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Aspirant

Mar 27, 2018

M1 antenna setup

Hello all, Just ordered 2 Wilson 10dbi yagi's and cables and patch cords, etc. My question is how do you have yours mounted? Stacked, side by side, or + 45 -45 In in a rural area in east T.N. and ...

Aspirant

Apr 01, 2018

Pretty sure it's helping, I didn't get to in depth with my testing as I was alone and holding the antennas, nighthawk, and my cellphone at the same time. I did go up on the roof but didn't bring any gear with me just to test the steapness, one slip and you're going for a one way trip to the dirt.
I need some longer bolts for the brackets and probably a thicker pole, the antennas touch at the bottom with the rig I've got now, so I have them stacked at opposing 45's ...but I was happy to see 4 bars and the speed I got , so I put it away and started building my fireplace. I should have some help tomorrow will try a solo antenna and see what's, what.

nhantenna

Apprentice

Apr 03, 2018

"will try a solo antenna and see what's, what."

If your rural LTE is anything like my rural LTE you're going to see sizeable speedtest fluctuations from test to test. My recommendations:

1) Log results from ten speedtests with one antenna.

2) Log results from ten speedtests with two antennas.

3) Log results from ten speedtests with one antenna.

If there is a performance story to be told about adding a second antenna to your Nighthawk LTE hotspot at your specific location, it should be apparent from the above speedtest results.

nhantenna
Apprentice
Apr 03, 2018
Anyone else have speedtest results with one and two external antennas connected to your Nighthawk LTE hotspot?

1) Log results from ten speedtests with one antenna.
2) Log results from ten speedtests with two antennas.
3) Log results from ten speedtests with one antenna.