I have used hotglue to keep the connectors in place. I wish I could say it gets done everytime, but I don't think it does. It really isn't hard to get the glue off of the board if you need to switch a card.
Rick Harnish President OnlyInternet Broadband & Wireless, Inc. 260-827-2482 Founding Member of WISPA -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chad Halsted Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 3:50 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Grrrr... pigtails 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" <[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/ > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > -- > Blair Davis > > AOL IM Screen Name -- Theory240 > > West Michigan Wireless ISP > 269-686-8648 > > A division of: > Camp Communication Services, INC > > -- > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -- Chad Halsted The Computer Works Conway, AR www.tcworks.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/
