Having dealt with this recently on a similar tower the final (at least so far…) solution was running Superior Essex BBDGE cable and using grounding kits to ground the copper jacket every 100’ to the tower.
Mark > On Apr 25, 2019, at 7:47 AM, Matt Hoppes <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Indeed. > > On Apr 25, 2019, at 7:31 AM, Mike Hammett <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> If only the radios had SFPs... >> >> >> >> ----- >> Mike Hammett >> Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> >> <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> >> <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> >> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> >> <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> >> Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> >> <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> >> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> >> <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> >> The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> >> <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> >> >> >> <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> >> From: "Matt Hoppes" <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> >> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, April 19, 2019 6:52:32 PM >> Subject: [AFMUG] CAT5. FM. And Rain >> >> 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. >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> <http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com> >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> <http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com> > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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