Not in liquidtight. 

Have ground lifted and grounded. No change. 

Have not wet things (would be difficult - no ready source of water)

Obviously RF is getting into the Ethernet, when things are wet. I’m just trying 
to figure out why. Clearly a connection is being made somewhere it shouldn’t 
be. 



> On Apr 20, 2019, at 09:58, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> So moisture + rf = Ethernet interference.  Just as originally stated.  No 
> standing waves.      
> Is your cat5 in liquidtight?  Have you played with grounding & ungrounding 
> the shields?  How about taking a garden sprayer and selectively wetting 
> things?
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> Begin forwarded message:
> 
>> From: Matt Hoppes <[email protected]>
>> Date: April 20, 2019 at 7:52:12 AM MDT
>> To: Chuck McCown <[email protected]>
>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] CAT5. FM. And Rain
>> 
>> Yes. Problem goes away. 
>> 
>>> On Apr 20, 2019, at 09:51, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Have you killed the ref when you are having the problem?  Might not be ref 
>>> related.
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>>> On Apr 19, 2019, at 7:11 PM, Matt Hoppes 
>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 19watts
>>>> 
>>>>> On 4/19/19 8:58 PM, Chuck McCown wrote:
>>>>> What is the reflected power when you are having problems?
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>> On Apr 19, 2019, at 6:41 PM, Matt Hoppes 
>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> My thoughts too. But the reflected power right now is only 19watts out 
>>>>>> of 9,000.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Apr 19, 2019, at 20:14, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> My guess is that the FM station has a problem with the antenna or 
>>>>>>> transmission line.  Moisture throws off impedance somewhere and you 
>>>>>>> have a strong standing wave on the transmission line.  Probably a bad 
>>>>>>> connector.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Apr 19, 2019, at 5:52 PM, Matt Hoppes 
>>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Looking to the wisdom of the AF group on this.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I have some equipment on an FM tower.  It’s a 9kw station around 
>>>>>>>> 150ft. We are at 250ft with two sectors and a backhaul.  Netonix 
>>>>>>>> switch in shelter.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Nothing else on the tower.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Normally all is fine.   When it rains or is very moist out (heavy 
>>>>>>>> heavy fog) we start having major Ethernet negotiation issues.   The 
>>>>>>>> ports will go from 1Gig to 10F sometimes. Sometimes drop completely.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I’ve got ferrite beads wrapped about 5 times top and bottom.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Any further words of wisdom on what to try?  I suspect some odd 
>>>>>>>> grounding issue. But not sure how to track it down or isolate it.
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