Antenna selection on PTP670

[Joseph_Bogaert]

@Eric_Ozrelic

If I had to do it all over again, I’d really like to try out RF Elements UltraHorn antennas now that they have an N connectorized version. We’re going to be testing a PMP450i connectorized SM that’s using a cheap 2’ dish right now, and swap it out for one of these UltraHorns and we’ll have a pretty good idea of how they compare soon.

Good Day Eric, How is the UltraHorn on the 670’s? Did you mount them for dual-slant polarity? What is your best recommendation for the 2+ foot dish now?

Thanks for any info,
Joseph

[Eric_Ozrelic]

We tried the Ultra horn and performance got worse, probably because of the reduction in gain on each side (24dBi vs. 29dBi). We ended up going back to a 2’ dish, but this time we used a KP Proline, and that worked very well. So after testing, I think I’d recommend the following use cases:

• Use UltraHorn’s for shorter shots where both sides are experiencing interference

• Use KP Proline dishes when you need a high quality, low cost 2’ dish with 29dBi gain.

• Use RadioWaves dishes when you need a dish larger then 2’ and higher gain. These dishes are top quality, but they’re spendy.