Exactly - mislabeled duplexers has been a known problem.

> On Jul 3, 2019, at 12:18 PM, Mathew Howard <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Did you make sure you have the duplexors connected the right direction? I did 
> that wrong once... and make sure you have the right duplexors for the 
> sub-band you're on.
> 
> On Wed, Jul 3, 2019 at 10:50 AM Brian Sullivan <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> It's important to note when you attach the duplexors to the radio that you 
> are tightening both SMA connectors at the same time.
> They warn about damage than can occur if you tighten them down one at a time.
> 
> On 7/3/2019 10:14 AM, Keefe John wrote:
>> They are N Connectors and they came with the adapter from Chuck.
>> 
>> We're going to double-check the tightness of the adapter and swap the leads 
>> tonight.
>> 
>> 
>> On Wed, Jul 3, 2019 at 10:05 AM <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> 
>> wrote:
>> Could be the adapter.  They are pretty simple and hard to screw up, but the 
>> cables could be bad too.  I have made very few of these things.  So far, no 
>> failures that I know about but there is always the first time. 
>>  
>> From: Ken Hohhof <>
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 3, 2019 9:00 AM
>> To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <>
>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 20 Db Loss with AF-11FX Adapters
>>  
>> Make sure you don’t have a mixup between SMA and RPSMA connectors.  I did 
>> that once, I assumed everything was RP and got an antenna with regular SMA 
>> connectors on it.  Had to buy different coax cables.  Signal was trying to 
>> jump the air gap between two female inner connectors.
>> 
>>  
>> From: AF <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> On 
>> Behalf Of Keefe John
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 3, 2019 9:28 AM
>> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected] 
>> <mailto:[email protected]>>
>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 20 Db Loss with AF-11FX Adapters
>> 
>>  
>> The TX power is correct.
>> 
>>  
>> We'll double check the tightness but the techs said they didn't see an issue 
>> when installed.
>> 
>>  
>> It is possible the leads are switched at one end, however you are correct 
>> Chuck that UBNT claims that doesn't matter with this radio.
>> 
>>  
>> Is anyone sure the Dragonwave dishes actually work with two polarities at 
>> once?  I believe the literature says single pol.  I know they are dual pol 
>> in that you can connect a Dragonwave either horizontally or vertically on 
>> the back of the dish but can you use two polarities at once?
>> 
>>  
>> Keefe
>> 
>> 
>> Keefe John
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>> On Wed, Jul 3, 2019 at 8:56 AM Chuck McCown <[email protected] <>> wrote:
>> 
>> Both chains and both directions?  Cross pol would be about 20db down but 
>> doesn’t that radio automagically take care of that for you?
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> > On Jul 3, 2019, at 7:24 AM, Keefe John <[email protected] <>> wrote:
>> > 
>> > We took a Dragonwave Horizon Compact Pluses off a link and used Chuck's 
>> > adapters to install AF-11FXs on the Dragonwave dishes. Now we're seeing a 
>> > 20 Db signal loss on the RSL. The DSL with the original Dragonwaves was 1 
>> > or 2 db off the PCN. What could be the problem?
>> > 
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