thats what he said hes doing. what would you recommend doing in this case? just replace all the feedhorns and re-align? We are paying the same rate either way so its just time
On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 9:24 AM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: > The only antenna test I can think of that should be quick and easy > (assuming you have the right equipment) would be a return loss test/sweep. > If they cannot do that, forget it. > > I probably would not even bother with the testing. > > *From:* That One Guy /sarcasm <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, July 07, 2016 12:40 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [AFMUG] outside contractor expectations > > So, Im really a cheap bastard, Ive had like 10k in outside > consultant/funtime contractor retard budget for a few months since our 12 > dollar guy left us, Ive spent 0 bucks and done everything myself but need > to deplete the budget so I can renew it. > > We have three ptp links that arent at the path profile we need to get back > into the party. Im bringing in a guy to test the antennas/ leads/ output. > On the antenna tests, I have no clue what to realistically expect on a > deployed unit, nor can I probably read the results. > > My expectations are that I provide them with the FCC ID of the antenna, > they tell me if theyre still up to snuff (these are all radiowaves 2' high > performance connected to antiquated PTP500 (some are software upgraded from > 300). I dont know thats its worth testing the leads, all 12 are worth maybe > 200 bucks and the contractor time is 65 bucks x 2 guys, probably best to > just have them verify 12 leads in the shop and replace them all since > theyre getting disconnected for testing anyway. assuming none of the > parabolics were hit by meteorites or .22s the only thing that might have > been degraded is the feedhorns. Ive been doing this nonsense for a decade > and only seen one damaged feedhorn on one of these thing, and it was > exploded from lighting, so I think for 6 units, 2 spares should be > sufficient. Hes verifying he can test the RF output of the Radio itself, if > not he says he can do a "spectrum" in front of the antenna after verifying > the horn and lead loss. I expect FCC testbed results, can someone bring me > closer to earth and tell me what my actual expectations should be for this? > > After the antenna/lead/output verification theyre going to update > linkplanner with verified GPS and AGL and align. Ive never seen a valid > input on linkplanner be outside the installation report on a single link I > installed. so I think this is worth the budget, I have a 12 hour > expectation so about 1500 before the incidentals like drive and a hotel > which is maybe 300 bucks more for 1800 or so dollars. > > To you folks who have been doing this much longer than me, is what Im > getting worth the dough given I dont have the personal ability to verify > any hardware and dont have the staff to reliably be on the other end of the > alignments? Im the guy a jew calls a cheap prick (no offense to jews) so > anything over 8 dollars seems like alot to me and Ive been sitting on ten > grand like its my last mortgage payment, so burning almost 20% of it hurts > my chiseler heart, if I had a heart > > A note on previous expense, we have burned probably 30 or 40 staff man > hours over the last year sending not me guys out looking at these links at > various times already. Two are on towers, I quit climbing towers a few > years ago and only climb in emergencies or days with Y now, but havent been > personally involved in realignment, my fear of height on towers makes it > hard for me to focus on alignment. > > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
