Panorama's ESN Antennas

It feels like last year when I was involved in testing some emergency networks but it was a long while back.

Gutted that I couldn't attend #CWIC17 as I have been busy doing some important testing (with my car as #smallcell) pic.twitter.com/eYmPpxnKO9

— Zahid Ghadialy (@zahidtg) June 8, 2017

Believe it or not, your mobile network is only as good as the antennas. How often have I come across networks that try and add some cheaper antennas to cut down the costs but the loss of coverage, especially on the edges is a far bigger loss than saving some money on the antennas. 

The UK's Emergency Services Network (ESN) is moving along nicely, though far slower than most people expected it to. One of the important pieces of the puzzle is different types of antennas that are needed on the blue light vehicles. The image on the top nicely summarises these antennas and a brochure with details is available from Panorama here. In fact you can check out all different types of antennas here.

The following videos provide an idea on how these antennas look and work

Do check out other posts below related to ESN on our blogs.

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