Corporate Collinear Antenna Information

These robust, high-powered antennas cover the frequency ranges of 380-512 MHz & 746-870 MHz, and are a great alternative to traditional exposed dipole array antennas, packaged in a low profile fiberglass radome. This preferred form factor provides a reduction in wind loading, ice loading and tower loading when compared to exposed dipole array configurations.

Features include:

• High power, high gain and lower internal loss
• Maximized gain, 6dB and 9dB options
• Extraordinary bandwidth characteristics
• Superior pattern control
• Improved manufacturability and repeatability
• -150 dBc PIM rated
• 25kW PIP rating
• Field Invertible (excludes tilt variants)
• Elements directly grounded for improved stability and reduction of static precipitation
• Dual stack options available, ie. 2×3, 2×6

The true corporate feed design maintains full pattern stability over the broad operating bandwidth, similar performance only to that previously offered by exposed dipole configurations. RFI’s new corporate collinear arrays offer greater flexibility when considering site design and installation, combine more channels with more accurate pattern control, and no beam tilt cross the band. The Corporate antenna family has been designed with an exceptional power rating of 500W across the band as well as a Peak Instantaneous Power (PIP) rating of 25kW to cater for the peak voltage levels present in large multi-carrier combining environments. RFI’s refined design processes and proven construction methods achieve a PIM rating of –150dBc, further ensuring performance is maintained for the service life of the antenna.

The unique corporate phasing system employed within this antenna ensures excellent pattern and phase control, coupled with precision element reproduction and placement, producing exceptional bandwidth, offers lower loss, maximizes gain and ensures PIM and PIP rated electrical performance throughout the lifetime of the antenna.

RFI has incorporated its patented flexible PCB technology into the design of its corporate arrays to ensure repeatability and performance of the elements every time. The dipoles are grounded directly to a brass support tube, and onto the lightning spike at the top of the radome, this provides a robust finish with exceptional lightning protection, better stability and a reduction of static precipitation noise.

These industry leading PIM rated collinear arrays allow site operators to combine, with complete integrity, a large number of communications services into a single, low profile collinear antenna array. The true corporate feed of these arrays maintains total pattern integrity over a very broad operating bandwidth, similar to that previously available only in exposed dipole configurations. This is now achieved in the preferred from factor of a fully enclosed fiberglass radome.

The corporate collinears employ a unique corporate phasing system enabling precision control of the element placements ensuring phase purity resulting in exceptional bandwidth and electrical performance. Gain is maximized and side lobes reduced dramatically.

The dipole elements are soldered to a brass support tube which is directly connected to the mounting tube and the lightning spike at the top of the antenna.

Features:

• Extraordinary bandwidth characteristics with superior pattern control over an extended band coverage
• Light weight dipole construction with low center of gravity reducing tip deflection and sway
• Sealed PTFE insulated cables in harnessing ensure high power capability
• CC380-33 operates as 2 individual antennas in the one radome
• -150dBc Passive Intermodulation (PIM) rating

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These industry leading, full featured corporate collinear arrays allow site operators to combine, with complete integrity, a large number of communications services into a single, low profile antenna solution. The corporate feed design employed by RFI maintains superior pattern control, allowing gain to be maximized with zero tilt variation over a very broad bandwidth, comparable to that only previously available in exposed dipole array configurations. This is achieved in the preferred form factor of a fully enclosed fiberglass radome, providing a reduction in wind loading, ice loading and tower loading by comparison.

The CC450 series have been designed with an exceptional power rating of 500W across the band as well as a Peak Instantaneous Power (PIP) rating of 25kW to cater for the peak voltage levels present in large multi-carrier combining environments. RFI’s refined design processes and proven construction methods achieve a PIM rating of –150dBc, further ensuring performance is maintained for the service life of the antenna.

Features:

• 500W continuous power rating
• -150dBc passive intermodulation (PIM) rating
• Preset downtilt variations of 3 and 6 degrees available in the CC450-09 & CC450-06 models – see notes (1)
• 25 kW peak instantaneous Power (PIP) rating
• DC grounding on all elements for the ultimate in lightning protection and dissipation of static noise
• CC450-06 and CC450-09 are field invertible (excluding tilt variations and -66 model)

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(1) Downtilt versions and dual -66 version cannot be field inverted Note: Preset downtilt variations of -3 and -6 degrees are available in both the CC450-06 and CC450-09 models. Simply add -T3 or -T6 at the end of the model being ordered Eg. CC450-09-T3

These industry leading PIM and PIP rated collinear arrays allow site operators to combine, with complete integrity, a large number of communications services into a single, low profile collinear antenna array.

The true corporate feed of these arrays maintains total pattern integrity over a very broad operating bandwidth, similar to that previously available only in exposed dipole configurations. This is now achieved in the preferred from factor of a fully enclosed fiberglass radome. The corporate collinears employ a unique corporate phasing system enabling precision control of the element placements ensuring phase purity resulting in exceptional bandwidth and electrical performance.

Gain is maximized and side lobes reduced dramatically. In a patented design approach the individual dipole elements including matching network are fabricated entirely of a flexible circuit board. The dipole elements are soldered to a brass support tube which is directly connected to the mounting tube and the lightning spike at the top of the antenna.

Features:

• 500W continuous power rating for CC807-11, CC807-08, CC807-06
• -150dBc passive intermodulation (PIM) rating
• 25 kW peak instantaneous Power (PIP) rating
• Extraordinary bandwidth characteristics with superior pattern control
• DC grounding on all elements for the ultimate in lightning protection and dissipation of static noise
• Pre-set downtilit variations of 1, 3 and 5 degrees are available on CC807-08 & CC807-11 Models (see notes)

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Mechanical

(1) Downtilt versions cannot be field inverted. Note: Pre-set downtilt variations of 1, 3 and 5 degrees are available in the following models CC807-08, CC807-11. Simply add -T1, -T3 or -T5 at the end of the model being ordered. E.g. CC807-08-T3, CC807-11-T3.

With such wide bandwidth performance and exceptional PIM (-150dBc) and PIP (25kW) ratings, this range offers up a great compliment to our multicoupling systems, combining more channels with complete integrity and pattern stability. A great alternative to dipole arrays; saving on space as well as tower loading, with a reduction in both ice and wind loading as well.