Cellular Hotspot
Met a full timer who was using OTR Mobile Hot Spot Link. This last trip provided challenges as I was reaching my limit of hotspot on my phone, too many parks wifi is less than desirable, and the cons...
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I had this ingenious idea of getting an external antenna for increased service coverage.
1st up, netgear factory piece ordered from amazon. It came in a package, with an interesting tag, "demo unit". It did absolutely nothing, nada... back to amazon it went.
2nd, two whip antennas. Not only did it not improve signal strength, speed test showed a 20% drop in data transfer speed.
Talked to the smartest electrical engineer I know, he said even with the short (12") coax, the signal loss on that cable may overcome any advantage I might get out of the antenna.
1st up, netgear factory piece ordered from amazon. It came in a package, with an interesting tag, "demo unit". It did absolutely nothing, nada... back to amazon it went.
2nd, two whip antennas. Not only did it not improve signal strength, speed test showed a 20% drop in data transfer speed.
Talked to the smartest electrical engineer I know, he said even with the short (12") coax, the signal loss on that cable may overcome any advantage I might get out of the antenna.
