Hi all,
Thanks for the great comments so far.
Just to answer a recurring theme: we don’t have internet at the cottage. We
could get it, and in a perfect world, I’d probably go with satellite or
point-to-point wireless. I don’t live in a perfect world. I have to try and get
this done with existing expenditures.
Carrier is Rogers. My experience with Rogers is like my experience with The
Source (formerly Radio Shack);
You’ve got questions, we’ve got blank stares.
The odds of finding someone on the phone who even recognizes there may be soft
spots in coverage (never go off the corporate script), let alone know what an
LPDA is, are remote.
73, kelly, ve4xt
> On Jul 26, 2017, at 1:52 PM, Gene K5GS <k5gs@arrl.net> wrote:
>
> Who is your provider, do you have broadband internet at the cottage???
>
> ATT has what they call MicroCell. I've used one for several years. Verizon
> has an extender.
>
> if your carrier supports these types of devices and you have Internet,
> that's the way to go..
>
> GS K5GS
>
> On 7/26/2017 7:34 AM, ve4xt@mymts.net wrote:
>> Hi TTers,
>>
>> Does anyone have experience with systems purporting to boost access to weak
>> cell towers?
>>
>> Where our cottage is located, our cell coverage often arrives from the other
>> side of Lake Winnipeg, about 25 miles away. In summer, one bar on the
>> phone's "s-meter" is the most we can hope for. Data moves at a glacial pace.
>>
>> I've found online systems comprising an outdoor yagi, an amplifier and an
>> indoor panel antenna said to serve as a sort-of repeater to offer stronger
>> reception and improved data rates.
>>
>> Do these work?
>>
>> 73, kelly, ve4xt
>>
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