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Were this argument to be true, all military applications would co-phase their antennas. You'd see antennas on towers on either side, or better yet, quad phasing on all four sides. Your cell phones would have dual internal antennas. Radio stations would place two antennas, etc... I worked on the antennas and arrays on aircraft carriers on top of the towers along with the radios on the birds and there is no way dividing the wave across two antennas would provide a benefit. The only benefit on a vehicle is due to placement on certain applications, due to the available ground plane. One 102" whip on the front lip of a bed on a truck will outperform any two antenna setup. May not look as cool, but it will work better. Lockheed Martin and Motorola equipment all seem to disagree with your premise.

[QUOTE="Navionic, post: 372725, member: 26098"] Were this argument to be true, all military applications would co-phase their antennas. You'd see antennas on towers on either side, or better yet, quad phasing on all four sides. Your cell phones would have dual internal antennas. Radio stations would place two antennas, etc... I worked on the antennas and arrays on aircraft carriers on top of the towers along with the radios on the birds and there is no way dividing the wave across two antennas would provide a benefit. The only benefit on a vehicle is due to placement on certain applications, due to the available ground plane. One 102" whip on the front lip of a bed on a truck will outperform any two antenna setup. May not look as cool, but it will work better. Lockheed Martin and Motorola equipment all seem to disagree with your premise. [/QUOTE]

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