>Oh, and I don’t think metal glands necessarily require terminating the cable >after passing through the gland (something that should be avoided at all >costs). If I’m remembering right when we installed some Exalt G2 links, they >had a metal gland that you could pass a cable terminated >with a shielded plug >through. And that’s their entry level radio. I could be remembering wrong >though, I don’t have one here to look at.
Yeah, just grabbed an Exalt case that was lying on my desk and saw that…guess I need to do some more metal connector research That being said, is it worth the cost? Do I make plastic standard and include metal Ethernet grommets as an *upgrade* ? Or does that just sound too miserly and I’m just a cheapskate? At $30 / connector * 5 / radio (4 and 1 back-up), that’s an extra $150 / radio or $300 / link cost… -Charles From: Charles Wu via Af<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 10, 2014 4:02 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [AFMUG] Microwave Backhaul Ethernet Grommets - Feedback Wanted Trying to figure out some Ethernet grommets and since you guys would be the ones directly using/installing these, thought I’d ask for input rather than just trying to guess what’s best for everyone – trying to decide metal vs. plastic Metal - Cannot put Ethernet cable through (need to crimp connector AFTER cable has gone through) - Expensive ($30+ / grommet) – when we’re trying to be competitive against Trango/SAF/etc with an all-outdoor microwave backhaul, every dollar counts (especially if we’re talking up to 4 connectors) - Feels more *rugged* Plastic: - Can put Ethernet cable through with the end on - Cheap ($0.50/grommet) – can throw a bunch of these in with every radio without increasing the price, and could send them out to customers without charging them if a customer needed things - Doesn’t *look/feel* as industrial / rugged as the metal grommet All suggestions / comments / thoughts are welcome Plastic [cid:[email protected]] Metal [cid:[email protected]]
