Re: [WISPA] water in feed horn

2008-07-10 Thread Cameron Kilton
, 2008 5:33 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] water in feed horn Don't you have radome covers on ones that may have ice problems? Travis Microserv Cameron Kilton wrote: We'eve had a lot of problems with their feedhorns because of ice. The largest problem is just failing out

Re: [WISPA] water in feed horn

2008-07-10 Thread Kurt Fankhauser
] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown - 3 Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 7:45 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] water in feed horn No, they stay reflectors. But Yagis have a huge problem when coated with ice. -Original Message- From: Kurt Fankhauser [EMAIL

Re: [WISPA] water in feed horn

2008-07-10 Thread Kurt Fankhauser
Fankhauser WAVELINC P.O. Box 126 Bucyrus, OH 44820 419-562-6405 www.wavelinc.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown - 3 Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 7:44 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] water in feed horn And you

Re: [WISPA] water in feed horn

2008-07-10 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
Subject: Re: [WISPA] water in feed horn What if the feedhorn is coated with ice? Seems to me that whenever we get ice my 24db 2.4 grids stop working on the longer links. Kurt Fankhauser WAVELINC P.O. Box 126 Bucyrus, OH 44820 419-562-6405 www.wavelinc.com -Original Message- From

Re: [WISPA] water in feed horn

2008-07-10 Thread Kurt Fankhauser
: Thursday, July 10, 2008 1:41 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] water in feed horn I've had this problem. I started dipping them in plasti-coat seems to have fixed it for me Kurt Fankhauser wrote: Anyone ever have any water get into a pacwireless 5ghz grid feedhorn? Had a new site

Re: [WISPA] water in feed horn

2008-07-10 Thread Cameron Kilton
Of Blair Davis Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 1:41 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] water in feed horn I've had this problem. I started dipping them in plasti-coat seems to have fixed it for me Kurt Fankhauser wrote: Anyone ever have any water get into a pacwireless 5ghz grid feedhorn

[WISPA] water in feed horn

2008-07-09 Thread Kurt Fankhauser
Anyone ever have any water get into a pacwireless 5ghz grid feedhorn? Had a new site yesterday go through its first heavy rain and signal dropped to -90. Went through everything, replaced radio, pigtail, coax, and nothing helped. Sun came out and signal came back to -69. Will Pacwireless

Re: [WISPA] water in feed horn

2008-07-09 Thread Matt Larsen - Lists
Check the feedhorn for cracks. We have had a few PacWireless units (dishes and grids) that were damaged by hail or dropping ice and developed hairline cracks that caused them to stop working in wet weather. Matt Larsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kurt Fankhauser wrote: Anyone ever have any water get

Re: [WISPA] water in feed horn

2008-07-09 Thread Cameron Kilton
' Subject: [WISPA] water in feed horn Anyone ever have any water get into a pacwireless 5ghz grid feedhorn? Had a new site yesterday go through its first heavy rain and signal dropped to -90. Went through everything, replaced radio, pigtail, coax, and nothing helped. Sun came out and signal came

Re: [WISPA] water in feed horn

2008-07-09 Thread Travis Johnson
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kurt Fankhauser Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 3:51 PM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: [WISPA] water in feed horn Anyone ever have any water get into a pacwireless 5ghz grid feedhorn? Had a new site yesterday go through its first heavy rain and signal

Re: [WISPA] water in feed horn

2008-07-09 Thread Kurt Fankhauser
To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] water in feed horn Check the feedhorn for cracks. We have had a few PacWireless units (dishes and grids) that were damaged by hail or dropping ice and developed hairline cracks that caused them to stop working in wet weather. Matt Larsen [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [WISPA] water in feed horn

2008-07-09 Thread lakeland
No. Not usually Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Kurt Fankhauser [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 17:38:24 To: 'WISPA General List'wireless@wispa.org Subject: Re: [WISPA] water in feed horn Don't grids stop working when they coat up with ice

Re: [WISPA] water in feed horn

2008-07-09 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
And you are sure it is that end of the link that went bad? - Original Message - From: Kurt Fankhauser [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'WISPA General List' wireless@wispa.org Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 1:51 PM Subject: [WISPA] water in feed horn Anyone ever have any water get

Re: [WISPA] water in feed horn

2008-07-09 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
No, they stay reflectors. But Yagis have a huge problem when coated with ice. -Original Message- From: Kurt Fankhauser [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 17:38:24 To: 'WISPA General List'wireless@wispa.org Subject: Re: [WISPA] water in feed horn Don't grids stop working

Re: [WISPA] water in feed horn

2008-07-09 Thread Blair Davis
I've had this problem. I started dipping them in plasti-coat seems to have fixed it for me Kurt Fankhauser wrote: Anyone ever have any water get into a pacwireless 5ghz grid feedhorn? Had a new site yesterday go through its first heavy rain and signal dropped to -90. Went through