PCTEL vs Motorola 7/800 Antenna

[APX8000]

Interested if anyone else has seen this....check out the angle of the PCTEL where it contacts the NMO mount vs the standard Motorola, which is flat. These are pretty much same specs, both 7/800 MHz. But, I'm interested in hearing if anyone had a degraded signal due to the lack of direct surface area with the PCTEL. I have another PCTEL on 450-520 MHz and it's flat like the Motorola.

 

[jeepsandradios]

I'll double check mine but I dont believe any of them are like that. My UHF one sitting on my desk is flat as well.

 

[rgchristy]

All of my NMO antennas are flat. Manufacturing defect possibly?

 

[n3obl]

Never seen one tilted like that??

 

[prcguy]

The angled plunger looks odd but I don't think its a problem, I'm sure many plungers don't engage the entire flat surface to the mount and if you look at the flat one on the right its got raised areas on the plunger face than would minimize the contact area. Looking at both antennas in the picture I would say they came out of the same factory but one has some cosmetic changes to satisfy that particular customer.

 

[jeepsandradios]

Mine are all flat Ive popped off so far. My guess just an odd run.

 

[APX8000]

I swapped both of them back and forth and no degrading of RSSI on the slanted one. Must have just been an odd batch. Tessco is sending me another one just to satisfy my OCD knowing its there.

 

[tvengr]

All of my NMO antennas are flat. Manufacturing defect possibly?

I agree that the antenna is defective.

 

[merlin]

I have both, and both spring pins are flat. I agree with prcguy, likely cause no problems.

 

[prcguy]

I agree that the antenna is defective.

Hard to imagine that the plunger pin went through manufacturing and gold plating and was installed and probably tested at the factory and it's considered defective. It looks very intentional to me.