replace dishes, use existing radios, otherwise if you replace the dish and radios both you will still be scratching your head with what fixed it
On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 2:51 PM, David Hulsebus <[email protected]> wrote: > Water caused us an issue on a RG-30 2ft dish a couple years ago. Signals > degraded slightly over the first year, then a deluge of spring rains caused > huge signal losses. > > > It was not a slant polarized horn. We had pulled rockets out and replaced > with AF5x's. > > > It was the feed horn. When the antenna was lowered water poured out the > front. Once it dried a radome cover was added and we put it back in > service. No problems since. > > > > > On 1/22/2018 2:31 PM, Mathew Howard wrote: > > We had one AF-5x link where one chain dropped by 10 or 15db (I don't > remember exacty... it was awhile ago), and changing the radios and pigtails > on both ends of the link made no difference. We ended up fixing it by > replacing one of the dishes. > > My best guess was that the feedhorn itself had some water in it (this was > probably one of our oldest Rocket dishes), but by the time I got it back to > the shop and dissected it, everything was dry, so I never could prove it. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] [[email protected]] on > behalf of Josh Luthman [[email protected]] > *Sent:* Monday, January 22, 2018 9:20 AM > *To:* Ubiquiti Users Group > *Subject:* Re: [Ubnt_users] AF5x bad signal problems > > This is what we did - new radios and jumpers on both sides. It cleared up > for a few days and at this point it looks like chain1 is ~10 db lower than > chain0 (which is back to the 60s). We'll see what happens after a couple > of days, it's passing way more bandwidth than what we need so it isn't > necessary to get that last few bits. > > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 <(937)%20552-2340> > Direct: 937-552-2343 <(937)%20552-2343> > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 10:09 AM, Kurt Fankhauser < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> swap radios on both ends just to start ruling stuff out.... >> >> On Sat, Jan 20, 2018 at 10:18 AM, Mitch <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> This is a similar issue we had with AF5U and never got fixed >>> >>> UBNT still says it's thermal??? >>> >>> >>> >>> On 1/19/2018 11:03 PM, RickG wrote: >>> >>> True. I'm now dealing with a bunch of my 900MHz towers doing the same >>> thing :( >>> >>> On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 5:55 PM, Josh Luthman < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Really weird that both pig tails have the exact same level of problems, >>>> though. Both chains dropped from 60s to 80s to 95+ and the link obviously >>>> disappeared. The signals reported on the AirOS interface, I mean. >>>> >>>> Spectrum scan still shows -50 to nearby APs and -60 on the BH frequency. >>>> >>>> >>>> Josh Luthman >>>> Office: 937-552-2340 <%28937%29%20552-2340> >>>> Direct: 937-552-2343 <%28937%29%20552-2343> >>>> 1100 Wayne St >>>> Suite 1337 >>>> Troy, OH 45373 >>>> >>>> On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 5:52 PM, RickG <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I've had a flurry of bad pigtails lately :( >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 5:43 PM, Josh Luthman < >>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> This came back up...exact same issue. Definitely not ice today! >>>>>> >>>>>> Spectrum scan sees upper and lower bands just fine. Both sides see >>>>>> each other at -60ish. It attempts to register and fail >>>>>> >>>>>> Is there any possibility besides bad jumper/radio? >>>>>> >>>>>> Josh Luthman >>>>>> Office: 937-552-2340 <%28937%29%20552-2340> >>>>>> Direct: 937-552-2343 <%28937%29%20552-2343> >>>>>> 1100 Wayne St >>>>>> Suite 1337 >>>>>> Troy, OH 45373 >>>>>> >>>>>> On Jan 12, 2018 2:29 PM, "Josh Luthman" <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Well I brought the power down to -60/61 to be nice! Also higher >>>>>>> modulation... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Josh Luthman >>>>>>> Office: 937-552-2340 <%28937%29%20552-2340> >>>>>>> Direct: 937-552-2343 <%28937%29%20552-2343> >>>>>>> 1100 Wayne St >>>>>>> Suite 1337 >>>>>>> Troy, OH 45373 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 1:55 PM, Kurt Fankhauser < >>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> sun must have melted the ice off, i have had some links with ice >>>>>>>> that get affected and some that didn't, very strange sometimes, just >>>>>>>> have >>>>>>>> high link margins is about the only thing you can do. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 12:31 PM, Josh Luthman < >>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Right on the money. Back up to 61 now. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Josh Luthman >>>>>>>>> Office: 937-552-2340 <%28937%29%20552-2340> >>>>>>>>> Direct: 937-552-2343 <%28937%29%20552-2343> >>>>>>>>> 1100 Wayne St >>>>>>>>> Suite 1337 >>>>>>>>> Troy, OH 45373 >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Jan 12, 2018 11:40 AM, "Josh Luthman" < >>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Well I thought exactly that at first but I do have radomes and >>>>>>>>>> another north/south link that has 0 change. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Josh Luthman >>>>>>>>>> Office: 937-552-2340 <%28937%29%20552-2340> >>>>>>>>>> Direct: 937-552-2343 <%28937%29%20552-2343> >>>>>>>>>> 1100 Wayne St >>>>>>>>>> Suite 1337 >>>>>>>>>> Troy, OH 45373 >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 11:39 AM, Kurt Fankhauser < >>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> If you have a backhaul covered in ice i can almost guarantee >>>>>>>>>>> that the ice is causing your signal being down, seen this a couple >>>>>>>>>>> winters >>>>>>>>>>> ago on an AF5X link with 2 foot dishes, your pretty much screwed >>>>>>>>>>> until the >>>>>>>>>>> ice melts off.. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 11:36 AM, Josh Luthman < >>>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Had a wind/storm and everything come through, wind picked up at >>>>>>>>>>>> 4am and 4:30-5 we went from 61 db to 70 and a bit later down to 80 >>>>>>>>>>>> db. >>>>>>>>>>>> Everything is covered in ice. BH is 12.5 miles north/south. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Have another BH 12.5 miles north/south (in line with the af5x) >>>>>>>>>>>> with no problems. Ruled out thermal inversion or anything because >>>>>>>>>>>> of this. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Any ideas besides bad jumpers/water or the dish got moved? It >>>>>>>>>>>> was only 25 mph winds, which admittedly is pretty faster for here, >>>>>>>>>>>> but just >>>>>>>>>>>> wanted to bounce ideas before climbing. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Josh Luthman >>>>>>>>>>>> Office: 937-552-2340 <%28937%29%20552-2340> >>>>>>>>>>>> Direct: 937-552-2343 <%28937%29%20552-2343> >>>>>>>>>>>> 1100 Wayne St >>>>>>>>>>>> Suite 1337 >>>>>>>>>>>> Troy, OH 45373 >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>>>>>> Ubnt_users mailing list >>>>>>>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>>>>>>> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/ubnt_users >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>>>>> Ubnt_users mailing list >>>>>>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>>>>>> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/ubnt_users >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>>> Ubnt_users mailing list >>>>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>>>> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/ubnt_users >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>> Ubnt_users mailing list >>>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>>> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/ubnt_users >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Ubnt_users mailing list >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/ubnt_users >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> -RickG >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Ubnt_users mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/ubnt_users >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Ubnt_users mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/ubnt_users >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> -RickG >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Ubnt_users mailing >>> [email protected]http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/ubnt_users >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Ubnt_users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/ubnt_users >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ubnt_users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/ubnt_users >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Ubnt_users mailing > [email protected]http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/ubnt_users > > > -- > Portative Technologies > 1995 Allison Lane, Suite 100 > Corydon, IN 47112 > > > _______________________________________________ > Ubnt_users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/ubnt_users > >
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