Defnas
Casual Member
Hi,
Due to Covid-19 we're going to be starting to live stream our point-to-point racing at the start of next season in October. These races take place in what are farmers fields for the rest of the year, but luckily many of the 15 racecourses are not too far from Motorways or A-roads, so there is sufficient cellular bandwidth to allow us to stream (with one or two where we might need to use a BigBlu Flyaway Satellite to get enough signal). We're planning on using a LiveU encoder to bond four LTE cellular connections to help ensure we can get sufficient bandwidth and stability.
I've been site testing upload speeds at several of the courses using EE PAYG sims as that is typically the best coverage and speed in the Westcountry, and a Three SIM mainly as a backup. As I don't have the LiveU unit yet, so I've been surveying with my iphone 11 Pro connected over Wifi to a Netgear nighthawk MR2100 and a Poynting A-XPOL-0001 antenna. I'll have to repeat the exercise once I have the actual equipment later in the summer.
For most race days I'm expecting to use two EE SIMs and two 3 SIMs for the four connections, with Vodafone and O2 SIMs on hand as backups in case of tower congestion, or possibly steered SIMs if I can afford them (5x as much as the PAYG option) etc. The modems will be two Huawei E8372-153h USB modems connected directly to the LiveU, and two Huawei B635-232 routers connected to the liveu by ethernet and wifi. I know there might be limitations with the PAYG option, but we only have a 7 month season so it feels like a waste to pay for 5 unused months of data.
The surveying so far has shown that nearly every connection had Band 3 available, with one also having Band 1 and Cellmapper reports Band 20 is available for most of these towers as well.
As our races are single day events, I'd prefer not to have to set up four directional antennas each time. Is there an Omni directional antenna that performs better than the Poynting OMNI-600 out there in principally Band 3, but also has good gain in the 800Mhz and 2100Mhz bands?
Also are there any signal interference limitations with using four of these antennas (one for each modem) in close proximity that I should watch for?
Thanks, Steve
Due to Covid-19 we're going to be starting to live stream our point-to-point racing at the start of next season in October. These races take place in what are farmers fields for the rest of the year, but luckily many of the 15 racecourses are not too far from Motorways or A-roads, so there is sufficient cellular bandwidth to allow us to stream (with one or two where we might need to use a BigBlu Flyaway Satellite to get enough signal). We're planning on using a LiveU encoder to bond four LTE cellular connections to help ensure we can get sufficient bandwidth and stability.
I've been site testing upload speeds at several of the courses using EE PAYG sims as that is typically the best coverage and speed in the Westcountry, and a Three SIM mainly as a backup. As I don't have the LiveU unit yet, so I've been surveying with my iphone 11 Pro connected over Wifi to a Netgear nighthawk MR2100 and a Poynting A-XPOL-0001 antenna. I'll have to repeat the exercise once I have the actual equipment later in the summer.
For most race days I'm expecting to use two EE SIMs and two 3 SIMs for the four connections, with Vodafone and O2 SIMs on hand as backups in case of tower congestion, or possibly steered SIMs if I can afford them (5x as much as the PAYG option) etc. The modems will be two Huawei E8372-153h USB modems connected directly to the LiveU, and two Huawei B635-232 routers connected to the liveu by ethernet and wifi. I know there might be limitations with the PAYG option, but we only have a 7 month season so it feels like a waste to pay for 5 unused months of data.
The surveying so far has shown that nearly every connection had Band 3 available, with one also having Band 1 and Cellmapper reports Band 20 is available for most of these towers as well.
As our races are single day events, I'd prefer not to have to set up four directional antennas each time. Is there an Omni directional antenna that performs better than the Poynting OMNI-600 out there in principally Band 3, but also has good gain in the 800Mhz and 2100Mhz bands?
Also are there any signal interference limitations with using four of these antennas (one for each modem) in close proximity that I should watch for?
Thanks, Steve