Re: [WISPA] Some days the rats win

2010-02-27 Thread eje
m T-Mobile -Original Message- From: "Mike" Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 22:02:03 To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: Re: [WISPA] Some days the rats win Grids are RF sieves. They spew RF to the sides, and the back. They have a lot of forward gain, so work well in most cases. You'

Re: [WISPA] Some days the rats win

2010-02-27 Thread Mike
n also try offsetting one of the antennas from the pole -- in front or behind the other laterally. Mike -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of MDK Sent: Saturday, February 27, 2010 12:45 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] Som

Re: [WISPA] Some days the rats win

2010-02-27 Thread ccrum
How about cables? A bad cable or pinched pig tail can cause lots of problems. It's hard for an antenna to go bad unless it was just manufactured poorly. Cables on the other hand can get moisture in them, get pinched, have a bad crimp or solder, etc. Also, changing polarization in the near field won

Re: [WISPA] Some days the rats win

2010-02-27 Thread RickG
Mark, Did you try switching frequencies? -RickG On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 1:45 PM, MDK wrote: > On Thursday, I set about to fix a link that's performing badly.    It was > just re-pointed and working really, REALLY bad.   Somewhat intermittently, > but still REALLY bad.    I had already tried new

[WISPA] Some days the rats win

2010-02-27 Thread MDK
On Thursday, I set about to fix a link that's performing badly.It was just re-pointed and working really, REALLY bad. Somewhat intermittently, but still REALLY bad.I had already tried new radios at each end.So far, no luck.I tried a new pigtail on the low end, as well, still...