Sprint PCS - Repeater? antenna booster? Advice please

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Repeater? antenna booster? Advice please

Local Hero

2008-03-17, 10:33 pm

I have a Sprint/Sanyo 4930 phone which I was told when I bought it
(over a year ago) that was the best they had in terms of reception.
It's not bad, but too often I drop calls going over a bridge or can't
get reception on a job site (construction). I've looked for info on
signal boosters or repeaters but am overwhelmed by the conflicting
info and spam. There's not much on this group that isn't over a year.
Isn't there something I could mount to my car that would simply
increase cell reception and then relay it to my phone? I'd
appreciate any direction on this. It doesn't seem like it should be a
rare item....

Thanks,
John

Dutch

2008-03-18, 4:33 am

While dumping the alt.cellular.sprintpcs bit bucket, I heard Local Hero
say:

> I have a Sprint/Sanyo 4930 phone which I was told when I bought it
> (over a year ago) that was the best they had in terms of reception.
> It's not bad, but too often I drop calls going over a bridge or can't
> get reception on a job site (construction). I've looked for info on
> signal boosters or repeaters but am overwhelmed by the conflicting
> info and spam. There's not much on this group that isn't over a year.
> Isn't there something I could mount to my car that would simply
> increase cell reception and then relay it to my phone? I'd
> appreciate any direction on this. It doesn't seem like it should be a
> rare item....
>
> Thanks,
> John

Just add a suitable roof antenna, and this Wilson repeater should do
what you want: http://wilsonelectronics.com/ViewProduct.php?ID=6

--
Dutch

Ronald Laffey

2008-03-21, 7:33 am

I believe Sprint is looking into one of it's own antennas. Something you
will find on it's website, when available. I don't know if it is
meant for a car, though.

Local Hero wrote:
> I have a Sprint/Sanyo 4930 phone which I was told when I bought it
> (over a year ago) that was the best they had in terms of reception.
> It's not bad, but too often I drop calls going over a bridge or can't
> get reception on a job site (construction). I've looked for info on
> signal boosters or repeaters but am overwhelmed by the conflicting
> info and spam. There's not much on this group that isn't over a year.
> Isn't there something I could mount to my car that would simply
> increase cell reception and then relay it to my phone? I'd
> appreciate any direction on this. It doesn't seem like it should be a
> rare item....
>
> Thanks,
> John

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