There is diversity, and then there is having a different antenna
pattern from summing two antennas.
I would expect that the two connectors when used for diversity have tx
on one port, and rx on both ports, somehow taking the better signal (at
some level - simple summing vs. dual receivers).
Another approach is to use a power splitter and put two antennas on
the primary connector. This would bring the gain of the omni down by
3 dB (plus loss of splitter and extra coax/connectors involved) and
then you could put a low-gain antenna on the other port.
With the two antenna approach you may have to worry about multipath,
so this might not work well. But you could run a coax down the mast
and put a cheap antenna down low. You already don't get much signal
from the mast-top antenna, and probably only nearby neighbors would
get much from the low antenna.
You might also be able to buy asymmetric splitters that perhaps have a
-10 dB port and a -1 dB port, more or less, but I don't know if these
are available.
Or you could use another AP down low; this probably would be
easier/cheaper.
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