[CUWiN] node signal strength drop

[David Young]

On Sun, Mar 20, 2005 at 06:59:49PM -0600, Bill Comisky wrote:
> We've had 2-3 of our nodes begin to suffer from reduced signal strength, a 
> significant drop of 15dB or so, to where the node is essentially 
> non-functional.  Preliminary investigation on one of them looks like a 
> problem with the antenna; my first guess is maybe a bad solder joint that 
> the the cold/heat has opened up.

We may have had the same problem with a bad joint.  The node we had at
Zach's went completely "deaf" for a while.  That is, it stopped picking
up APs in the neighborhood, let alone any CUWiN nodes.  Not a single
packet was received.  After a while, it started to "hear" again.

If the antennas are not adequately waterproofed, I wonder if they will
fill up with rainwater?  Maybe we should put drainholes in.  Just a
thought.

Dave

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