we have a lot of 900 in the air....but honestly, have never heard of anything 
like this. :(

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: David Hannum 
  To: WISPA General List 
  Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2013 6:43 AM
  Subject: [WISPA] Strange problem with Canopy 9000APC


  We're having an issue with a 9000APC that is very strange.  Here is the 
situation.  We have a remote water tank (stand pipe 75' high) that has a few 
homes around it.  So, we have a 9000APC and a connectorized 2450AP on the 
tower, both on Omni's.  The antennas are on a stand almost exactly 4' apart.  
There are six subs on the 900MHz radio.  About a month ago, I had an issue 
where (after about 9 months) the signal to all of the customers just faded out, 
to the point that only two subs were still good.  I swapped the antenna and 
that did not help.  I swapped the radio, and that fixed the problem.  Trouble 
is, it only lasted about three weeks, and the same thing happened again.  I 
swapped the radio again yesterday, and today, I'm back in the same boat.  The 
radio in the AP keeps going out.  I had the climbers check the grounding, and 
we actually ran a dedicated ground yesterday off the water tank.  My knee jerk 
feeling today is that maybe the radios are too close together, and the 2450 is 
burning up the 900.  Could this be the case?  Any ideas?  

  Here is an example of what happens.  Customers that run signals -47 to -57 
become -70 to -75 and those who's signals were -70 and up fall clear off.  Swap 
the radio, and everything goes back to normal.  This is now three radios that 
have gone, each lasting a much shorter time than the previous.  (this one did 
not make it 24 hours).

  I can't completely rule out lightning - the tower is in a very wooded area.  
But usually you burn up the NIC in that case - not weaken the radio.

  Thoughts?

  Dave Hannum
  New Era Broadband


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