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GundarooPH's avatar
GundarooPH
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Dec 01, 2020

LBR20 support for dual polarity external antennas in MIMO configuration

Hi folks, Looking to buy the LBR20 and cannot find any explicit confirmation that it supports MIMO using dual polarity antenna setups (whereas the Nighthawk M1 specs do state that it supports MIMO o...
jjborje's avatar
jjborje
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Jan 07, 2021

Hi Blanca,

 

Can you explain the reason why a directional antenna would not work? It seems so odd to have external connectors and not be able to point to a base station. 

 

I was just about to buy the LBR20 and find a directional antenna.

 

Thanks,

Johan

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GundarooPH
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Jan 07, 2021

I second your question Johan.

 

AFIK a Yagi directional antenna IS a dipole antenna. The definition of a dipole antenna is that it has two even rods either side of the mast to pick up the signal. The yagi antenna is just a set of thse balanced rods.

 

I suspect that Blanca meant to say that the omni-directional antenna is not recommended (rather than the directional antenna). By definition, the omni-directional antennas are not dipole.

 

Happy to be told otherwise.

 

  • jjborje's avatar
    jjborje
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    Jan 08, 2021

    Thanks Gundaroo,

     

    Blanca, maybe you could confirm?

     

    Thanks,

    Johan