On Tue, Aug 06, 2002 at 10:21:18PM -0500, Neal wrote: > It is my opinion that precipitation should still be considered in > calculating propagation reliability for both major nodes (operational > fixed, i.e. Tower to Walker) and street downlinks (AP to mobile, i.e. > Walker to Loring Park laptop). With some of the downpours and > electromagnetic disturbances in the Cities, I would <not> rule out the > effects of these conditions. > I never had problems with rain even on the 20-something mile links, snow wasn't a problem either. Fog, now that caused problems =) Not saying it isn't possible, but the biggest concern was the wind from the storm tearing apart the zip ties holding the antennas up =) The links should be setup so that a bird taking a dump on the feed horn doesn't cause problems.. > Neal: nkras at nkras.dsl.visi.com -- Matthew S. Hallacy FUBAR, LART, BOFH Certified http://www.poptix.net GPG public key 0x01938203