diversity: parabolic and omni?

can you use a diversity to do a hot-spot AND a point to point link with
one card?

i suspect not, but i thought i'd ask.
myren

On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 02:04:15 -0400, myren wrote:

> can you use a diversity to do a hot-spot AND a point to point link with
> one card?
>
> i suspect not, but i thought i'd ask.
> myren

A device which uses two antennas for the built-in diversity reception mode
is NOT designed to "have two antennas for simultanteous use of the two
antennas for two separate connections."

Rather, diversity reception means that at any given time, one of the two
antennas is likely to have better reception than the other one, and the
receiver then selects that signal for reception at that moment. In other
workds, the built in receiver of the device is always scanning or sampling
the reception available at both antennas and at any moment is selecting
the one with the better signal.

Now, depending upon the location of the places you wish to connect to, and
the type of antenna used, and the signal levels in question, it is
conceivable that you could use the one device to connect to a hot spot and
also use that setup for a point-to-point link. Obviously, not
simultaneously. But there's not a theoretical reason why you can't use
one device for both types of uses. You would need to be much more
specific in your post regarding exactly what type of use you desire to put
the device to.

vg

No it is not practical. You can however use a radio that supports two cards
and do this.

Michael
"myren" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:c6abku$7it$(E-Mail Removed)...
> can you use a diversity to do a hot-spot AND a point to point link with
> one card?
>
> i suspect not, but i thought i'd ask.
> myren

You are half correct IMHO. Diversity itself is not a good choice for
both a point to point and a hotspot.

The solution is to use a splitter/power divider to split the signal
between the two locations. The downside to this is the signal will be
about 3.2 dBm lower to each antenna.



"Michael" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<K7Jjc.290990$Ig.166667@pd7tw2no>...
> No it is not practical. You can however use a radio that supports two cards
> and do this.
>
> Michael
> "myren" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:c6abku$7it$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > can you use a diversity to do a hot-spot AND a point to point link with
> > one card?
> >
> > i suspect not, but i thought i'd ask.
> > myren

You are half correct IMHO. Diversity itself is not a good choice for
both a point to point and a hotspot.

The solution is to use a splitter/power divider to split the signal
between the two locations. The downside to this is the signal will be
about 3.2 dBm lower to each antenna.



"Michael" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<K7Jjc.290990$Ig.166667@pd7tw2no>...
> No it is not practical. You can however use a radio that supports two cards
> and do this.
>
> Michael
> "myren" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:c6abku$7it$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > can you use a diversity to do a hot-spot AND a point to point link with
> > one card?
> >
> > i suspect not, but i thought i'd ask.
> > myren