Nearly all of my coax is preterminated. It's all a) Streakwave or b) included with the antenna. I can't recall if we've ever had a problem with any of it, but we always use coax seal.
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 1:34 PM, Glen Waldrop <gwl...@cngwireless.net> wrote: > 15dBi omni and ~15 to 20ft LMR400. > > Lightning blew the door off the power box on the ground, fried the mini > PCI cards, but the RB600 still worked, just no data across the ethernet > port. > > The unit was hit in 09, was replaced and the antenna and coax have been in > service the whole time. I never replaced it as I thought the hinky rx > signal was just misreported, a 24Mbps link @ -88 shouldn't happen. Rx > signal quality has finally gone down to match the actual numbers now, so I > think something in the antenna was damaged. > > The problem I have here is quality cables. I've gone through around 50 > that were replaced by Streakwave. They had a bad batch. Made me quite shy > to replace what appears to be a good cable with one that might just quit > like some others have. > > I made this one in late 08. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Jaime Solorza <losguyswirel...@gmail.com> > *To:* Animal Farm <af@afmug.com> > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 07, 2015 12:12 PM > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Quick antenna question > > more info ...what kind of antenna? how much RF cable and what kind is it? > what do connectors look like ? > > Jaime Solorza > Wireless Systems Architect > 915-861-1390 > > On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 11:09 AM, Glen Waldrop <gwl...@cngwireless.net> > wrote: > >> I had a tower hit by lightning. The antenna appeared to survive, so I >> replaced electronics and let it go. >> >> The system reports low rx signal, 20dB worse than expected, but got the >> speeds I expected, so originally I thought the signal was just being >> misreported by the new equipment. It has degraded now, so we're working on >> it this afternoon. >> >> I'm replacing the antenna, but what are the odds that the coax is damaged >> as well? >> >> I've got spare, probably going to send it up with the climber anyway. >> > >
