I'll never understand why so many antenna manufacturers use stainless hardware... I hate it. Why can't they just use galvanized...
On Thu, Sep 3, 2020, 9:22 AM Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > Stainless has a galling/micro welding problem. Stainless nut on a > stainless bolt is likely to never come off. Hot dip galvanized hardware > never seems to have any issues. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Sep 3, 2020, at 4:32 AM, Matt Hoppes <mattli...@rivervalleyinternet.net> > wrote: > > > I’ve never understood the seizing issue. > > Do people really remove antennas that often that it’s a problem? > > I would rather my antennas lock down and stay. > > On Sep 2, 2020, at 11:48 PM, Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote: > > > > I don’t want to assemble antennas onsite, and if possible I don’t want a > tower guy doing it because they do everything with channelocks and a pocket > knife. So most of the time I end up doing it. And I just hate assembling > Commscope dishes. Haven’t used RFS so maybe they are wonderful. > > > > A tower site with wind and weather and gravel and dirt is not the place to > be assembling things. If you drop a nut or washer, good luck finding it. > Plus you maybe have a couple ground crew guys standing around while the > tower guy assembles a dish, meanwhile you’re wasting good climbing weather. > > > > I wish all the antenna manufacturers would put serrations in their clamps > to resist rotating under wind load. I wish Commscope 1 ft dishes would > clamp onto a 1-5/8 dia pipe, or even the leg of a 25G or 45G tower, you > shouldn’t need a 2-3/8 dia pipe for such a little dish. I wish dishes > smaller than 4 ft would still have an attachment point for a support > strut. I wish all dishes had lift hooks. I wish Commscope wouldn’t use > stainless hardware that is prone to seizing, they give you a tube of the > silver grease which will get all over everything if you use it. Radiowaves > uses galvanized or stainless+brass or bronze nuts. > > > > *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *Daniel White > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 2, 2020 7:25 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Who installed this?? > > > > Look at RFS. Over time while I was at SAF they turned into my favorite > antenna vendor. > > When I was at SAF I sometimes worked directly with the antenna vendors as > many of the ones SAF works with are headquartered in the US. Commscope, > RFS, and Radiowaves all had different ideas about costs for shipping vs. > costs for assembling onsite. If you save $50 on shipping and can pay a > tower climber an hour to assemble it... it is worth it potentially in the > big picture. > > > > [image: photograph] > > > *Daniel White*Co-Founder & Managing Director of Operations > > *phone:* +1 (702) 470-2770 > *direct:* +1 (702) 470-2766 > > Caleb Knauer <cknauer.li...@gmail.com> > > September 2, 2020 at 16:51 > > Ok logo looks the same. Radome assembly is different now though. I > thought about taking it apart and flipping but the oopsy risk was high. > Way easier and safer to pull the sticker off and swap the drain plugs. > > > > We standardized on Radiowaves because they’re already assembled and > stouter. Also stiff arm options are way more flexible. Costs more but the > time savings pay off esp when doing the 4ft+ sizes with what we do. > > > > > > Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> > > September 2, 2020 at 14:24 > > Like this one we put up I think 2 years ago? > > > <image003.jpg> > > > > *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf > Of *Caleb Knauer > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 2, 2020 2:55 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> <af@af.afmug.com> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Who installed this?? > > > > I’ve got 3/4/6ft in front of me right now and they’re all vinyl sticker > logo. They may have changed it earlier this year about the same time they > stopped putting the 820 mounting brackets on. Now it’s separate box with > some spacers etc. First round didn’t have any instructions and they weren’t > on the website either. Fun times. > > > > On Wed, Sep 2, 2020 at 2:47 PM Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote: > > > > Caleb Knauer <cknauer.li...@gmail.com> > > September 2, 2020 at 13:55 > > I’ve got 3/4/6ft in front of me right now and they’re all vinyl sticker > logo. They may have changed it earlier this year about the same time they > stopped putting the 820 mounting brackets on. Now it’s separate box with > some spacers etc. First round didn’t have any instructions and they weren’t > on the website either. Fun times. > > > > > > Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> > > September 2, 2020 at 12:46 > > Now that I think of it, we’ve put up several 2 ft 11 GHz Radiowaves dishes > this year and I don’t think any of them had logos on the radomes. Neither > pre-applied nor in the box. > > > > We also put up some 1 ft 18 GHz Andrew/Commscope dishes and those also had > no logo. No Andrew lightning bolt either. But those are very small dishes. > > > > *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf > Of *Chuck McCown > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 2, 2020 1:27 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> <af@af.afmug.com> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Who installed this?? > > > > Peel off and leave it or put your own on. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > > > Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> > > September 2, 2020 at 12:26 > > Peel off and leave it or put your own on. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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