600MHz Antennas and Conditioning Products

To support the transition to the 600MHz spectrum, RFS has introduced high-performance 6ft and 8ft base station antennas available in two-port or six-port models as well as high-reliability conditioning products. The dual polarized base station antennas feature a uniquely designed integrated field replaceable AISG RET platform. Keeping the AISG RET platform removed from the environment while still allowing access for field swaps helps ensure long-term use of the operators’ investment.

The two-port single band antennas are designed to withstand harsh environments and provide a single package solution for advanced use in both 600MHz and 700MHz deployment scenarios. The six-port triple band antennas offer flexible use in deployment scenarios encompassing 600MHz, 700MHz, AWS and PCS applications. All models feature high gain, supreme elevation plane performance, 4.3-10 connectors and premium RF characteristics.  Each antenna package includes manual RET override functionality to allow for field adjustable electrical tilt for important use cases such as ad-hoc testing at the site where AISG accessibility becomes cumbersome.

Along with the new antennas, RFS is debuting compact 600 MHz conditioning products, including tower-mounted amplifiers (TMAs), diplexers, triplexers and quadplexers with features such as DC sensing-AISG bypass and compatibility with the 4.3-10 connector standard. Automatic DC sensing and AISG bypass bring increased flexibility to site installations by allowing combiners to automatically adjust to site requirements and route DC and control signals through the antenna line system accordingly – ensuring the right bypass for any installation.  The latest RF conditioning diplexers will serve purposes such as combining 600MHz with high band (AWS, PCS, WCS and BRS) or with 850MHz frequencies. For top of the tower 600MHz applications, TMA products offer AWS/PCS amplification with low band bypass.