Need help choosing an antenna? Need to design a custom antenna? WE CAN HELP: techsupport@arcadianinc.com

Arcadian Blog — Circularly Polarized

Laird IP67 rated RFID Antenna

Posted by Michael Crudele on

We have four suggestions for those of you looking for a Laird IP67 rated RFID antenna listed below…   Laird # PAR90209H-FNF: Right hand circularly polarized RFID antenna that measures in at 10 x 10 inches. It operates on the ISM band of 902-928 MHz and is fixed with an N-Female connector. This Laird part includes four mounting studs spaced at 63.5 mm and requires an appropriate heavy-duty mount, known as HDMNT-100MM. Laird # PAL90209H-FNF: Left hand circularly polarized RFID antenna that measures in at 10 x 10 inches. It operates on the ISM band of 902-928 MHz and is...

Read more →

Antenna Similar to S8658PL96RTN but in FCC Frequency

Posted by Michael Crudele on

Q) Is there an antenna that is similar to S8658PL96RTN in FCC frequency? The same connector is needed but we are impartial to the number of studs as long as it fits part # EZM6COMBO.   A) We have multiple parts that work with EZ mounts, below you will find the two recommendations similar to part # S8658PL96RTN…   S9028PCR96RTN (RHCP, four studs): The industry standard antenna for passive UHF RFID installations. Its right hand circularly polarized and measures in at 10 x 10 inches with reception and transmission in the FCC. This part comes with four studs but you...

Read more →

Times-7 Introduces New B6031 Low Profile RFID Antenna

Posted by Michael Crudele on

Recently, there was some confusion regarding the all new B6031 antennas introduced by Times-7. These are the next evolution of the A6031 series of FCC and ETSI 11x8.5 inch, circularly polarized panel antennas for 865 and 915 MHz UHF RFID.   I wanted to take a moment to explain what happened with these part #’s. Times-7 had a typo on their original datasheet and did not know it (and neither did we.) That has since been corrected by Times-7, and by Arcadian Inc. over the past 48 hours.   The correct information is below, and this is now reflected in...

Read more →

Circular vs. Linear Polarity RFID antennas

Posted by Michael Crudele on

This morning, I received a call from a client who wanted to understand the pros and cons of using Linear vs. Circularly polarized RFID antennas.  At Arcadian Inc., we've been selling both types of antennas for many years, and we come across this situation often

Read more →

Do I have to use opposing polarity RFID antennas?

Posted by Michael Crudele on

  Today, we had a client contact us because they had an installation of S9028PCL96RTN circularly polarized RFID antennas that were suffering from poor performance.  The use case was a portal set up in a hallway to track employees coming and going from a job site.  The RFMAX 8.5 dBic, 10x10 inch,  circular polarized RFID panel antennas were set up on both sides of the portal (which was about 4 foot wide) and the antennas were arranged such that they were DIRECTLY opposite on another.   Apparently, each time they turned on the Impinj R420 RFID reader and activated the...

Read more →