Basically, we can't get them to stay on the SR9, in a WAR board, because there's only 2 positions a pigtail will fit, and both are "stressed" due to the pigtail's attempting to revert to the pre-installed shape (curled up in a bag...).
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ neofast.net - fast internet for North East Oregon and South East Washington email me at mark at neofast dot net 541-969-8200 Direct commercial inquiries to purchasing at neofast dot net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom DeReggi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 11:43 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Grrrr... pigtails > >T urns out our low loss u.fl to n-female pigtails with the thicker coax in > >the cold will revert shape and pull themselves off the cramped SR9 / WAR > >board combination. > > Excellent detail to bring up. Sounds like a fastener/tiedown problem to me. > > > Tom DeReggi > RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc > IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark Koskenmaki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 11:55 AM > Subject: [WISPA] Grrrr... pigtails > > > > Thanksgiving day, my son and I put up a future customer's CPE up in the > > woods. I mean, up in the mountains, log cabin, beyond phone and power. > > They have a generator, batteries, solar panels, etc. We did it because > > snow > > was predicted and already a little bit had fallen. We got it there, link > > established and was working on aiming the antenna when the laptop ran out > > of > > power. The power plug on the laptop PSU had broken and, well... we were > > dead. > > > > The people got back a few days later, and by then, yes, quite a bit of > > snow > > had fallen. When we had the chance to go back and finish ( plug the > > power > > in inside, hook up thier equipment) we had no signal. > > > > We tried everything we could think of, short of changing parts, because > > we > > didn't take any (wasn't our install rig, just a 4x4 so we could get > > through > > the deep snow), no signal. > > > > Yesterday, after a few days of warm, we drove in ( this time, install rig, > > my '89 Caravan ) digging through some deep snow going in the canyon > > between > > them and the main road. > > > > Eventually, we changed every part, including the WAR board and SR9, no > > signal. Then, I assembled the WAR we took out and all the parts changed > > out, and standing there, on the ground... I had a solid link. > > > > Finally, in pitch black dark, I climbed the ladder, had someone provide > > some > > light, and hooked up the SR9 through another pigtail to the anntenna... > > POOF, signal. > > > > Put the original back on... Poof, signal. then, none. Work the > > pigtail > > around so it's not tensioned and in line and put it back on... Poof, > > signal. > > > > I go inside, log in...and in a minute or so, watch the signal fade to > > nothing. > > > > T urns out our low loss u.fl to n-female pigtails with the thicker coax in > > the cold will revert shape and pull themselves off the cramped SR9 / WAR > > board combination. > > > > I found one of the crapola thing things I had rejected for 5 ghz use and > > put > > it in place... Yeah, 1 or 2 db loss in the piggy, but it stayed on... > > > > Anyone make a low loss pigtail that's flexible even in the cold? I tried > > two different ones, one pacwireless, one is Roger's, I think. Neither > > could > > be convinced to retain a new shape in the cold... > > > > > > > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > neofast.net - fast internet for North East Oregon and South East > > Washington > > email me at mark at neofast dot net > > 541-969-8200 > > Direct commercial inquiries to purchasing at neofast dot net > > > > -- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > -- > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
