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. > > -- > 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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