Do cellphone boosters work for RV camping with poor signal?
I was wondering what effect a cellphone booster would have on signal while camping in mountains with only one bar? Any recommendations?
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I use an old Wilson Electronics 3G booster that supports HSPA+ with a trucker antenna and have gotten some amazing boosts. Had one case where we were camping at a remote lake and got no signal at the campsite but occasionally got 1 bar at the lakeshore 300 feet away. The boost brought the signal in so it was useable.
Another case we were in a caldera where we have never got reception before but happen to be in a site that had a view of a low spot in the caldera rim. I was able to at least do text messages but don’t remember if I could do a phone call. Couldn’t do web page stuff though.
I attach the trucker antenna to a slide awning arm so the top up the antenna ends up about 13’ in the air.
Another case we were in a caldera where we have never got reception before but happen to be in a site that had a view of a low spot in the caldera rim. I was able to at least do text messages but don’t remember if I could do a phone call. Couldn’t do web page stuff though.
I attach the trucker antenna to a slide awning arm so the top up the antenna ends up about 13’ in the air.
