So how does the connector distinguish between these antennas and relay information to chip set to "phase differently"? I am assuming these antennas are passive with no smarts.
On Nov 22, 2016 3:42 PM, "George Skorup" <geo...@cbcast.com> wrote: Phase. Yes, it's built into the chipset. 450 does it too. At least the 3.65. On 11/22/2016 4:34 PM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote: > I think so... > > -----Original Message----- From: Nate Burke Sent: Tuesday, November 22, > 2016 3:29 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] EPMP 2.4 antenna > options > So if you were to use like a v/h UBNT antenna instead of the Dual Slant > antenna, They both should work? Wondering what the 3x price difference > between antennas gains you. > > On 11/22/2016 4:26 PM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote: > >> Supposedly it makes up for the loss by using the desired signal component >> from both antennas. >> I remember reading the original white paper, and I remember thinking I >> understood it for about 5 minutes or so. >> >> -----Original Message----- From: Nate Burke >> Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2016 3:24 PM >> To: af@afmug.com >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] EPMP 2.4 antenna options >> >> So you have a Dual slant AP and a V/H SM? Isn't that just losing signal >> for no reason? >> >> On 11/22/2016 4:21 PM, Adam Moffett wrote: >> >>> They've apparently got some electronic magic that can take the received >>> signal on V/H and calculate what the transmitted dual slant signal was. >>> It's been explained here, but I don't remember the details. They assert >>> that you can mix and match safely. In fact they started out selling slant >>> pol sector antennas and V+H SM's, so they are/were confident enough in this >>> to make it the "default" setup. >>> >>> It's a feature of their 802.11n chipset, so the computation is done in >>> hardware. >>> >>> >>> ------ Original Message ------ >>> From: "Nate Burke" <n...@blastcomm.com> >>> To: "Animal Farm" <af@afmug.com> >>> Sent: 11/22/2016 5:14:04 PM >>> Subject: [AFMUG] EPMP 2.4 antenna options >>> >>> I'm looking at the Cambium 2.4 antenna C024900D004A, and it lists it as >>>> being DualSlant +/-45 degrees. Does this mean that the Force 200 2.4 radios >>>> are also Dual Slant to talk to this antenna? I didn't find anything on the >>>> Force200 spec sheet talking about slant. If you use a V/H Antenna as the >>>> AP, can you not use the Force 200 as the SM? >>>> >>>> >>>> >
