Brian, It is my opinion that once the internal components of the antenna dry thoroughly - - you can seal them and put them back into service. It will depend on how long they were exposed to the water and the amount of corrosion that may/may not be present as to whether they are actually usable or suitable for service. I personally haven't ever been able to put one back into service since they were exposed to water for long periods before they actually died or got so bad that I noticed a signal level drop on the AP.
YMMV, Mac > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Brian Rohrbacher > Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 12:57 PM > To: Conversations over a new WISP Trade Organization > Subject: [WISPA] does water ruin antennas? > > So, if I have a suspect antenna that might have got water in it, is it > ruined, or can it dry out, be resealed and work just fine? > > > Specifically, I have a couple omni's from sites that seemed to be under > powered. The culprit could have been the radio card, pigtail, cable or > omni, I don't know. I replaced it all. The reason I ask about the > omni > is because way back a few years ago I got paranoid after I have some > water issues. A couple of these omni's I put too much tape and mastic > on the bottom by the connector. I wrapped it up too high and thick and > covered the weep holes in the bottom of the omni. So maybe I got > condensation, or water in there if it could not leak out.... > > So if an omni like that got wet, will it dry and be ok? What about a > dipole on a grid? > > Brian > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > --------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > --------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.6.5/1620 - Release Date: > 8/19/2008 6:04 AM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
