Also, all of the details, including transmit power, should be on the PCN. You should have the PCN in hand. If you don't I would print it out. You should also have a path analysis with expected signal strengths, and those come in really handy when you are aligning. If you are not where the path calc says that you should be then you could be on a side lobe
On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 8:59 AM, Jeremy <jeremysmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > I haven't used SAF before but I generally set the radios across the room > from each other (with no dish) to test the link. They will link up without > being next to each other. > > On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 8:42 AM, That One Guy via Af <af@afmug.com> wrote: > >> We havent used SAF or done licensed before >> >> Im getting ready to bench configure this link, are there any caveats to >> it? >> As I understand it from the manual, these ship with transmit turned off, >> so powering them up wont hurt anything, I just set them side by side with >> the flanges facing upward and turn the power on to the minimum tx power, >> this wont hurt them to be transmitting with no antenna load attached? If I >> leave them on for an extended timeframe will it harm them in this fashion? >> >> Im assuming the license gives use permission to install these at maximum >> radio power? we dont have anything in hand from FCC so I dont know, all I >> know is we have approval on the link. >> >> Any gotchas to setting these up or installing them, beyond figuring out >> how to get a 4 foot antenna to the top of the grain elevator without >> denting it >> >> -- >> All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that the >> parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if you >> can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do not >> use a hammer. -- IBM maintenance manual, 1925 >> > >
