[TowerTalk] Cellphone signal boosters

[Fred Keen]

As I understand , there is a requirement to 'register' your 'cell phone repeater', i.e. signal booster, with your cell phone carrier. 

FredKC5YN 

    On Wednesday, July 26, 2017 9:53 AM, Clay Autery <cautery at montac.com> wrote:
 

 Note.... the first time I did something like this was to extend
broadband service from a biz location to a home about a 1/4 mile
away....  Simply used two 2.4 GHz wire dish type antennas and two
Linksys WAPs to connect the segments of the network....  cheap and dirty
but worked like a charm....  out in the country they could ONLY get
Satellite (business grade, 6 foot dish) so I had to find a way to break
the Ethernet wire limit...

I've done similar systems up to 19.7 miles with no issues...  there is
equipment to make it happen... depends on your commitment...

______________________
Clay Autery, KY5G
MONTAC Enterprises
(318) 518-1389

On 7/26/2017 9:46 AM, Clay Autery wrote:
> I've done it TWO ways....
>
> 1) Use a directional antenna (cantenna... Verizon actually uses these. 
> I prefer a "better", larger solution) tuned to the frequency(ies) your
> phone uses.) and use GPS coordinates of cell tower and your house to
> determine azimuth to point...  Elevation can be determined too... or use
> a peaking meter.
> 2) PREFERRED - Use DUAL antennas... One for transmit and one for receive
> (assuming your local device has the ability to separate antennae into
> send/receive)
>
> Granted this was primarily for wireless reception on the carriers
> router... BUT, you can do the same...
> You just need to get/mod a repeater device(s), et al. to bring the
> signal in over the antennas and RE-brodcast it INSIDE your home.
> That's what these commercial (overpriced) systems do with patch
> antennas...  You can do it better AND get a longer range
>
> HIGHLY dependent on what interferes with the line of sight between you
> and an appropriate cell tower...
>
> 73,
>
> ______________________
> Clay Autery, KY5G
> MONTAC Enterprises
> (318) 518-1389

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