hy, is there a way to connect 2 antennas to 1 RB box ?
i ask this 'cause for the moment i have to choose between placing my aerial facing north, ore south, resulting in complete different coverage.
if there would be a way to conect a second antenna to my RB, this would help me a lot.
Unless the two antennas have perfect hemispherical patterns, however you combined them together you would get cancellation between signals received on both simultaneously at certain positions. I suspect you would lose more than you gain this way.
If you've got 2 antennas available (I wouldn't buy another just to try it!), it's got to be worth trying a T-piece adapter - suck it and see! - and see what shows on the polar diagram, provided they're more than the wavelength apart (27/28mm), you may be able to avoid the out of phase signal cancellation effect. Just for the fun of it tonight, I tried using a Cadbury Roses tin lid as the ground plane for the standard twig, instead of the CD size one provided - did it make any difference, no, but it's fun trying. Sometimes a bit of experimentation can pay dividends and contradict the laws of physics.........let us know what you find out.
Afterthought, Watson are introducing some co-axial splitter switch boxes, with 2, 3 or 4 connections - no idea of how much they will be though, in-line BNC or N-type connectors would enable quick and easy connect/disconnect with a patch lead going to an SMA plug for the RB, without putting unnecessary strain on the RB ae socket.
