I use black as well. It has worked for me. Belden branded and a spooled. On 9/12/09, Robert West <[email protected]> wrote: > Yep. I'll take a boring flat black shielded cable over a pretty indoor > patch cable anytime for an outdoor install. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Josh Luthman > Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 12:51 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Vendors eating their dogfood (was Re: Which WiMAX Are > You?) > > As opposed to pretty rainbow colors? > > On 9/12/09, Robert West <[email protected]> wrote: >> Nice pretty and shiny PVC makes for a better picture in a variety of > colors! >> All the outdoor shielded cable we've ever purchased is a boring flat > black. >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Josh Luthman >> Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 12:12 PM >> To: WISPA General List >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Vendors eating their dogfood (was Re: Which WiMAX Are >> You?) >> >> Wait why would patch cables look better then shielded cable and >> connectors..? >> >> On 9/12/09, Robert West <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Those marketing photos sure look pretty though. They might also explain >> why >>> I keep seeing installs done just like the pictures. I had a bit of an >>> argument a few weeks ago on the UBNT forums with some folks defending >> using >>> indoor patch cable outside and not wrapping connectors. It started with >>> someone complaining to UBNT that the patch cable boots wouldn't fit > inside >>> the bullet caps. (The answer from UBNT was that it was a tradeoff in the >>> design...???) Silly me, I said they were supposed to be used with > outdoor >>> shielded cable, not patch with the boots. You wouldn't believe how many >>> negative comments came from that. Pictures of nice pretty blue PVC patch >>> cables and bright shiny connectors............. And now there is an army >> of >>> installers following these lies. >>> >>> We use outdoor, flooded cable with the static drain wire to an outdoor >>> shielded connector. All connections wrapped. It's not as pretty but I >>> don't work for Apple so I just care about it being functional and trouble >>> free. I would be more attracted to a photo of equipment with a correct >>> install. They are marketing to professionals, after all, and when I see >> one >>> of these photos, I'm like you and are too busy being distracted by the >>> things that are wrong. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sep 10, 2009, at 11:42 AM, jp wrote: >>> >>>> Sidepoint.... Some of the wireless equipment vendors would likely >>>> create >>>> a superior product faster if they ran a modest sustainable WISP just >>>> big >>>> enough for real world product testing. Too often we see marketing >>>> photos >>>> of gear installed outdoors with shiny bare N connectors, indoor >>>> unshielded cat5 on the pole, etc... >>> >>> >>> >>> >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> ---- >>> WISPA Wants You! 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