Boosting Cell Phone reception
I don't know much about this topic but want to learn. I will be staying at a campground that has cell phone reception, but it's described as "spotty" and I take that to mean "weak". In my busine...
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SoundGuy wrote:Ron3rd wrote:
In my business, it's crucial that I receive phone calls throughout the day.
If it's that "crucial" consider renting a satellite phone. ;)
sorry, but a sat phone is absolutely no quarantee of reception.
1) inside a building they most often don't work w/o an outside antenna
2) some carriers (Globalstar) use GEOS sat's and if you can't get a clear view of the southern sky, well same as sat TV, no luck
3) even the LEOS systems like Iridium depending on terrain will not get 100% reception, sometimes can be without service for about 20 minutes out of an hour.
Myself and others that go to remote places have experimented with sat phones. So far an iridium phone is most likely to work, globalstar the least in our experience. but once we get into a wooded or canyon area, service often takes a hit.
In the end we have gone with the Garmin Inreach for communication via texting. It uses iridium system, and in poor reception areas will continue to transmit to achieve a success.
only one of us still has a sat phone.
Better choice in spotty phone areas is to either have both a GSM and CDMA carrier (ATT and Verizon for example), better chance of having one phone that works, and back it up with a cell phone booster.
But in the end there is virtually no way to guarantee voice communication in all locations with cell or sat phone service.
