Wireless: Can I combine DX210 antennas with other non 2.4 GHz antenna systems?
Question: I need some advice about increasing the broadcast coverage for my HME DX210 system in our Studio Theater. The receiver is mounted in the rack in the control booth, which is in an upper corner of the square room. Coverage of the wireless system is limited, I believe, because the antennas are just sticking out of the rear of the rack. I want to get antennas out into the house. There are already antennas mounted on the outside of the booth wall for a couple of wireless microphone receivers.
Can I tap these antennas to use with my DX210 system? The wireless microphones systems are Audio Technica 3000 series, operating in the range of 541.5 MHz to 566.75 MHz. I plan to put a passive splitter before the Audio Technica Antenna distributor to go to both systems.
Answer: There are a couple of options to get the antennas out from behind the rack on your DX210 system. The first option is to use our RMK200 Mounting Kit which gets the antennas on the front/top of rack and into more open area so that they can better transmit / receiver the 2.4GHz signal. Here is a link to the kit on our web page:
http://www.clearcom.com/product/accessories/hme-dx-series-accessories/rmk200-mounting-kit
The other option that can be used is to extend out the antennas to approximately 30 feet using our DX 30 foot remote kit:
DX 30' remote antenna kit:
Single 30 foot (7.7m) RP-TNC jack to RP-TNC plug cable with right angle bracket for remote base antenna on DX base stations, two kits are required to remote both antennas
We don't recommend extending out past 30 feet due to the signal loss in the cable at 2.4 GHz.
The idea of combining the antennas on both systems using a passive combiner will not work, the sennheiser system is probably using a dedicated transmit and receive antenna, the DX-210 system antennas are both transmit / receive and would not be compatible with the sennheiser system, the other issue is that the combiner would probably not have a wide enough bandpass to accommodate both the sennheiser UHF band and the 2.4 GHz band that the DX-210 system operates on. Same situation with the Sennheiser antennas, they operate only in a small section of the UHF band and they will not receive RF signals at 2.4 GHz.
Can I tap these antennas to use with my DX210 system? The wireless microphones systems are Audio Technica 3000 series, operating in the range of 541.5 MHz to 566.75 MHz. I plan to put a passive splitter before the Audio Technica Antenna distributor to go to both systems.
Answer: There are a couple of options to get the antennas out from behind the rack on your DX210 system. The first option is to use our RMK200 Mounting Kit which gets the antennas on the front/top of rack and into more open area so that they can better transmit / receiver the 2.4GHz signal. Here is a link to the kit on our web page:
http://www.clearcom.com/product/accessories/hme-dx-series-accessories/rmk200-mounting-kit
The other option that can be used is to extend out the antennas to approximately 30 feet using our DX 30 foot remote kit:
DX 30' remote antenna kit:
Single 30 foot (7.7m) RP-TNC jack to RP-TNC plug cable with right angle bracket for remote base antenna on DX base stations, two kits are required to remote both antennas
We don't recommend extending out past 30 feet due to the signal loss in the cable at 2.4 GHz.
The idea of combining the antennas on both systems using a passive combiner will not work, the sennheiser system is probably using a dedicated transmit and receive antenna, the DX-210 system antennas are both transmit / receive and would not be compatible with the sennheiser system, the other issue is that the combiner would probably not have a wide enough bandpass to accommodate both the sennheiser UHF band and the 2.4 GHz band that the DX-210 system operates on. Same situation with the Sennheiser antennas, they operate only in a small section of the UHF band and they will not receive RF signals at 2.4 GHz.
CAN'T FIND YOUR ANSWER? CLICK HERE TO CONTACT SUPPORT
This solution was provided to you by Clear-Com via a question submitted to us by customers like you. If your question wasn’t answered, you need help or you have a recommended solution for our database, please send us an email at support@clearcom.com
The information on this page is owned by Clear-Com and constitutes Clear-Com’s confidential and proprietary information, may be used solely for purposes related to the furtherance of Clear-Com’ business and shall not be disclosed, distributed, copied or disseminated without Clear-Com’s prior written consent. Click Here for Clear-Com's privacy statement.