The Nautel doesn’t ramp. It’s all or nothing. 

> On Apr 20, 2019, at 13:03, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Would you be allowed to ramp up the RF and see what levels cause what kinds 
> of problems?
>  
> From: Chuck McCown
> Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2019 10:47 AM
> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Fwd: CAT5. FM. And Rain
>  
> Do you have perhaps a grounding issue at one end or the other?  Most ethernet 
> devices have phy transformers that ground directly or through a capacitor.  
> Ground potential differences between one end and the other can cause a 
> problem like this.
>  
> If you are connected to an earth ground that changes with moisture then 
> perhaps a ground loop is causing problems.  This seems backwards but it may 
> be ground related somehow. 
>  
> Fiber
> Spray water
> Liquidtight
>  
> I hate to suggest the intermod theory as it seems a bit unlikely to have 
> intermod strong enough to interfere with an ethernet signal, but not too many 
> things left to think. 
>  
>  
>  
> From: Matt Hoppes
> Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2019 10:41 AM
> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Fwd: CAT5. FM. And Rain
>  
> The issue has gotten worse over the last two years. With it be terrible right 
> now.
>  
> We just reran cable last month. All new cable and radios. And still having 
> the issue.
> 
>> On Apr 20, 2019, at 12:03, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> You would have to climb it with a garden sprayer strapped to your back.
>> I am more of the opinion of the corroded RJ45. 
>>  
>> From: Matt Hoppes
>> Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2019 8:42 AM
>> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Fwd: CAT5. FM. And Rain
>>  
>> 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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