I use rubber ducks but I tend to get pretty aggravated with those things flopping around on the pigtails. If I had a choice now I'd go for the dummy loads and ditch the rubber ducks. The loads look like less of a hassle, I have enough wires getting tangled into things.
-----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Data Technology Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 9:07 AM To: e...@wisp-router.com; WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Which connector is which on R52N I guessed right on the J2 connector. One thing I did was set the card power to manual and lower it to 17db I guess for testing & programming I could have went down to 5 db or so. I also had an antenna connected to it. I have always powered up cards with out antennas on them but I use mostly cm9's. I think it would be a good idea to find some dummy loads or get some small "rubber duck" antennas to use when powering up. LaRoy e...@wisp-router.com wrote: > R52N the one marked J2 is chain 0 and the one marked J3 is chain 1. If the mpci connector towards you J2 is the one on the left. > > /Eje > Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Robert West" <robert.w...@just-micro.com> > Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2009 02:25:24 > To: 'WISPA General List'<wireless@wispa.org> > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Which connector is which on R52N > > You should never power up any of the cards without a load even for a few > seconds. I bet all of us have done that by mistake more times than one but > all of the higher power cards can burn out quickly under the right > conditions. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of Jayson Baker > Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 11:48 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Which connector is which on R52N > > FYI, we powered up a card without an antenna on both ports and damaged the > card. > It's TX power is extremely low now. > > Just a warning. I don't remember if it was in N-mode, or B/G mode. > > On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 3:09 PM, Data Technology <w...@dtisp.com> wrote: > > >> Yeah, I forgot to mention the board and OS. >> It's an RB433AH with 4.0rc1. >> If you are looking down at the card with the connectors at the top and >> the gold pins at the bottom, J2 is on the upper left and J3 is on the >> upper right. >> I was planning on just connecting to J2 and if that did not work then >> connect to J3. >> >> >> David E. Smith wrote: >> >>> Data Technology wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Also, I am looking to use this card with just 1 antenna. >>>> Not looking to use 'N', just using because cm9's were not available >>>> > when > >>>> I bought the card. >>>> I assume this will work ok as long as both TX and RX chains are set to >>>> the same setting. >>>> >>>> >>> Assuming you're using Mikrotik RouterOS, just set the band to B or B/G >>> and you won't even have to worry about the chains - all the N-specific >>> options will just disappear. >>> >>> (I don't have an N card handy, so I'm not sure which antenna lead is >>> identified as which, but you've got a 50-50 shot. :) >>> >>> >>> >>> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > >>> WISPA Wants You! 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