This is going to sound like a Huber+Suhner commercial. 1. Waterproof connectors At 11:41 PM +0000 11/19/09, lakel...@gbcx.net wrote: >No 400 connector from any of the manufacturers is weatherproof by itself. You >need to weatherproof all of your connections. If they are not getting wet you >are lucky. Plain and simple.
True for most low end connectors. However, H+S makes connectors with integrated o-rings that are IP68/NEMA-6 rated. That means they have to pass a water submersion test. I have used the product with success. They are probably more expensive than most WISP's can afford, but you get what you pay for. I don't know if they have one that would work for LMR-400 cable. They also make hermetically sealed connectors. http://www.hubersuhnerinc.com/co-ca-us/mozilla/us-news.htm?org=4F0184A3DC3E6840&newsid=D05AABE63966F25E&itemstate=2&back=ECC6CA06810995BD1581FAC18CAA4AFB 2. adhesive shrink tubing At 4:42 PM -0700 11/19/09, AJ wrote: >CANUSA adhesive shrink tubing is your friend :) Adhesive shrink tubing probably won't pass IP68, but that doesn't mean it won't help. 3. There is better cable out there than LMR-400. Again H+S makes one that is quite a bit better, especially at 5.8 GHz, and not too expensive. Contact me off list if you need pointers. Having said that I suspect that H+S doesn't want to sell directly to WISPs but rather to large customers and distributors. Best, leb At 11:41 PM +0000 11/19/09, lakel...@gbcx.net wrote: >No 400 connector from any of the manufacturers is weatherproof by itself. You >need to weatherproof all of your connections. If they are not getting wet you >are lucky. Plain and simple. > >Bob >Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > >-----Original Message----- >From: "MDK" <rea...@muddyfrogwater.us> >Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:20:52 >To: WISPA General List<wireless@wispa.org> >Subject: [WISPA] Times Microwave EZ connectors > > >I've run out of these, and none of the vendors I use commonly carry them. >Anyone out west have these? > >Yeah, I know, it costs more to buy two of these than a whole pre-built 10 >foot cable, but every danged pre-built I buy has water issues. > >We have never had to seal any of the cables we built ourselves, and none of >them have ever leaked (except when someone who'll forever remain nameless >forgot to tighten the cable...), but I have no luck at all with the pre-made >I've bought from multiple places. Our temporary site needed to go up in a >real hurry, so I bought a whole pile of parts and cables, and most of them >have had issues. > > > > > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >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/ > > > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >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/ -- l...@iridescent.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/
