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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: David Hannum 
  To: WISPA General List 
  Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2013 8:14 AM
  Subject: Re: [WISPA] Strange problem with Canopy 9000APC


  Swapped antennas first, thinking that might have been the issue.  Did not 
help.  I've heard off list from a couple of others who are experiencing the 
same exact issue.  And like us, it's limited to a given tower or towers.  We 
have 9000APC all over the place.  This is the only spot for this problem.  I'm 
wondering about static on this fiberglass shell tower . . .   But we ran a 
dedicated ground to both the antenna mount and the LPU on the CAT-5.  And 
overnight it went out.

  Dave Hannum
  New Era Broadband




  On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 9:06 AM, Jason Bailey <[email protected]> wrote:

          Antenna has a dead short. Just a guess.

          --- On Thu, 6/13/13, David Hannum <[email protected]> 
wrote:


            From: David Hannum <[email protected]>

            Subject: [WISPA] Strange problem with Canopy 9000APC

            To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]>
            Date: Thursday, June 13, 2013, 7:43 AM



            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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