Hi all, I was hoping to ask a question on if I should expect to be able to connect to hamwan. The short version is that I am using a Mikrotik BaseBox 5 RB912UAG-5HPnD-OUT, and I can occasionally get a connection, but it usually only lasts a couple of minutes and disconnects. When I am connected my status looks like this:

status: connected-to-ess

channel: 5880/5/an

wireless-protocol: nv2

tx-rate: 10.8Mbps-5MHz/1S/SGI

rx-rate: 9.7Mbps-5MHz/1S

ssid: HamWAN

bssid: 4C:5E:0C:8B:0D:70

radio-name: K7WAN/ETiger-S3

signal-strength: -76dBm

signal-strength-ch0: -76dBm

tx-signal-strength: -75dBm

tx-signal-strength-ch0: -90dBm

tx-signal-strength-ch1: -75dBm

noise-floor: -125dBm

signal-to-noise: 49dB

tx-ccq: 49%

rx-ccq: 56%

authenticated-clients: 1

current-distance: 29

wds-link: no

bridge: no

routeros-version: 6.41.3

The things I was wondering about.

1) Any idea why I am seeing tx-signal-strength-ch0 being so much worse that tx-signal-strength-ch1? doesthis mean I don't have my antenna in the right orientation to match the polarization on tiger?

2) Is it a problem that I am running an old version of router os? I see I am running 6.37.1, but the sector is running 6.41.3

3) Any idea why I see to signal strengths for tx, but just one for rx?

4) sometimes I see a noise floor of -105, which obviously lowers my snr. Is this an indication that something is causing interference?

Thanks for your suggestions, I'm looking forward to connecting for longer than just a traceroute :)

Thanks,

--Eddie