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Re: Repeater? antenna booster? Advice please
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| Local Hero 2008-03-18, 7:33 am |
| On Mar 17, 11:49 pm, Dutch <bur...@blackholespam.net> wrote:
> While dumping the alt.cellular.sprintpcs bit bucket, I heard Local Hero
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> Just add a suitable roof antenna, and this Wilson repeater should do
> what you want:http://wilsonelectronics.com/ViewProduct.php?ID=6
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> Dutch
Thanks Dutch,
That's the idea but the price tag stops me on that one. I see devices
that claim the same function selling for under $10. I assume they're
junk but I'd love to know some opinions of which ones are reasonable
or a decent online review source.
John
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| Dutch 2008-03-18, 10:33 am |
| While dumping the alt.cellular.sprintpcs bit bucket, I heard Local Hero
say:
> On Mar 17, 11:49 pm, Dutch <bur...@blackholespam.net> wrote:
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> Thanks Dutch,
> That's the idea but the price tag stops me on that one. I see devices
> that claim the same function selling for under $10. I assume they're
> junk but I'd love to know some opinions of which ones are reasonable
> or a decent online review source.
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> John
Oh, ok, I thought you wanted something that actually works... :-)
I use a roof mount antenna on my motorhome to increase my range, but it
plugs into my cell phone, rather than wirelessly relaying to it.
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Dutch
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| AZ Nomad 2008-03-18, 12:33 pm |
| On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:23:29 -0400, Dutch < buryit@blackholespam
.net> wrote:
>Oh, ok, I thought you wanted something that actually works... :-)
>I use a roof mount antenna on my motorhome to increase my range, but it
>plugs into my cell phone, rather than wirelessly relaying to it.
If you do a wired solution, don't run too much cable. Just an additional 20'
of "low loss" cable is enough to eliminate the benefit of having an outside
antenna.
When I suffered w/ AT&T in the late 90's, I had an outside antenna mounted
on window as opposed to a rooftop antenna. It boosted the signal from
zero/one bars to two to three. Inserting 20' of wire dropped it back down to
one bar.
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| While dumping the alt.cellular.sprintpcs bit bucket, I heard AZ Nomad
say:
> On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:23:29 -0400, Dutch < buryit@blackholespam
.net> wrote:
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> If you do a wired solution, don't run too much cable. Just an additional 20'
> of "low loss" cable is enough to eliminate the benefit of having an outside
> antenna.
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> When I suffered w/ AT&T in the late 90's, I had an outside antenna mounted
> on window as opposed to a rooftop antenna. It boosted the signal from
> zero/one bars to two to three. Inserting 20' of wire dropped it back down to
> one bar.
Yep, all I use is the 15 ft. cable that came with the antenna, plus a 1
ft. adapter cable.
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Dutch
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