What access points will work with your antenna?
All access point that have an externally connected antenna can be connected to our standard N connector female with a "pigtail adapter"
Do you offer an acess ponits for your patented antennas?
Yes, Our acess ponts have our patented MetroSpot OS with many options others can not offer. Look for the future "ONE" to be released soon. This will be a truley one solution Plu-in-Play with QOS technology, Digital signage, RFID tracking and much more ask us about the "ONE" solution specially designed for your application.
Why is multi-polarized different?
Antenna's are designed to receive signal either vertical or horizontal. When a signal hits an obstruction the polarity will change by 90 degrees from one to the other, weakening or disabling the antenna from picking up the signal even though it is still present. Our antenna doesn't care if the signal is Horizontal Vertical or somewhere in between, making it a superior design. No other antenna can do this.
What is the gain of your antenna?
When comparing our antenna to others it is important to realize that the gain other antennas are rated in do not take in the obstruction factors in real life scenario's such as tree tops, buildings, and frenel effect. Our gain is quoted with a moderate amount of obstruction calculated in. Our 3dBi Omni can out perform a 8dBi antenna in an obstructed environment.
Beam or yagi style antennas using higher gain for further distance may over shoot valleys. Our 17 dBi Beam antenna will cover valleys and shadow areas due to the bouncing of the signal and the ability to pick this signal up. Our 17dBi Bean antenna will out perform other higher gain antenna's.
Small beam with big gain. A great beam antenna in a very small package. 40 degree beam is easy to point at tower or signal source. Our technology makes the difference.
Can your antenna's be used with any access point or amp/pre-amp?
Yes, our antennas come with a standard N(female)-connector. A short pig-tail is used to convert your access point or card/bridge/USB device to our N-connector. Pig tails are available for pcmcia cards as well as USB wireless radios, PCI cards and Access Points and bridges where connectors are available on the device. Manufacturers' access points such as Orinocco, Avaya, D-link, Lynksys, Cisco, Symbol, Proxim, etc. will easily connect to our antenna. Our Omni is per FCC regulations OK to use with any radio/card with an external ant. conn.; our ULTRA-M Beams are OK per FCC regulations on many manufacturers' radios/cards--those that have been certified for yagi-directional-style ant. use of same/'similar' gain [and many of those have received approval with certain amplifier (appropriate cable/EIRP per part 15.247) manufacturers as well].
How far can your antenna's transmit/receive?
We claim to be able to up to double(+) current coverage. How far an antenna will go is a factor of how much power or gain it has and obstructions/interference. Distance is lost as gain is lost. Signal is reduced as obstruction is encountered. Our ratings takes into account calculations that assume moderate obstructions will be encountered (some tree tops, some buildings). Others use a line of site above the freznel zone in specifications. Distance will always be a factor of the topography and structures where the antenna is placed. Our antennas overall outperform all others where obstruction is a factor.
Can your antennas be amplified?
Yes, as long as FCC license EIRP (Effective Radiated Power) restrictions are not exceeded and certifications as above have been received for that manufacturer. We can work with you/refer you appropriately for equipment selection-/deployment- designing your WISP so this is not an issue and spectacular results can be achieved.
We are a WISP and want to know how high your antennas can be placed?
Our antennas offer WISP creators the ability to use lower towers and less equipment, saving thousands on client premise installs. This is based again on the ability of our antennas to handle and penetrate obstruction.
Can you help us design a WISP for a small community?
Yes, small or large we have the premier resource for WISP creation. Our technology antennas will save ten of thousands of dollars in doing it right for less. Give us a call or call one of our resellers.
Is this antenna technology available for other frequencies?
Yes, Our antenna technology is a world changing patented technology that can and will be used in numerous other uses such as cell phones, commercial two-way communications systems, police radio, short wave, XM radio, FM and military.
Why don't other manufacturers use our antenna technology design?
This is an exclusive patented technology at this time only available through us. We are in negotiations with major providers to adopt and license (portions of) our technology.
The trees have budded and are causing a problem with my signal, will this help?
Yes this is the advantage of our antenna technology and obstruction penetration. A changing environment will not make you change your placement or alingment, when using our antennas.
How is the our antenna technology different from Circular Polarized?
An excellent question. Circular polarization provides some benefits that our antenna technology does, but the latter goes further. Explanation here could get very lengthy and detailed. Suffice it to say that with a circularly polarized antenna, the 'hot' signal is cyclically being picked up; with a small temporal space, though the end result is a useable signal; our antenna technology picks up the desired signal AT ALL TIMES. In addition, all our antenna's utilize this antenna technology in a very beneficial patterned way in terms of desirable beam widths/front-to-back and front-to-side ratios, gain, and lobe reductions.
Case in point: a circularly polarized phased feed board with a helical/halo antenna construct is then utilized with our antenna technology omni construct with distinct overall improvement over the purely-circularly polarized arrangement.
Does the cable I use effect the performance of your antenna?
YES, cable choice and distance is critical to cable performance. COAX will lose dBi or Gain power every foot.
Coaxial Cable Losses: The coax that runs from your radio (Wireless Access Point/Router/Bridge/PCI card/PCMCIA card/USB device) to your antenna, from your radio to your amp/pre-amp, and from your amp/pre-amp to your antenna all result in (transmit and receive) signal loss.
It is recommended that this be kept to a minimum; a good idea, as a rule of thumb, is to try to keep the losses to less than 3-4 dB. Below is a chart of some coax types and ~commonly seen losses that will assist you in reaching this goal.
[Remember to account for an extra ~0.5-1 dB or so, a common total, for coax connector/adapter losses.]
Coax type Commonly seen ~losses per 10’ (at 2.4 GHz)
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RG-174 4.8
‘100’ 3.5
RG-58 2.1-2.7
‘200’ 1.7
‘240’ 1.3
‘400’ 0.67
7/8” 0.18-0.2
What is the best position for your antenna?
In almost all cases you will find our antennas will perform best with the N-Connector pointed down toward the ground. A slight take off angle on the beam products will allow for a slight tilt downward of 7-10 degrees when pointing toward your target signal. Some experimentation is good to optimize the signal.
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