A method and corresponding upgrade kit, for enhancing a base station (10)
having a CDMA air interface and a passive antenna (12) with receive space
diversity capability so as to provide the base station with transmit
diversity capability. The method comprises attaching a radio frequency
interface unit to an R.F. output of the base station to obtain a sample
of a main R.F. signal, attaching a diversity unit (20) to the radio
frequency interface unit to generate a transmit diversity signal, and
connecting the diversity unit to the passive antenna to transmit the
transmit diversity signal.