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Jeff Broadwick
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> On Jan 8, 2020, at 10:38 AM, Joe Novak <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
> There seems to be a lot of people complaining about getting stock of spare 
> parts, and it has seemed to be on going for the last 6 months or so. Not 
> something I would want to worry about.
> 
>> On Wed, Jan 8, 2020 at 9:26 AM Nate Burke <[email protected]> wrote:
>> We have several, about 2 dozen in place for about 2 years, Have not had any 
>> issues with them.  
>> 
>> I like the fact that they are cheap enough to just keep spares on a shelf.  
>> But so far we have not had any problems.   Most of our Paths were running 
>> AF5 radios that we upgraded to AF11, so we didn't even have to change the 
>> bracket on the tower, just swap the AF5 for the AF11.  
>> 
>> We do change the mount bolts that come with the Dish.  They are packed with 
>> bolt/washer/lockwasher which is almost impossible to get all lined up when 
>> you drop the dish into the bracket.  We change them with serrated flange 
>> head bolts like are on the AF5 radios (order from McMaster) and get 35mm 
>> long threads so it's easier to line up on the bracket.  We also have have to 
>> re-tap about 80% of the mount holes on the dish because the threads from the 
>> factory are that bad.  That's just now part of our ground setup to run the 
>> tap through all the holes.  
>> 
>> They have an option for 2wire power, or POE, but no SFP unfortunately.  But 
>> any Ethernet issues I've had can be traced to a problem with the cable.  
>> 
>>> On 1/8/2020 9:08 AM, Paul McCall wrote:
>>> Anybody have more than a couple of these thing in place for while that can 
>>> comment on their Pros / Cons ?
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> Needing to buy 8 licensed links and looking for reliable, but cost effective
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> Paul
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> Paul McCall, President
>>> 
>>> Florida Broadband / PDMNet
>>> 
>>> 658 Old Dixie Highway
>>> 
>>> Vero Beach, FL 32962
>>> 
>>> 772-564-6800
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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