gar
Senior Member
- Location
- Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Occupation
- EE
101226-1416 EST
For Christmas I received a "zBOOST SOHO YX545" "Cell Phone Booster" from my son and daughter and their families.
A few years ago I had to go into the backyard to make cell phone calls. Almost impossible inside the house to make a call without an auxiliary antenna. About a half a mile away from my home in any direction was good communication.
Constantly complained and about a year ago the signal improved in the house, typically 1 to 3 bars. But the basement was still virtually still no signal. 0 or 1 bar.
Friday night I received the gift of a cell phone repeater. Yesterday I put the external antenna in the attic, made a temporary run for the coax cable, and put the repeater in the basement.
The result is 3 to 6 bars in the basement now and very good communication.
This is very little test time to prove anything about quality. But it does appear to be very effective. These appear to be selling for about $350 at the RepeaterStore.
For those of you that have the same problem I had this may be a useful solution. Also there may be competitive units.
For those looking for new business this might be an opportunity. High and outside is the best location for the antenna. Just the type of work many of you are skilled at.
Performance will be no better than what you can get with your cell phone in the location you choose to place the outside antenna. Since my attic provides very good results that will remain the antenna location for me.
There are a few limitations on what networks work with it.
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For Christmas I received a "zBOOST SOHO YX545" "Cell Phone Booster" from my son and daughter and their families.
A few years ago I had to go into the backyard to make cell phone calls. Almost impossible inside the house to make a call without an auxiliary antenna. About a half a mile away from my home in any direction was good communication.
Constantly complained and about a year ago the signal improved in the house, typically 1 to 3 bars. But the basement was still virtually still no signal. 0 or 1 bar.
Friday night I received the gift of a cell phone repeater. Yesterday I put the external antenna in the attic, made a temporary run for the coax cable, and put the repeater in the basement.
The result is 3 to 6 bars in the basement now and very good communication.
This is very little test time to prove anything about quality. But it does appear to be very effective. These appear to be selling for about $350 at the RepeaterStore.
For those of you that have the same problem I had this may be a useful solution. Also there may be competitive units.
For those looking for new business this might be an opportunity. High and outside is the best location for the antenna. Just the type of work many of you are skilled at.
Performance will be no better than what you can get with your cell phone in the location you choose to place the outside antenna. Since my attic provides very good results that will remain the antenna location for me.
There are a few limitations on what networks work with it.
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