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
