do you have enough room to tape them dudes in place? works well for me.
On 12/15/06, Blair Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I place my pigtails on a cookie sheet, stretched to the position I want them to be in, then bake them at about 175F for 30-45 min. Takes that shape memory right out of them..... Mark Koskenmaki wrote: >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" <wireless@wispa.org> >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" <wireless@wispa.org> >>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: wireless@wispa.org >>> >>>Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >>>http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >>> >>>Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >>> >>> >>-- >>WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >> >>Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >>http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >>Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> >> > > > -- Blair Davis AOL IM Screen Name -- Theory240 West Michigan Wireless ISP 269-686-8648 A division of: Camp Communication Services, INC -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
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