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Re: PoE Question
Per R43 last year, the radio had to be powered from the VRM... so regardless of how you hooked it up, you were going to have some connection points that could cause issues. The blue box under R43 specifically notes that the rule prohibits any PoE injector device, but allows passive connectors for that purpose.
What I would like to see, personally, is a redesigned VRM with two ethernet ports on it - it would pass through data and inject POE for the radio.
That said, my team didn't use PoE at all, and we never dropped comms during the season. So the barrel plugs aren't horrible if you use them right.
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