I am replacing Rockets, and I will be changing the orientation for dual slant. We're in the process of getting backup links in place and cutting over to them so that we can modify the dishes without significant downtime.
On Sun, Apr 19, 2015 at 10:42 AM, Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote: > Are you replacing Rockets? If yes, are you rotating the feed to get > dual slant? > > *From:* Jeremy <jeremysmi...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Sunday, April 19, 2015 11:30 AM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] loving these AF5X's so far! > > I mastic and tape all of my connectors. There's no reason not to. I > know I have never said "I wish I hadn't sealed these connectors that have > been here for five years without getting water in them". I still love that > the boot makes it easier to remove the cables once it has been sealed. > Anyone who has ever sealed SMA connectors that don't have a boot and then > down the road tried to remove them know that the mastic gets into every > crack and thread and makes unscrewing it a total pain. > > On another note, Chuck's post makes me glad that all of my AF5Xs are going > up on 30db & 34db dishes. > > On Sun, Apr 19, 2015 at 9:54 AM, Peter Kranz <pkr...@unwiredltd.com> > wrote: > >> While it the connector itself may be IP67 complaint, I have seen >> several crimp jobs of the cable onto the connector where there were gaps >> that would allow water to penetrate down into the connector. If this >> particular GPS cable suffers from a poor crimp, the cup formed by the boot >> will cause premature failure. >> >> >> >> -PK >> > >
