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The Antenna Aims Itself.

SOCA is a motorised rotator and a controller. It turns a directional cellular antenna through 360 degrees, takes a signal reading at twelve positions, and stops on the one that measured best. The second alignment is a task at a desk.

A SOCA rotator clamped to a mast, carrying a log periodic directional antenna, photographed against a plain studio background.
SOCA rotator carrying a directional antenna. Photograph: Cellular Path.
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ManufacturerCellular Path, Inc.
UK distributorBoothroyd Distribution
ModelsSOCA-02 No Modem, SOCA-01-T-4G50 Smart 4G
ChannelTrade only, through appointed resellers
WarrantyThree years parts, one year labour, handled in the UK
What It Does
  • Scans Twelve Positions
    Through 360 degrees, with a signal reading taken at each one. The scan is Cellular Path's, and its comparison sheet gives it as twelve points.
  • Stops On The Best Cell
    The controller selects the position that measured best. An installer can override it from the app.
  • Re-Aims From A Desk
    The scan is re-run from Cellular Path's app or web portal when the network moves. That is the whole proposition: the second alignment is not a visit.
  • Records What It Measured
    Cellular Path's sheets list signal strength, quality and band logged at every position, so the choice can be checked afterwards rather than taken on trust.
Two Models
SOCA-02
No Modem
Pairs with the cellular router already on the site
GBP 339.00 ex VAT, recommended retail
SOCA-01-T-4G50
Smart 4G
Carries its own LTE module and SIM
GBP 449.00 ex VAT, recommended retail
Specification, Both Models
RotatorDie-cast aluminium and glass-filled polycarbonate
Rotator size131 mm wide, 99 mm deep. 590 mm overall with the antenna pole fitted
Rotator weight2.3 kg. 3.6 kg boxed
Antenna pole356 mm, supplied
MountingTwo V-bolts with flanged nuts, on a pole 25 to 57 mm in diameter
Maximum antenna weight36 kg
Wind97 km/h sustained, gusts to 145 km/h
Rotator environmentIPX2. Minus 29 to 60 C. Humidity to 100 per cent. UV to UL 746C (f1)
Rotator connectorFour-pin M12
Cable15 m power and control, supplied. Extensions of 15 m and 30 m
Power12 V DC from a 2 A supply, 24 W maximum. The rotator draws up to 1 A

Cellular Path's two datasheets give the maximum antenna weight as 80 lb on one model and 100 lb on the other, for what is the same rotator. We publish the lower of the two until Cellular Path confirms one figure. The controller is an indoor unit and carries no ingress rating.

Where It Is Used
01
Construction
A site cabin runs on cellular from the first week and keeps running on it for the life of the build.
Twelve positions. Under ten minutes. Re-run from a desk.
02
Rural Fixed Wireless
Fixed wireless beyond the fibre footprint lives or dies on where the antenna is pointed.
97 km/h sustained. Gusts to 145 km/h.
03
Telemetry And CCTV
Pumping stations, substations, environmental monitors and redeployable CCTV towers, all backhauled over cellular.
12 V DC. 24 W maximum.
In Use
A SOCA rotator on a roof mast carrying a flat panel antenna, with trees and a roofline behind it.
A rotator carrying a panel antenna on a roof mast. Photograph: Cellular Path, at a site in the United States.
Manufacturer
The Cellular Path logo.

Distributed in the UK by Boothroyd Distribution.

Specifications and photographs are Cellular Path's own, published by it and reproduced here under our distribution agreement. The photographs were taken at sites in the United States. Cellular Path and SOCA are trade marks of Cellular Path, Inc.

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