You have to check the specs. The possible problems are high VSWR. Rather than transiting through the device the radio waves bounce back from the device. This could damage your transmitter, will reduce your transmitted power, and increase receive loss (reduced receive signal strength). It's also possible for the device to maintain a low VSWR (still present a 50 ohm impedance at 5.8GHz) but be very lossy (reduced transmit power, reduced receive signal strength).
I don't believe the lightning protection benefits are any different between units for different bands. The difference is how it passes the RF signals you're trying to pass through it (loss and VSWR). Greg On Nov 28, 2009, at 11:00 PM, Michael Baird wrote: > What happens if you use a 2.4 lightning arrestor on a 5.8 radio? Will it > cause degraded signal or incorrect lightning protection. > > Regards > Michael Baird > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
