CELL PHONE SIGNAL BOOSTER? REALLY?
My cell carrier is spotty away from town. Are cell Phone signal boosters a real qorking option or fraud? If theywork what is the cost? I know you guys , and gals, will have the answer. You always ...
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Let me re-phrase your question: DO Cell Phone Boosters Really Work?
YES, they do.. Cell Phone boosters come in a few flavors.
And the nice thing is if you start small and build up the additional cost is usually around 20 bucks.
First is a what is called a "Passive Repeater"
You get two cell phone antennas, some cable, and a device to connect the two together (Double Female Connector)
One goes up as high as possible, atop your Television Antenna mast (if you have one) or put a mast up on the roof, HIGH up. NOTE.. This antenna can be an "Omin" or it can be a yagi directional, (More range, more gain) but to use a directional antenna, you need to know the direction. (more on this in the next chapter)... The other antenna is mounted indoors, Where your phone can see it.
Next chapter:
Replace indoor antenna with a clip or plug that attaches to/plugs into/ your phone, This means the phone is "Tethered" to the antenna, but it works much better than the passive antenna method.
Using the clip while up on the roof... you can aim the yagi (I promised more in this chapter)
Chapter 3: Active bi-directional repeater.
In this case that double female connector is replaced by a box that eats 12 volts DC (usually) from a wall wart or power brick.
This device gives you a much, much, much stronger signal but now you have rules as to how far apart the two antennas have to be. I use one, Can make a big differenc.
YES, they do.. Cell Phone boosters come in a few flavors.
And the nice thing is if you start small and build up the additional cost is usually around 20 bucks.
First is a what is called a "Passive Repeater"
You get two cell phone antennas, some cable, and a device to connect the two together (Double Female Connector)
One goes up as high as possible, atop your Television Antenna mast (if you have one) or put a mast up on the roof, HIGH up. NOTE.. This antenna can be an "Omin" or it can be a yagi directional, (More range, more gain) but to use a directional antenna, you need to know the direction. (more on this in the next chapter)... The other antenna is mounted indoors, Where your phone can see it.
Next chapter:
Replace indoor antenna with a clip or plug that attaches to/plugs into/ your phone, This means the phone is "Tethered" to the antenna, but it works much better than the passive antenna method.
Using the clip while up on the roof... you can aim the yagi (I promised more in this chapter)
Chapter 3: Active bi-directional repeater.
In this case that double female connector is replaced by a box that eats 12 volts DC (usually) from a wall wart or power brick.
This device gives you a much, much, much stronger signal but now you have rules as to how far apart the two antennas have to be. I use one, Can make a big differenc.
