Hi there,
We recently tried our first horn antenna in order to test the product in our typical environment. We installed the SH-TP-5-30 Horn, with shielded adapter, mated to a UBNT Rocket AC Prism. This horn replaced a UBNT 90 degree sector antenna.
The AP side of this link is in a very RF rich environment, with approximately 25 other 5 GHz APs. There are only 2 clients associated, one at 5 km and the other at 10 km. Both are UBNT Powerbeam AC 500 radios.
Utilizing the same channel, mounting location and radio, the noise floor went from -96 dBm on the sector, to -84 dBm. RX signal increased from -64 to -63. Performance the same.
We were very surprised and disappointed to see the SNR get worse. Is this a typical result? It's only our first in the environment, but it's certainly wasn't a positive start. The marketing material set our expectations much higher.