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Question: can I put 2 antennas on one device? (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 days ago by IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world to c/meshtastic@mander.xyz

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so I get a high dbi antenna for long range in a high place, but also a low dbi one to service everyone in the area? or that's too much and not needed?

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[–] chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

You're better off with two radios and then putting a wired network between them. Meshtastic supports UDP meshing now over TCP/IP, so if you use a crossover cable between them, given them both static IP addresses, and letting them talk, they can mesh over networking and each serve the functions you're describing.