Yes, I'm pretty sure that's the correct method... plus then you get to go back and cuss some more the next time it rains.
On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 1:04 PM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: > When the sleeve pops off, you just use vinyl tape to keep it on. Lots of > tape. > > *From:* That One Guy /sarcasm <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 03, 2016 12:03 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] weird problem > > tighten it til the sleeve pops off, cuss, put a new end on and tighten it > just a little less. > > There is probably a torque rating > > On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 12:41 PM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Compressing the rubber gasket. >> >> *From:* Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 03, 2016 11:38 AM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] weird problem >> >> How tight is “fully tight”? >> >> I was taught hand tightened or equivalent, rather than put a wrench on it >> and crank it until it bottoms out. Is that wrong? SMA connectors seem to >> have a more pronounced stop when they’re tight. >> >> >> *From:* Chuck McCown <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 03, 2016 12:35 PM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] weird problem >> >> Yeah, it is interesting to watch a N connector on a network analyzer set >> for return loss/VSWR/reflection coefficient. >> It gets better with every turn and keeps on improving right up to the >> last bit of movement. Anything less than fully tight is causing a >> problem. >> >> *From:* Sean Heskett <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 03, 2016 11:30 AM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] weird problem >> >> 3/4 of a turn on an N connector is a lot. You were probably loosing a >> lot of RF out that port. >> >> >> On Wednesday, February 3, 2016, Dan Petermann <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> We have two 11GHz links on the same freqs. One V and one H pol. These >>> are dual links, 2 - 40Mhz channels. The radios are Dragonwave, one Quantum >>> and the other a Horizion Duo. >>> >>> We had to replace the IDU of the Quantum with a DUO and put the link >>> into DUO compatibility mode. >>> >>> After replacing the IDU, we started having issues on the other link. The >>> RX levels of one freq dropped by 9dBm, the equalizer stress jumped to 150 >>> (should be under 100), and the link would only run at 32QAM. >>> >>> This morning I moved the IDU up 1 RU (it was sitting directly onto of >>> the other IDU) and tightened the coax by 3/4 of a turn. Gained 9dB, lowered >>> equalizer stress by 50, and now running at 256QAM. >>> >>> I check the IF freqs and they were separated by 200MHz. >>> >>> I’m curious, does anyone have an idea why this happened? >> >> > > > -- > If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team > as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team. >
