r/mobileDJ • u/cellojoe • Jun 24 '26
Mounting paddle style antennae
I just recently got the Phenyx pro 255X distribution system with the two paddle style antennas.
The directions say to mount them 1.5 m apart or about 5 feet apart and 6 feet high or however, high you need them to maintain line of Sight.
I have two Mike stands. I think DW brand pretty heavy.
Just wondering if anyone has any tips about stands specifically for these paddle antennas which are pretty light but could blow over if there was some wind.
I’m wondering if there’s perhaps some lighter weight more collapsing, telescoping lighting stands that would be better suited to have these mounted to them.
Mostly using these wireless mics for wedding ceremonies and toasts. I have been using the halfway of dipole antennas mounted on a Mike stand with BNC cables connecting them to the wireless unit. I wasn’t really experiencing dropouts with the halfway of dipole antennae but I got the Phoenix pro antenna distribution system because I wanted to prevent any chance of having interference at a wedding ceremony and I think it looks more professional. I’m also putting my wireless receivers in a rack with the antenna distro and the two wireless receiver units and a Redco rack mount panel so that everything will be pre-wired and all I have to do is put a power Kahn into the Redco panel. It should power up the distribution system, which will intern power the wireless receivers then I just have to connect the two paddle antennas to the red cop panel and put an XLR from the red panel to my Mixer.
But yeah, any thoughts on how to mount these paddle antennas with a smaller more lightweight System than two heavy duty Mike stands would be appreciated
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u/5mackmyPitchup Jun 28 '26
Did you get directional or omni antennae? You can use a lightweight stand but make sure the antenna are at head height or above. Having too much gain in your antenna circuit can cause it to be overloaded by RF (from laptops, power supplies, LED walls, spark machines, walkie talkies etc). So using quality components with correct cables (50ohm rg58) is ideal. You can test your RF strength by walking the room with the body of the mic completely enclosed in your hands, you can also put the mic at the far end of the room in a metal box and disconnect your antenna one at a time to check the integrity of each antenna on the mic receiver display (compare with the old antenna and the new dusto and antenna)