RE: [smartBridges] aBO with pigtail waterproof connector

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Title: RE: [smartBridges] aBO with pigtail waterproof connector

Chris

 

Have you ever seen Trango

You plug the cat 5 connector directly into the bottom of the radios

There is a weather proof connector, I believe called a umg that screws and tightens up on the cat 5 cable

 

My Observation

 

JoeK

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of phantam
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 10:44 AM
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Subject: RE: [smartBridges] aBO with pigtail waterproof connector

I agree with the metal box, but not if it ups the pricepoint maybe for the nexus? I dropped a APPO and the god damn box cracked :( my fault of course I just used silicon to fix the crack. Also I like the idea of plugging directly onto the board, but I think the reason they were avoiding this is cause they don't really want you opening the unit to have to do things I suppose. However an alternative is to get rid of the external lil cat5 make the cat5 plug directly onto the white box and then like the female half of the waterproof connector screw onto the box itself, just a idea.

Chris

-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Summers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 1:50 AM
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They could probably just do the following with very
little (if any) cost increase.

- The mounting plates on the top and bottom of the radio
  are metal. Just attach a ground point inside the box to
  one of the mounting bolts for grounding to the mast.
  Attach your lead from your shielded Cat-5 and you are set.
- Insert (with glue) some thin metal pieces on all the inside
  surfaces of the existing box to shield from close by RF interference.
  (like two radios being mounted very close to each other, etc..)
- Put a hinge on one side of the door of the exiting box and
  we can just use the two current screws in the corners on the
  other side to open it up. (not going to open them that often
  anyway, right?)
- Add some kind of plastic Zig Zag pieces to the inside edge of
  the box where your Cat-5 gets threaded through to provide cheap
  and easy strain relief. Add a gasket, or gland, or whatever
  you want to call it in the hole on the bottom of the unit for
  the Cat-5 to pass through. Then we can just plug our own Cat-5
  straight into the board.

That gives us a grounded box, that is RF shielded, has access to
the inside to plug in the Cat-5 directly to the board so we can
all use our favorite Cat-5 type, and provides a cleaner looking
and more weather resistant install.

All of it could be done for what is currently being spent on the
"weatherproof" connector and the Cat-5 that is included, and would
be a minimal manufacturing process change.

  All of this is of course IMHO.  :-)

Kevin Summers
KISTech Internet Services Inc.
www.kistech.com

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> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 2:27 PM
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> Subject: RE: [smartBridges] aBO with pigtail waterproof connector
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>
> (pardon my bad netiquette as I merge 2 posts...)
>
> I think those are all slick changes, and I would welcome them ..but I
> think we can kiss the pricepoint good bye, eh?
>
> sB.. any idea how much would it raise the cost of each unit to do what's
> listed here?
>
> TIM
>
> >I am using 2 of the Trango units for backhaul
> >the vertical and horizontal is done electronically inside the >Trango
> radio
> >
>
>
> > > 1) They need to metalize the radio(for shielding from transient
> voltage)
> > > 2) They need to do away with the waterproof connector and the
> > piece of non
> > > shielded cat 5 hanging   down from the radio
> > > 3) Increase the radio from 60 mw to 100mw
> > >
> > > My observations from testing the radios for several months
> >
>
> Tim Foster
> www.AledoBroadBand.com
> Aledo's only high-speed ISP
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