I was hired as tower monkey. But I am putting together a list of
questions. ...if I go back I need more answers u guys are giving me
good ideas and questions
Jaime Solorza
On Mar 9, 2015 7:47 AM, "Ken Hohhof" <af...@kwisp.com> wrote:
> If it’s one direction only, probably electronics. If both directions,
> probably antenna or path. You say you’ve verified xmt power is actually at
> 14 dB? Many radios vary xmt power with modulation and/or ATPC. Have they
> done a FW update since the original install when it measured in mid 40’s?
>
> If you graph the signal does it vary with weather or time of day?
>
>
> *From:* Jaime Solorza <losguyswirel...@gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Sunday, March 08, 2015 11:49 PM
> *To:* Animal Farm <af@afmug.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] 18ghz question
>
>
> All outdoor. On water tank rails. On masts. I am not sure if they were
> installed on catwalks before and now on top. I am going to ask about
> that. Both antennas are about 168 ft AGL...you got me thinking. ..
>
> Jaime Solorza
> On Mar 8, 2015 10:33 PM, "Bill Prince" <part15...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 18 is not that different from 11 or 23 for that matter. It should behave
>> similarly, except for the beamwidth with a given antenna size and the
>> freespace loss.
>>
>> Are these split mount or all-outdoor? Is it the same at both ends? Is
>> the path clear? Any fresnel issues?
>>
>> bp
>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>>
>> On 3/8/2015 9:22 PM, Jaime Solorza wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Targeted RSL is -42 at 4.08 miles
>>> Tx power at 14db. Should be 14.5dB ....three different companies have
>>> aligned these dishes before I was asked to try and get the link closer to
>>> targeted figure. On this one -53.1 is best I got. A bit better than others
>>> but not where they want. I took both antennas completed off paths and
>>> started over. Got it to above level. Made sure it was not sidelobe.
>>> These radios are about 6 years old Dragonwave...the client says they were
>>> in mid 40s according to records. What can cause such a difference if
>>> alignment is not an issue?
>>> Jaime Solorza
>>>
>>>
>>
