Velosity
join:2006-12-08
Cape Girardeau, MO | Pac Wireless Hor-pol Omni acting strange I have an ap that has started showing a noise floor of about 4db worse and signas for all of the clients at the ap are about 8-10db worse. I am running a Pacific Wireless H-pol Omni (rectangular looking one with the oval cut outs). This a started after a period of heavy rain. I have replaced the AP and checked the connectors on the antenna/line for moisture. The climber did mention that when he went up the tower that the mesh tape that covers the oval shape cut outs on the antenna had holes/rips in it. My question is the mesh tape critical to the performance of the antenna? |
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| Damage to the mesh covering the slots will cause moisture to enter the unit. Microwave and moisture do not mix, and the moisture will cause attenuation of the signals.
Can you replace the antenna to see if this solves the problem? I have a good feeling that doing such will resolve your issues.
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Velosity
join:2006-12-08
Cape Girardeau, MO | Thanks for the help. I was planning on replacing the antenna, but i was just curious if that should have an affect on performance in theory. Looks like it does. I will replace it and post back. |
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Velosity
join:2006-12-08
Cape Girardeau, MO | Also wondering when i get the antenna with the holes in the tape down on the ground can it be repaired? Can i get new mesh tape? Does anyone know where to get it? |
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| Not sure where to get it. You might contact the manufacturer? |
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 John GaltForward, MarchPremium
join:2004-09-30
Happy Camp
kudos:3 | reply to Velosity
Let us know what the apparent cause of the tape failure is...
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| Well I have been down this road with Pacwireless antennas. Mine had holes in it rain wasn't the main problem, it was full of red wasp. I went ahead and replaced it with a different antenna. Red wasp 160' in the air aren't fun.
I did call Pacwireless support and they sent men some new tape at no charge. They sent me enough tape to do 2 antennas witch is what I had. |
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Velosity
join:2006-12-08
Cape Girardeau, MO | It is hard to determine what the cause of the tape failure was, but it just looks like it's worn out. I could have been a bird or something, but it just looks raggy and worn out. I emailed pac wireless and they were promt to ask for my address to send replacement tape. |
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John GaltForward, MarchPremium
join:2004-09-30
Happy Camp
kudos:3 | How long has the antenna been up?
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Velosity
join:2006-12-08
Cape Girardeau, MO | The antenna has been in the air about 1.5 years. The pac wireless guy that emailed me back said that he had seen this many times. He suggested that birds made the holes. But i have my doubts, IMO it's just a bad choice of material/design. I don't wan't to gripe too much because this antenna has proved to be a much better performer than any other that I have tried. |
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