Wow. Even solves rain fade! That is some pretty fantastic stuff. :-) Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
-----Original Message----- From: "Jenco Wireless" <bradhagst...@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 10:51:04 To: WISPA General List<wireless@wispa.org> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Weather proofing antennas This stuff really does work: http://www.wx2100.com/ Brad H On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 9:11 PM, Josh Luthman <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com>wrote: > 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! 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