Cell Phones in Great Britain

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3G car antenna?

pat.norton@iname.com

2005-08-27, 11:48 pm

I have a Nokia 6680 and am getting a bluetooth car kit fitted. It is
the Nokia CK-7W kit and the Nokia CR-27 cradle.

They will also provide an internal antenna which looks like a little
strip. They say it is dual band. The car already has an external
antenna in the centre rear of the roof. The antenna must be between 1
to 5 years old but apart from that, I know nothing about it because it
was on the car when I bought it.

My questions are:
1. Should I try to use the external antenna of indeterminate age rather
than the brand new internal antenna?

2. Is there a special antenna for phones that also do 3G or should I
accept the dual band antenna?

R. Mark Clayton

2005-08-29, 5:48 pm

<pat.norton@iname.com> wrote in message
news:1125179129.077042.296890@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
>I have a Nokia 6680 and am getting a bluetooth car kit fitted. It is
> the Nokia CK-7W kit and the Nokia CR-27 cradle.
>
> They will also provide an internal antenna which looks like a little
> strip. They say it is dual band. The car already has an external
> antenna in the centre rear of the roof. The antenna must be between 1
> to 5 years old but apart from that, I know nothing about it because it
> was on the car when I bought it.
>
> My questions are:
> 1. Should I try to use the external antenna of indeterminate age rather
> than the brand new internal antenna?
>

Well assuming that it IS a phone antenna (~5 - 10 cm long) then yes.

> 2. Is there a special antenna for phones that also do 3G

No

> or should I
> accept the dual band antenna?
>

Not if the one on the roof works and you can connect to it. This is a much
better position than inside the screen.

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