We've been using those same sectors with UBNT Rockets for quite some time, but I've always removed the bulkhead connector and run the cat5 straight to the radio... I just don't trust things like that on towers.
On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 4:40 PM, Nate Burke <[email protected]> wrote: > The picture on the website shows it on the back of the antenna, The one's > that we have it is vertical out the bottom of the antenna. > > > > On 4/8/2015 4:38 PM, Glen Waldrop wrote: > >> I noticed the ethernet connector angle wasn't optimum on my 2.4GHz >> sectors. >> >> I haven't put any up, hadn't yet decided how I was going to do it. The >> angle of the ethernet actually sets it up for water to drain into the port >> if you use any downtilt. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nate Burke" <[email protected]> >> To: "Animal Farm" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2015 3:28 PM >> Subject: [AFMUG] Heads up on IT Elite EPMP Antennas >> >> >> >>> We have used a couple of the IT Elite cPRO-SECTOR50018Dual sectors for >>> EPMP build-outs. They are like this http://www.itelite.net/en/ >>> Katalog/Radio//PRO-SECTOR50018dual-HVBOX.html but with an EPMP Bracket >>> on the inside, and Ethernet/GPS connections on the bottom of the antenna, >>> and a magnet on top to stick the GPS Puck. We though they were pretty >>> cool, since the radio is enclosed inside the antenna, you don't have to >>> worry about Weatherproofing the coax connections. Today I was out at a >>> site troubleshooting Ethernet issues on one of the sectors and found that >>> the Ethernet bulkhead connector at the bottom of the antenna was all burned >>> up. I checked the other sector that I had at the site and it was all burned >>> as well, but still functioning. >>> >>> I'm not sure how the water got in there, my working theory is that >>> somehow it filled up the inside of the bulkhead grommet, but I don't know >>> if it came from inside the antenna, or somehow got around the grommet on >>> the outside. When I pulled the bulkhead out, there was no sign of water on >>> the outside of the bulkhead. The Bulkhead is at the highest point on the >>> cable, so there is no way that water could have run inside the cable into >>> the bulkhead. >>> >>> For the other ITElite sectors I have deployed, I'm probably going to >>> preemptively go pull out the bulkhead, and run the cable directly into the >>> radio. >>> >>> Nate >>> >>> >
