I have to imagine a passive coupling isn't anywhere near as efficient as a soldered joint. Like wireless charging of ~20 watts versus USBC 240 watts.
On Fri, Oct 31, 2025 at 12:17 PM Adam Moffett <[email protected]> wrote: > I am nostalgic about Stingers. > > I wonder why more of the WISP radio vendors weren't on board with > passively coupled antennae for subscribe units. I don't hate coax > connections, and obviously we used them sometimes, but the seals around > bulkhead connectors were sometimes a weak point for water intrusion. And > weather proofing coax connections was added labor, added mess, and added > chance for error. > > -Adam > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* AF <[email protected]> on behalf of Steve Jones < > [email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, October 30, 2025 11:15 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] PMP100 > > the 2.4 stinger is how i found out wbmfg was a solid company. I didnt know > shit back then. I put one on expecting massive numbers and just > wasnt seeing much (turns out i was seeing what I was supposed to). I called > about it, you almost beat me up through the phone trying to get the units > back to get on your bench to figure out what was wrong with them and had > already shipped replacements > > On Thu, Oct 30, 2025 at 9:08 PM Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: > > One of my better ideas. > > > > *From:* AF [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Steve Jones > *Sent:* Thursday, October 30, 2025 7:31 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] PMP100 > > > > stingers were great > > > > On Thu, Oct 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > > Today we took down a long dead Cambium 9000APC from a tower. I looked at > it and went “what is that”? The antenna was a KPP sector and I was > expecting the AP to be attached to the back of the sector. > > > > I had forgotten that the FSK APs looked just like SMs. I guess partly > because I mostly deployed Cyclones. > > > > I do remember the 900 MHz SMs with Chuck’s Stingers on top, connected with > a coax cable. > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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