with the alvarion we found that once you removed all the lightning protection, the lightning rarely damaged it. We used to religiously ground and arrest to spec
On Tue, Dec 3, 2024 at 3:09 PM Ken Hohhof <khoh...@kwom.com> wrote: > My first tower in 2003 had one of those Alvarion APs. Split system > IDU/ODU with a 2.4 omni. Didn’t survive the first lightning storm, even > though we had the coax lightning protectors. Ironic because one of the > advantages of running IF frequency + DC power over coax to the ODU was > supposed to be lightning survivability. We also had 6 x Trango 5830 APs > and those survived. > > > > We never hooked up any customers off the Alvarion system but I must have > had at least one CPE radio because I remember driving around doing surveys > from the van. At the time we were part of a groups of WISPs that could > install customers off each others towers and split the revenue, one of the > requirements was to have at least one of the Alvarion APs. > > > > *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *Steve Jones > *Sent:* Tuesday, December 3, 2024 2:37 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] our last canopy customer has cancelled > > > > Im not sure what he was happy about, Im not a junker, but apparently they > had value > > > > > > The alvarion gear was really lucrative for him I remember. the housing was > some valuable grade aluminum if the paint was off. I assume h ended up > burning the paint off or something, but he drove all that direct to a > smelter i remember him saying, and that wal like 150 miles away. that was > like 6 or 700 radios. That pile hurt feelings because it wasnt til the end > we had got those subscribers down to like 700 bucks a piece. That was a > million dollar pile with the APs > > > > > > On Tue, Dec 3, 2024 at 2:06 PM Ken Hohhof <khoh...@kwom.com> wrote: > > Aluminum cases? > > > > *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *Steve Jones > *Sent:* Tuesday, December 3, 2024 1:15 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] our last canopy customer has cancelled > > > > our 320s went out in a scrappers truck, hundreds and hundreds and hundreds > of them. He was really happy > > > > On Tue, Dec 3, 2024 at 12:43 PM Dev <d...@logicalwebhost.com> wrote: > > Anyone know what I’d get for a box of PMP 320’s? A big box :) > > > > On Dec 3, 2024, at 10:32 AM, Ken Hohhof <khoh...@kwom.com> wrote: > > > > We should put them on eBay at full MSRP. > > > > *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *CBB - Jay Fuller > *Sent:* Tuesday, December 3, 2024 12:07 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] our last canopy customer has cancelled > > > > > > I think I have one new in a box too. Might donate it to a museum or > something :) > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > *From:* Steve Jones <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> > > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> > > *Sent:* Tuesday, December 3, 2024 11:23 AM > > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] our last canopy customer has cancelled > > > > we still have like 3 900mhz customers across 2 APs that wont die and > cant be otherwize converted. Those FSK radios are resilient > > > > Hell, we have one 2.4.fhss Alvarion BreezeAccessII in the air serving one > customer 1.2mbps. We dont even have the tools to do the RG58 cable on those > anymore. the customer is happy, and we told him 10 years ago we can only > serve him til his radio or the AP die. they just wont die > > > > On Mon, Dec 2, 2024 at 11:33 AM Ken Hohhof <khoh...@kwom.com> wrote: > > Yesterday going through spare SMs I found a NIB 900 MHz PMP100 SM. I > suspect we have a few used ones around along with Yagis, but this one was > still in the box, never deployed. Oh, well. > > > > *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *CBB - Jay Fuller > *Sent:* Monday, December 2, 2024 11:24 AM > *To:* af@af.afmug.com > *Subject:* [AFMUG] our last canopy customer has cancelled > > > > > > been a great 20 year ride. our last 900 mhz pmp100 customer cancelled > today. fiber has overbuilt most of our > > orig coverage area. they were customers since 2013. still on a 3 meg > plan. > > > > > > -- > 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 > > > > -- > 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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