Skool me on cell phone boosters and install tips, please

Do you have a pic or tip on how you swap out the antennas? I'd like to mount mine on the driver's side ladder and route cable I think down flue for fridge. What yagi is it and how do you rotate? Most convenient the weboost or does the yagi need come up frequently? Thanks

I have the WeBoost Drive Reach... if I'm getting three or more bars on a phone the unit is useless, but if I only get one bar it will flat boost the signal into a good one. I won't travel without it. I can point my yagi antenna right at a tower and get a much better signal.

Thanks for the replies, I get how the booster works. I'm also looking for info on how you installed the booster inside the rv, and routed the outside antenna wire into the rv? I have solar panels on my class C, maybe route down thru refridge flume on top? Glue the coax cable down to the roof using a wad of dicor? Sounds like omnidirectional we boost least hassle. Perhaps I can rig it for when I absolutely need a yagi I can screw that in instead?

For the poster about campgrounds.. we rarely if ever stay in established campgrounds. Usually boondock, occasionally remote established BLM or. National Forestcampgrounds. We're a riding, hiking or kayak crew. Not too urbane. Thanks

rr2254545 wrote:
Waste of money - we have stayed at over 400 parks with Verizon and I can count on one hand the parks where we have not had service

I don't even have service at my home without a booster. Those who have often don't realize not everybody has, regardless the topic.

How does this answer the OP's question?

goducks10 wrote:

rr2254545 wrote:
Waste of money - we have stayed at over 400 parks with Verizon and I can count on one hand the parks where we have not had service

Maybe because you're east of the Rockies. Try coming out west. I've had Verizon for 10+ years and always run into signal problems when anywhere outside a big city. Look at a Verizon cell coverage map and you see that the east half of the country is totally covered vs the west half.

Nope, not just a one coast or another issue, I can take you lots of places "out east" in PA which have zero, zilch, none, nada Verizon signal but yet ATT works fine. The reverse can be said, there are places where ATT doesn't work but yet Verizon does.

In my area, there is one Verizon tower near my home, works sometimes other times no signal, doesn't work at all at my DWs workplace another 5 miles away from our home.

ATT on the other hand has three towers near my home and my DW has no issue getting ATT service at her workplace.

Verizon has one cell tower between our home and nearest city 20 miles away, total dead zone nearly most of the 20 miles.

ATT on the other hand has three cell towers between our home and the nearest city 20 miles away, have service for all but 1 mile of that trip..

Amps and external antennas can only do so much to help and if there is no cell tower located 5-10 miles from there is no external amp or antenna that will fix that. One must have some signal, one/two bars at the external amp and antenna to work reliably.

You have to make a choice on your service, choose one that covers the area you are living in, otherwise live with spotty to no service.

rr2254545 wrote:
Waste of money - we have stayed at over 400 parks with Verizon and I can count on one hand the parks where we have not had service

It must be the water in Minnesota, kinda like comparing IQ’s to shoe sizes - lol

goducks10 wrote:

rr2254545 wrote:
Waste of money - we have stayed at over 400 parks with Verizon and I can count on one hand the parks where we have not had service

Maybe because you're east of the Rockies. Try coming out west. I've had Verizon for 10+ years and always run into signal problems when anywhere outside a big city. Look at a Verizon cell coverage map and you see that the east half of the country is totally covered vs the west half.

yup, we have our truck phone with ATT and a higher output power and better antenna than a ATT cell and our cell phones are with verizon. Even with both carriers coverage is hit and miss, mostly miss for our type of camping. regardless of carrier LOTS of the country is NOT covered. Maybe 1 out of 10 campsites we visit has good enough cell service for a voice call, 1 out of 20 for even checking email etc.

Much of our camping is in MT, ID, WA, Oregon, Utah, Arizona. Outside of large metro areas cell coverage is sporatic, even on sections of the interstate, let alone on secondary roads.
And the midwest east of the rockies is much the same from our trips to the midwest east of the rockies.

With our weboost setup 1 out of 20 doesn't have good enough service for voice or checking email etc.

And our experience has been that Verizon has better coverage than ATT for the places we go to.

rr2254545 wrote:
Waste of money - we have stayed at over 400 parks with Verizon and I can count on one hand the parks where we have not had service

Maybe because you're east of the Rockies. Try coming out west. I've had Verizon for 10+ years and always run into signal problems when anywhere outside a big city. Look at a Verizon cell coverage map and you see that the east half of the country is totally covered vs the west half.

Way2Roll, ……I totally agree; useless post…