We had two dropouts at 03:20 around the blender house last night, and I will standardize on a unit that holds a stable link across at least 300 ft so the frac crew isn’t flying blind. If you’ve got a brand/model that’s proven under pump noise and rain, speak up — I want one we can deploy fleetwide and make a hard requirement for every stage.
flying blind. If you’ve got a brand/model that’s proven under pump noise and rain, speak up We standardized on OleumTech 900 MHz WPTs (IP67) and haven’t lost a link across 300–400 ft in rain, even with the blender screaming at 03:20; the trick was a 6 dBi mast antenna on the gateway up on the frac van roof and ditching the stubby. Ugh, small caveat: Emerson 3051S WirelessHART was fine too, but it really wanted a mesh repeater to be as rock solid; here’s what we used: https://www.oleumtech.com/wireless-pressure-transmitters/.
Same here — curious if others are actually seeing dates or just memos.
We’ve had good luck with SignalFire Pressure Scout (900 MHz); stayed locked at about 350 ft around the blender in rain once we used the remote antenna and a 3 dBi whip on a short mast. “Get the antenna above the iron” and keep it a few feet from VFD cabinets or it’ll be like yelling through the blender — if you want a gateway-based option, Emerson 3051S WirelessHART also held steady but adds network overhead.
Went with Schneider Accutech pressure transmitters; held a solid link about 320 ft around the blender house at 03:20 in rain once we got the antenna off the skid. @ross_k88 is right on the remote antenna — use a short LMR‑240 run to a 5 dBi fiberglass whip on a 6 ft mast and park the gateway about 25 ft from the pump VFDs. Minor caveat: the stock stubby works in quiet yards, but for fleetwide you’ll want the external kit to get that ‘stable link across at least 300 ft’.