On Fri, Aug 07, 2009 at 10:33:37PM -0500, Ed Spoon - Computer Sales & Services, Inc. wrote: > So, what causes this crazy loss on all of my 'longer' 5.8 links after > dark/overnight? Temp drop? Contraction? Condensation? Moonbeams? > > More importantly, is there anything I can do about it? Anyone else dealing > with it? > > Links are N-S, E-W and NE-SW, different brands radios, but all in the ISM > 5.8 spectrum. Can start as early as 8pm but usually after midnight. Goes > until the suns been up 1 to 3 hours. Doesn't happen every day, but seems to > be predominant in the summer when we get over 90 degrees with 90% humidity > and then the afternoon/evening rain from the buildup. I see it happening to > short links also, just doesn't get bad enough to "drop".
I was wondering about condensation from the evening dew in the LMR connectors which might evaporate out after a couple of hours of sunlight. Have you checked the connectors/feed horns? -- Scott Lambert KC5MLE Unix SysAdmin lamb...@lambertfam.org -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
