Hey there,
for quite a while now I’ve been trying to find suitable antennas for my EC25 modem (whose antenna requirements match the EG25 (Impedance: 50 Ohms, VSWR: <=2, 50W)
Now, what would one choose for the diversity antenna? As I understood it from wikipedia, it should pretty much be identical to the main antenna.
As for antennas in general: I’m pretty upset about the delivery cost when buying from digikey or mouser, and the only other seller with cheaper delivery prices I could find is soselectronics. That seller however doesn’t have the best stock and a lot of antennas are just not available. An antenna that I can definitely get my hands on is the YDX001AA, but it’s a bit big and I’d prefer not having to cut up my laptop to fit two SMA sockets just for a main and diversity antenna.
Can anyone recommend me some of these thin glue-on antennas with UF.L connectors that have compatible specs? Everything that I was able to find was with 25W max output power, which I don’t know if the modem will like at all.
Thanks!
Edit: Two hours of more searching later, I’ve found two antennas, which are both not quite rated for what the modem wants:
- Quectel YF0006AA: Slightly higher VSWR, no wattage rating mentioned anywhere, so I’m hoping for 50W
- 2J 2JP0124: Sadly 25W at max
How important are these power ratings? If it does really matter, could I safely use two 25W rated antennas on a 50W rated modem (one main, one for diversity)? If all else fails, could I somehow throttle the modem use to not exceed the 25W rating of the antennas?