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Is it possible to use a yagi antenna to receive and monopole to transmit in the same system?

Thread starter muddaking
Start date Oct 29, 2020
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antenna directional antenna monopole radio frequency tracking collar yagi

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muddaking

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Oct 29, 2020

Hello,

I am trying to create a pet tracker and was wondering if its possible to use a monopole antenna to send and receive signals to the handheld device from the pet collar, and then to track the location of the pet collar, use the yagi for directional finding.

So the pet tracker would periodically send battery status to the handheld device, which would need a monopole antenna to receive from any direction, and the handheld would need to send a signal to the pet tracker to switch into tracking mode (sends signal every few seconds), and then the yagi can be used to find the tracker. I am wondering if this can be done and if its the best solution or if there is a better method for these functions. Thanks!