten them down one at a
> time.
>
> On 7/3/2019 10:14 AM, Keefe John wrote:
>
> They are N Connectors and they came with the adapter from Chuck.
>
> We're going to double-check the tightness of the adapter and swap the
> leads tonight.
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 3, 2019 at 10:05 AM <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote:
>
>> Could be the adapter.  They are pretty simple and hard to screw up, but
>> the cables could be bad too.  I have made very few of these things.  So
>> far, no failures that I know about but there is always the first time.
>>
>> *From:* Ken Hohhof
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 3, 2019 9:00 AM
>> *To:* 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group'
>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] 20 Db Loss with AF-11FX Adapters
>>
>>
>> Make sure you don’t have a mixup between SMA and RPSMA connectors.  I did
>> that once, I assumed everything was RP and got an antenna with regular SMA
>> connectors on it.  Had to buy different coax cables.  Signal was trying to
>> jump the air gap between two female inner connectors.
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *Keefe John
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 3, 2019 9:28 AM
>> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com>
>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] 20 Db Loss with AF-11FX Adapters
>>
>>
>>
>> The TX power is correct.
>>
>>
>>
>> We'll double check the tightness but the techs said they didn't see an
>> issue when installed.
>>
>>
>>
>> It is possible the leads are switched at one end, however you are correct
>> Chuck that UBNT claims that doesn't matter with this radio.
>>
>>
>>
>> Is anyone sure the Dragonwave dishes actually work with two polarities at
>> once?  I believe the literature says single pol.  I know they are dual pol
>> in that you can connect a Dragonwave either horizontally or vertically on
>> the back of the dish but can you use two polarities at once?
>>
>>
>>
>> Keefe
>>
>>
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>>
>> On Wed, Jul 3, 2019 at 8:56 AM Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote:
>>
>> Both chains and both directions?  Cross pol would be about 20db down but
>> doesn’t that radio automagically take care of that for you?
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> > On Jul 3, 2019, at 7:24 AM, Keefe John <kj...@ethoplex.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > We took a Dragonwave Horizon Compact Pluses off a link and used Chuck's
>> adapters to install AF-11FXs on the Dragonwave dishes. Now we're seeing a
>> 20 Db signal loss on the RSL. The DSL with the original Dragonwaves was 1
>> or 2 db off the PCN. What could be the problem?
>> >
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