Question about 3rd party antennas when the Peplink devices have multiple antenna ports

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Cellular diversity / aux port

Hello, I would like know how this aux port really works. Is it a real backup to main or is just used for receive in order to get MIMO. From Pepwave FAQ I get that Aux antenna is a backup for main, but also says that: “The main antenna is used for transmit, and both Main and Aux antennas are used for receive.” Therefor is not clear if antenna Aux can be used for tx/rx alone. Let say you have two external antennas on a boat connected to each main and aux port at the Pepwave. If the one connec…

I would consider using one of the MIMO options - they will use 2 input cables.

You could alternatively use 2 directional antennas; 1 for Horizontal and 1 for Vertical - or both slant pol. Hope that helps.