I agree with Tom - from this point on I have been doing installs like that. Grids are not my thing but ARC and backfires are awesome!
On 12/11/08, Tom Sharples <tsharp...@qorvus.com> wrote: > We quit using grids completely after they practically decomposed into a > corroded blob at an installation at the Port of Maui a couple years ago. Now > we use14db backfires wherever possible, or if we need more gain, panels like > the ARC or pacwireless solid dishes. With their intrinsic radome, these seem > to hold up very well for us. Just double-check the polarity markings which > can be wrong. > > Tom Sharples > www.qorvus.com > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kurt Fankhauser" <k...@wavelinc.com> > To: "'WISPA General List'" <wireless@wispa.org> > Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 4:57 PM > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Weather proofing antennas > > >> Not really anything that can be done. At least when we get freezing rain >> it >> melts within the next day. I've had a backhaul 5ghz grid go down from very >> minimal ice before. That was a bad night.... >> >> Kurt Fankhauser >> WAVELINC >> P.O. Box 126 >> Bucyrus, OH 44820 >> 419-562-6405 >> www.wavelinc.com >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On >> Behalf Of Josh Luthman >> Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 11:48 AM >> To: WISPA General List >> Subject: [WISPA] Weather proofing antennas >> >> I am curious to know if anyone does anything to prepare for lots of ice on >> grid antennas. I know that it is best to use a dish and cover where >> weather >> is prone to these kinds of things but some installs do not have the >> luxury. >> >> I have heard that spraying Pam (or some kind of oil, regardless of brand) >> should help for at least a few months - is this so? >> >> Josh Luthman >> Office: 937-552-2340 >> Direct: 937-552-2343 >> 1100 Wayne St >> Suite 1337 >> Troy, OH 45373 >> >> Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. >> --- Henry Spencer >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ---- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ---- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -- Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. --- Henry Spencer -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
