Design forbids omitting RP-SMA weatherproofing on an outdoor AP at a water-treatment plant. Why should the installer care about connector sealing?
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Short Explanation
Outdoor connectors without weather boots are an invitation for water to trash the RF path. Seal them like the design says — moisture loves to turn a good link into intermittent junk. Cosmetics they are not.
Full Explanation
Outdoor RF connectors such as RP-SMA must be correctly mated and weatherproofed to keep moisture and corrosion out of the RF path. Water ingress increases loss, intermittency, and hardware failure risk even when the antenna type is correct. Weather sealing does not substitute for impedance match or change DFS regulatory behavior. Following the design's connector and sealing requirements is a core technician responsibility for outdoor reliability.