Cheap antennas will actually bend in the wind. Better than breaking I guess :-).
marlon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert West" <[email protected]> To: "'WISPA General List'" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 8:12 AM Subject: [WISPA] Wind! > Windy today, supposed to have gusts up to 50mph before days end. I was > monitoring some backhaul links, had one bouncing from -72 to -83. Up and > down. I'm thinking, uh-oh, got a grid loose someplace, better go fix it > now > before it gets worse. I go out, first end solid as can be. I even shake > the heck out of it, all good. I guess the other end is messed up. Go > out, > also solid. Look at the laptop, still bouncing. Using pac 28dbi grids > with > 411 boards R52h cards on both sides. First grid is at 60', second at 100' > No trees, heck I can almost see the other end with my naked and cold eye. > It's only 4 miles out. Link is normally -72. Maybe junk being tossed up > in > the wind? That would be a lot ot junk for -10 drop in RSSI I would think. > > > > Just sharing. Weird. > > > > > > Robert West > > Just Micro Digital Services Inc. > > 740-335-7020 > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/
