Well we replaced the radios and jumpers to go from (-95)+ to -57/-57 for a while to end up at -59/-70.
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 3:52 PM, Kurt Fankhauser <lists.wavel...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 <dhulse...@portative.net> > 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:* ubnt_users-boun...@wispa.org [ubnt_users-boun...@wispa.org] on >> behalf of Josh Luthman [j...@imaginenetworksllc.com] >> *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 < >> lists.wavel...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> swap radios on both ends just to start ruling stuff out.... >>> >>> On Sat, Jan 20, 2018 at 10:18 AM, Mitch <mi...@abetterwireless.com> >>> 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 < >>>> j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> 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 <rgunder...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I've had a flurry of bad pigtails lately :( >>>>>> >>>>>> On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 5:43 PM, Josh Luthman < >>>>>> j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> 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" <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> >>>>>>> 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 < >>>>>>>> lists.wavel...@gmail.com> 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 < >>>>>>>>> j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> 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" < >>>>>>>>>> j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> 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 < >>>>>>>>>>> lists.wavel...@gmail.com> 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 < >>>>>>>>>>>> j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> 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 >>>>>>>>>>>>> Ubnt_users@wispa.org >>>>>>>>>>>>> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/ubnt_users >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>>>>>> Ubnt_users mailing list >>>>>>>>>>>> Ubnt_users@wispa.org >>>>>>>>>>>> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/ubnt_users >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>>>> Ubnt_users mailing list >>>>>>>>>> Ubnt_users@wispa.org >>>>>>>>>> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/ubnt_users >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>>> Ubnt_users mailing list >>>>>>>>> Ubnt_users@wispa.org >>>>>>>>> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/ubnt_users >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> Ubnt_users mailing list >>>>>>> Ubnt_users@wispa.org >>>>>>> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/ubnt_users >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> -RickG >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Ubnt_users mailing list >>>>>> Ubnt_users@wispa.org >>>>>> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/ubnt_users >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Ubnt_users mailing list >>>>> Ubnt_users@wispa.org >>>>> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/ubnt_users >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> -RickG >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Ubnt_users mailing >>>> listUbnt_users@wispa.orghttp://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/ubnt_users >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Ubnt_users mailing list >>>> Ubnt_users@wispa.org >>>> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/ubnt_users >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Ubnt_users mailing list >>> Ubnt_users@wispa.org >>> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/ubnt_users >>> >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ubnt_users mailing >> listUbnt_users@wispa.orghttp://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/ubnt_users >> >> >> -- >> Portative Technologies >> 1995 Allison Lane, Suite 100 >> Corydon, IN 47112 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ubnt_users mailing list >> Ubnt_users@wispa.org >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/ubnt_users >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Ubnt_users mailing list > Ubnt_users@wispa.org > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/ubnt_users > >
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