[TowerTalk] Cellphone signal boosters

[Mark Spencer]

Hi:

A former employer of mine used this type of system to enhance cellular coverage inside steel clad buildings in rural areas.   I don't recall the brand name but the system did seem to work.   I also recall there may have been some constraints regarding the minimum spacing between the antennas ?  Sorry I wasn't involved in the setup but the end result seemed good.

At our cottage in BC I used to use a LPDA style high gain antenna which connected to the antenna port on a cellular modem to get internet access at the cottage.   My wife and I had our phones on different carriers and one of them would usually work for voice calls.

Later when the new roaming rules in Canada came into affect I found my iPhone would simply roam onto another carriers base station and I didn't bother with the external antenna or cellular modem after that. 

I have since repurposed the LPDA for use on 927 and 1296 MHz (:

I hope this was of some interest.


73
Mark S
VE7AFZ

mspencer12345 at yahoo.ca


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> Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2017 08:47:58 -0700
> From: "Jim Thomson" <jim.thom at telus.net>
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> Subject: [TowerTalk] Cellphone signal boosters
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> Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2017 09:34:18 -0500
> From: "ve4xt at mymts.net" <ve4xt at mymts.net>
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> Subject: [TowerTalk] Cellphone signal boosters
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> Hi TTers,
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> Does anyone have experience with systems purporting to boost access to weak cell towers?
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Do these work?
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> 73, kelly, ve4xt 
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