It is outside at my NOC.  We have a 10' x 10' structure on the roof with
back to back Nanostations broadcasting 10' apart

On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 7:27 AM, Cameron Crum <[email protected]> wrote:

> The foil table is cheap and easy to try. If it doesn't work, you can
> always peel it off. As for the 6db result from earlier, were you outdoors
> in inside when you tried that test?
>
> On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 12:02 PM, Jeremy <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I used to use galvanizing spray paint to repair stingers that had lost
>> their gold stickers, and it worked great for that.  I would clean the
>> residue off, mask and spray the circle, and then paint the whole thing
>> white.
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 10:59 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Galvanizing spray paint may not have a good faraday effect due to the
>>> small zinc particle size and the lack of electrical connection between
>>> particles.  Just a guess.  I would think foil tape would tell you for
>>> certain.
>>>
>>> But the paint may have been just as good.  Never really tested it for
>>> that.  I know that eventually the vehicle somehow weathers or evaporates
>>> away and allows the zinc to do the proper electrochemistry when applied to
>>> steel.
>>>
>>> *From:* Jeremy
>>> *Sent:* Friday, July 27, 2018 10:55 AM
>>> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
>>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] RF Armor for a CPE
>>>
>>> I have masked the front and painted the backs with galvanizing spray
>>> paint, but the difference was not really very noticeable.  I debated trying
>>> foil tape, but just gave up frequency reuse on that old UBNT gear.
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 10:47 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I would have cost them just a penny or two to have coated the inside of
>>>> the enclosure with aluminum deposition or nickel paint (or arc spray zinc)
>>>> to have eliminated much of that.
>>>>
>>>> I wonder what the difference would be to put foil on everything but the
>>>> area in the front where the antenna is...
>>>>
>>>> *From:* Jeremy
>>>> *Sent:* Friday, July 27, 2018 10:43 AM
>>>> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
>>>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] RF Armor for a CPE
>>>>
>>>> ....so it dropped from hearing at a -30 to a -36.  Still too hot for
>>>> them to both be on-channel obviously, since they put out so much noise out
>>>> the back.  Obviously a directional antenna like a Powerbeam will be
>>>> different.
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 10:41 AM, Jeremy <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> In my experience testing RF armor on a two Nanostations facing
>>>>> opposite directions, ten feet apart from each other, each rf armor lowered
>>>>> the noise level by 3db.  So both of them lowered the level that they could
>>>>> hear each other by 6db.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 9:26 AM, Jay Weekley <
>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> How effective is RF Armor in reducing interference being received by
>>>>>> an SM?  Obviously it depends on which direction it's coming from .
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