On the subject of lightning protection, is this sort of thing: http://www.l-com.com/item.aspx?id=21474 useful or advisable? Do I put one just at the base of the tower (and connect it to the tower gro
We put gas tube lightning protectors at the bottom of every cable run for our microwave (5, 6 and 11Ghz bands) links. At the half-way point and at the top we install grounding kits to ground the shie
Gas tubes for 5, 6 and 11 GHz? I bet the microwave down-coverts at the back of the dish and your running 1/2 LDF down the tower. I've never seen a lightning surge suppressor on a piece of waveguide a
It runs IF and DC up an LMR600 run between the transmitter in the shack and the amplifier up top. The amp takes N-Type from the IF and has Waveguide out to the antenna(s). The 6 and 11Ghz stuff is al
I should say the 5Ghz stuff is PoE. The 6 and 11Ghz are all -48v DC powered in the shack. -- Adam "Fuzzy" Kennedy W0FZY _______________________________________________ _______________________________
most of the time, the loss is at higher frequencies, and is a worst case guarantee. _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing l
Jim, that's helpful. So, I can probably expect an insertion loss similar to other connectors, I gather. Now, another question to the hive-mind. How many of you actually _deploy_ something like this?
Larry: I have the Polyphaser equivalents in-line with my coaxes on the tower. I have them all mounted inside a large steel Hoffman enclosure at the base of the tower. The connectors emerge through th
Go to the garden hose department of your favorite store and look for replacement O rings. I find them in tear-off sheets. Perfect fit on SO239's and barrels. _________________________________________