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Thorn · 08-03-2002

Search on "diversity" and "multipath". This has been covered a in a lot of detail elsewhere on the forums. Many times.

To summarize: Two antennae setup like this are done so to defeat multipath issues. It is a very specific RF design. Moving the antennae away from each other defeats this design, and they now longer function as they should. This is bad, and may result in all sorts of unusual behavior that the designers never intended.

This is one reason that the FCC wants the connectors to not be "generally available to the public." If you don't know what you're doing with this stuff, they want to make it a little harder to screw up the whole works. Plus, it can also be potentially dangerous.

BTW, there is no need for an amp. Generally, amps are bad news unless you know what you are doing. I have a Linksys WAP11 that goes over 2 miles, unamped, with a 4.5dBi antenna.

08-03-2002	#4 (permalink)
Thorn Did you do the math? Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Villa Straylight Posts: 10,135	Search on "diversity" and "multipath". This has been covered a in a lot of detail elsewhere on the forums. Many times. To summarize: Two antennae setup like this are done so to defeat multipath issues. It is a very specific RF design. Moving the antennae away from each other defeats this design, and they now longer function as they should. This is bad, and may result in all sorts of unusual behavior that the designers never intended. This is one reason that the FCC wants the connectors to not be "generally available to the public." If you don't know what you're doing with this stuff, they want to make it a little harder to screw up the whole works. Plus, it can also be potentially dangerous. BTW, there is no need for an amp. Generally, amps are bad news unless you know what you are doing. I have a Linksys WAP11 that goes over 2 miles, unamped, with a 4.5dBi antenna. __________________ Thorn "I'm The Doctor. I'm a Time Lord. I am from the planet Gallifrey in the constellation Kasterborous. I'm 903 years old and I am the man who is going to save your lives and all 6 billion people on the planet below... You got a problem with that?" Last edited by Thorn : 08-03-2002 at 08:01 AM.