For <20 feet you could just use 195, I don't think you get any much difference at 5 GHz.
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 1:56 PM, Glen Waldrop <gwl...@cngwireless.net> wrote: > We seal ours as well. > > I recrimped most of the premade cables I purchased after I got a batch > where the ends just came off. Assemble the equipment on the ground for > testing, go to line the antenna up for a test shot, notice no signal, the > coax is laying on the ground. > > I didn't take the end off, just hit it again with the crimpers from each > direction. > > That has made me a bit gun shy about LMR400, especially after it happened > on a tower. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Josh Luthman <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 07, 2015 12:49 PM > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Quick antenna question > > 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. >>> >> >> >
