I think ants like RF the way wasps do when it's cool . . .  it must warm
their bodies . . .

On Fri, Oct 31, 2025 at 4:01 PM Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote:

> We had a stinger that got filled with ants once. I thought the SM had gone
> bad, but when I pulled it down, it seemed to have extra weight. Not sure
> why the ants decided to take up residence, and I don't remember what
> happened that they got in. I think they came up through the gap around the
> SM case, or at least that's what I remember.
>
>
> bp
> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>
> On 10/30/2025 8:36 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
>
> I did have a couple SuperStingers that stopped working in winter and were
> really heavy when the techs took them off.  They had filled up with water
> and turned into blocks of ice.
>
>
>
> I think at the time Chuck said there was a problem with the thermal
> welding process or something like that.
>
>
>
> It was nice in the FSK days to send a tech out for an install or repair
> with just one radio.  Then use it bare or with a Stinger, SuperStinger,
> reflector dish, or “big dish”  to get the antenna gain you needed.
>
>
>
> *From:* AF <[email protected]> <[email protected]> *On Behalf
> Of *Steve Jones
> *Sent:* Thursday, October 30, 2025 10:16 PM
> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> <[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.
>
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