We used to see occasional loss of RX sensitivity from lightning on our older installs, but not since we started using DC grounded antennas. Are you using those (e.g. ARCs), or separate lightning protection on the XR2's?
Tom S. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Garrett" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 11:34 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Direct Lightning Strikes > Seems to me it is ethernet cable picking up EMP. I seem to lose a lot of > Netgear routers lately. Seems to go right through the POE and gets the > WAN port. Also Transmit side of XR2's. Always see receive side > degrading after mid path lightning strikes even a mile away. > Trango ethernet survives. Once we got a direct Tower strike and > everything on the tower was shot, the only survivor was the top antenna > a Trango 900 EXT. that was the only one with non-shielded cat 5. > Go figure..... > > > > > > Scottie Arnett wrote: >> Whats the majority think the equipment damage from lightning comes >> from...electric surge or coupling on the Ethernet > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > 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: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
