Satellite antennas for new generation coaches.

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We have already commented on previous posts that the only option on the market that offers the possibility of seeing live satellite TV while driving, is the installation of a satellite dish that allows connectivity with the satellite, while the bus is on the road.

It is true that there is not a wide variety of satellite antennas currently on the market, it is true that there is a model of satellite antennas with 4 characteristics that make them a little more superior in terms of quality and performance.

The first of these characteristics is the height of these.

It is true that there is a wide range of antennas on the market with a height of about 35-40 cm, depending on the height of the coach they can be installed on the roof. Now on the market we have some models with a height of 16-25cm and which improve the aesthetics of the coach, in addition this reduction is also important in terms of height to allow installation on a greater variety of coach.

The second of these characteristics is related to the reception technology used.

Most antennas on the market use a rotating plate like a conventional antenna, which allows signal amplification and reception. These antennas have one limitation and that is their inability to work with satellite altitudes above 60% on the receiving point. This means that in many countries of northern Europe, equatorial regions, Middle East and Africa, it is impossible to use because the position of the satellites requires antennas that can work with elevation angles greater than 60%. For this reason the new antenna array technology allows working with elevations up to 80%, which facilitates the use of antennas in most parts of the world.

The Third refers to automatic tilt adjustment,

which makes it possible to make trips of several thousand kilometers without having to adjust the inclination of the antenna. This function is not on all the antennas on the market, and for long-distance coaches it is very interesting.

The fourth characteristic is related to the number of antenna outputs

which allows multiple monitors to be independently connected inside a coach that can see different channels on each of them. Almost all the antennas on the market have an output on a central monitor which distributes the signal to the other monitors, but there are antennas which can include 2 to 3 independent outputs and allow different channels to be seen on the different monitors of the system. 'coach.

The fifth feature is the possibility of dual band and dual polarity reception.

which allows the reception of all the channels of a particular satellite, unlike other antennas on the market which focus only on a certain band or polarity limiting the number of channels that can be received.