Best bet is put all cat5 in shielded liquidtight. Better bet is run fiber + power up to a switch and a PacketFlux rack injector
Otherwise you will just end up chasing it all day everyday. -Sean On Sat, Apr 20, 2019 at 11:30 AM Matt Hoppes < [email protected]> wrote: > I believe there is a spare antenna already connected. I’ll have to check > on Monday. > > On Apr 20, 2019, at 14:22, <[email protected]> <[email protected]> wrote: > > Do they have a spare FM antenna you could connect to a temp line and > perhaps pull it up the tower while on? > > I know I am getting increasingly crazy with ideas here but just > spitballing. > > *From:* Matt Hoppes > *Sent:* Saturday, April 20, 2019 12:17 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Fwd: CAT5. FM. And Rain > > The Nautel doesn’t ramp. It’s all or nothing. > > On Apr 20, 2019, at 13:03, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: > > Would you be allowed to ramp up the RF and see what levels cause what > kinds of problems? > > *From:* Chuck McCown > *Sent:* Saturday, April 20, 2019 10:47 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Fwd: CAT5. FM. And Rain > > Do you have perhaps a grounding issue at one end or the other? Most > ethernet devices have phy transformers that ground directly or through a > capacitor. Ground potential differences between one end and the other can > cause a problem like this. > > If you are connected to an earth ground that changes with moisture then > perhaps a ground loop is causing problems. This seems backwards but it may > be ground related somehow. > > Fiber > Spray water > Liquidtight > > I hate to suggest the intermod theory as it seems a bit unlikely to have > intermod strong enough to interfere with an ethernet signal, but not too > many things left to think. > > > > *From:* Matt Hoppes > *Sent:* Saturday, April 20, 2019 10:41 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Fwd: CAT5. FM. And Rain > > The issue has gotten worse over the last two years. With it be terrible > right now. > > We just reran cable last month. All new cable and radios. And still having > the issue. > > On Apr 20, 2019, at 12:03, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: > > You would have to climb it with a garden sprayer strapped to your back. > I am more of the opinion of the corroded RJ45. > > *From:* Matt Hoppes > *Sent:* Saturday, April 20, 2019 8:42 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Fwd: CAT5. FM. And Rain > > Not in liquidtight. > > Have ground lifted and grounded. No change. > > Have not wet things (would be difficult - no ready source of water) > > Obviously RF is getting into the Ethernet, when things are wet. I’m just > trying to figure out why. Clearly a connection is being made somewhere it > shouldn’t be. > > > > On Apr 20, 2019, at 09:58, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: > > So moisture + rf = Ethernet interference. Just as originally stated. No > standing waves. > Is your cat5 in liquidtight? Have you played with grounding & ungrounding > the shields? How about taking a garden sprayer and selectively wetting > things? > > Sent from my iPhone > > Begin forwarded message: > > *From:* Matt Hoppes <[email protected]> > *Date:* April 20, 2019 at 7:52:12 AM MDT > *To:* Chuck McCown <[email protected]> > *Subject:* *Re: [AFMUG] CAT5. FM. And Rain* > > Yes. Problem goes away. > > On Apr 20, 2019, at 09:51, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Have you killed the ref when you are having the problem? Might not be ref > related. > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Apr 19, 2019, at 7:11 PM, Matt Hoppes < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > 19watts > > > On 4/19/19 8:58 PM, Chuck McCown wrote: > > What is the reflected power when you are having problems? > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Apr 19, 2019, at 6:41 PM, Matt Hoppes < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > My thoughts too. But the reflected power right now is only 19watts out of > 9,000. > > > On Apr 19, 2019, at 20:14, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: > > > My guess is that the FM station has a problem with the antenna or > transmission line. Moisture throws off impedance somewhere and you have a > strong standing wave on the transmission line. Probably a bad connector. > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Apr 19, 2019, at 5:52 PM, Matt Hoppes < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Looking to the wisdom of the AF group on this. > > > I have some equipment on an FM tower. It’s a 9kw station around 150ft. We > are at 250ft with two sectors and a backhaul. Netonix switch in shelter. > > > Nothing else on the tower. > > > Normally all is fine. When it rains or is very moist out (heavy heavy > fog) we start having major Ethernet negotiation issues. The ports will go > from 1Gig to 10F sometimes. Sometimes drop completely. > > > I’ve got ferrite beads wrapped about 5 times top and bottom. > > > Any further words of wisdom on what to try? I suspect some odd grounding > issue. 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