Howdy,
A good test is to put a 1.2 mag mount on
your car, and take the ID-1 and a laptop and drive to where
you can see the repeater out the car window.? I did this a
while back when we had a sick repeater antenna, which is very
common on the Comet GP95s, which develop a base wobble which
leads to the bolt falling out and rotation and the feedline
shearing off.? ?(Use a hose clamp over the bolt).? ?
Agreed. I live beside the Sea and we have quite salty air, we
generally modify all the bases before putting them up by cutting a
slot in the base, 90 degrees to the bolt, then put a stainless steel
hose clamp over that (above the base), maybe the Comets don't have
the same space above the bolt as our Watson/Diamond's do.
?
A science experiment we are dying to try
out – on the same building rooftop site, what is the
usefulness of a 1.2 DD “node” with an omni vs a 5G 802.11 type
“node” with an omni – both would be running OLSR.? We all know
that the dish to dish, the line of sight the performance of 5G
radios is lovely, but for real world EMCOM work which is
better.?
Set your "Hello" interval on OLSR to be 30 seconds or higher or you
will see your throughput drop significantly.
Cheers
John
EI7IG
