Antennas test

Test for Omnidirectonal 5GHz antennas.

For testing we chose three omni-directional antennas designed to operate in the 5GHz band
The test aims to verify the declared parameters and their usefulness in real conditions.
Tested WLAN equipment:
      * Omni Antenna Proxim Tsunami 10 dBi 5GHz
      * Gold Wireless omnidirectional antenna 12dBi 5GHz  SAG56012
      * Omni-Directional Antenna EnGenius Senao 12dBi 5GHz EAO5457

Other WLAN equipment used in testing

      * Panel Antenna 19dBi Elbox TetraAnt RSLL 5GHz
      * Routerboard RB433 (2 items)
      * Modules Wistron CM9 miniPCI radio (2 items)

Antennas are equipped with N-female connector.

During the tests a straight line distance between the antennas was ~ 3 km. No obstacles between the antennas.. Antennas, “saw the” power radio modules was set to default values 18dBm. Device worked under the supervision of a RouterOS 3.13 units worked in the following sets:

      * Panel Antenna 19dBi Elbox TetraAnt RSLL were connected to the 5GHz radio module Wistron CM9, which was installed on board RouterBOARD RB433. RB433 platform was closed in the Gold-AluBox case. The platform worked in the Client mode. Installation place was a balcony on the
eighth floor of the block (~ 25m).
      * On the other side of the radio link has worked well as a set-based RB433 with CM9 module. Connected to a set of omni-directional antennas have been tested. Kit worked in Access Point mode. The platform was installed on a 3km distant parking lot.

Test results:

The measurements on 5500 – 5700 MHz frequencies in 40MHz channel.

1. Proxim Tsunami 10 dBi 5GHz
Proxim Tsunami
2. Gold Wireless SAG56012 12dBi 5GHz
Gold Wireless
3. EnGenius Senao EAO5457 12dBi 5GHz
Senao

Frequency range [MHz] 5500 5540 5580 5620 5660 5700
Proxim Tsunami 10 dBi 5GHz -74 -76 -74 -75 -74 -74
Gold Wireless SAG56012 12dBi 5GHz -71 -72 -74 -77 -73 -76
EnGenius Senao EAO5457 12dBi 5GHz -75 -73 -74 -73 -74 -73

 

Test summary
      * Antenna Senao 12dBi EAO5457 characterized by higher profit from 1dB to 3dB higher than 10dBi antenna Proxim Tsunami which is consistent with paramtrami declared by the manufacturers.
      * In the lower range of the best exercises to Gold Wireless Antenna 12dBi SAG56012, however, persists in the upper ranges 10dBi antenna Proxim Tsunami of up to 2dB.
      * All antenna VSWR less than 1.4 in the band 5300 – 5700 MHz. As an acceptable value of VSWR shall be no more than 1.5.
      * Antenna Senao 12dBi EAO5457 is recommended because of the stable place performance, high earnings and very favorable cost performance ratio.

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