Yes, we can still coordinate & reserve the channel. We just can’t file anything with the FCC until the govt re-opens.
Liz From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Ken Hohhof Sent: Monday, October 20, 2025 4:41 PM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Exalt radios and Cold Temperatures You’d have to wait until the govt reopens though to modify the license. I wonder if frequency coordinators can still coordinate paths based on their in house saved database and send out PCNs. I am only familiar with the Exalt G2 (ExtendAir Gen 2) radios and while I think they have 4 latches I don’t think they are REMEC mount. But I did find an 11 year old email with something about the older EX series split mount using REMEC ODUs. I have 2 links with the 11 GHz G2 radios and if the dishes on those are actually Remec that would make it easier to replace with something else, some vendors have Remec adapters. I have done that with Cambium 820/850 series. From: AF <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> On Behalf Of Nate Burke Sent: Monday, October 20, 2025 4:16 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Exalt radios and Cold Temperatures It's a direct mount. Looks like a REMEC mount. I still have some of Chuck's AF11 to REMEC adapters around, I might just change the radios out to AF11. On 10/20/2025 3:42 PM, Trey Scarborough wrote: What type of mount is it? Direct or wave guide. could be condensation either way just more likely on the remote mount inside the waveguide. Can also happen inside the antenna mount just not as likely as its a smaller cavity and less likely to leak. This will cause both RX and TX to have issues. You can contact star microwave if you need to get it fixed. I've used them in the past they are reasonable and usually a pretty quick turn around. On 10/20/25 8:29 AM, Nate Burke wrote: I have an old Exalt ExtendAir RC11000 link from a company we acquired. Last year, it would stop working if the outside temperate went below -8 F. Signal level would be fine, but the link would just stay in the down state, and BER would be sky high. No Reboots or ethernet bounces on either end, and the link would start working again as soon as it warmed up. Since it had to be so cold for it to stop working, that only happened for a few days last year and I figured I could just live with it. There are only 2 small customers fed off this site, And I have a low capacity backup link to the site. The Last 2 nights we had temperatures that dropped below 40 degrees for the first time, and the link started acting the exact same way. So it must have broken more over the summer. I'm guessing there's some sort of heater on the RF chip that's failed. Would that affect both the RX and TX BER, Or have both ends failed simultaneously? is there a secret Telnet command to check the heater status?
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