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<p>Water water everywhere! New water drainage devices have been
installed @ Haystack. May be useful elsewhere. Surprised to hear
SnoDEM was affected. Those cables are really well supported.<br>
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<p><img src="cid:part1.GZ0dSzkv.Qs9lzFWG@bartk.us"></p>
<p>--Bart</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/28/2023 6:27 PM, Rob Salsgiver
wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The maintenance at Lookout is complete.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Problems found on inspection include:<o:p></o:p></p>
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style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">PTP link to
Triangle (only one operating) had an abrasion in the CAT5E
jacket up next to the dish. This link has been
intermittent, causing the site to go up and down repeatedly,
most notably during periods of rain.<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph"
style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">PTP link to
SnoDEM was found to have significant damage to the CAT5E
jacket toward the upper end where it runs from the main
cableway out to the dish.<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph"
style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Sector 2 is
offline (more on this below)<o:p></o:p></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The cause of the damage to both PTP link
CAT cables was due to another tenant’s antenna hardline had
become detached from it’s mountings and fell toward the inside
of the tower, stretching both CAT cables and damaging them.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">New CAT cables were pulled for both
Triangle and SnoDEM PTP dishes and the site is stable once
again and fed from both sources.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sector 2 is still down, as we simply could
not get to it on this trip. S2 is substantially higher on the
tower and after the first two antennas were corrected the call
was made to stop there due to fatigue and waning daylight. It
is unlikely that S2 will be fixed before winter, but it should
be able to be done as soon as an opening allows in the spring.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">While we didn’t go up to examine the cable,
it was leaking water through the jacket down at the tower base
just like the Triangle and SnoDEM PTP dishes were, so it
likely shares the same root cause. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Apologies we weren’t able to get S2 done,
but at least it looks to be cabling instead of a hardware
issue. For now S2 has been unplugged at the lightning
arrestor.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks to Kenny Richards, Scott Honaker,
and Jim Irving for joining me to help make this all happen.
We were fortunate to luck into likely the last weather opening
for the season.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Rob Salsgiver – NR3O<o:p></o:p></p>
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