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Connecting the Antennas
The DropCam is supplied with flexible omni directional antennas with a
nominal gain of 2dBi.
The antenna should be connected to the SMA female connector on the
rear of the unit, care should be taken to not over tighten the SMA.
The supplied antennas are suitable for all general purpose
transmissions, however for longer range transmissions customers may
choose to connect higher gain antennas, and domo has a range of
suitable high gain antennas to offer.
Note: The LBand antenna covers 1.2 to 1.5GHz, which is a subset of the whole possible
transmitter tuning range of 1 to 1.5GHz, if other LBand antennas are required to cover the
wider range contact domo.
Range of Operation
The 100mW COFDM output available from the DropCam will typically
achieve a range of 200 – 500m in a non line of sight urban environment,
and a range of 5km where line of sight is available.
Greater ranges can be achieved by the use external power amplifiers or
directional antennas, for details of this contact domo.
