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We use a Wilson Sleek cell repeater in our motorhome in our travels. It is consistently good for a one bar improvement in the cell signal. We use Verizon, which normally has good coverage in the hinterlands. <BR>
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The Sleek is designed for mobile use; you just sit your phone on the cradle and it couples through the back. It comes with a magnetic mount rubber duckie antenna, which in the RV we just sit on a 12" square steel plate to give it a ground plane. <BR>
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You can connect a much more aggressive trucker's antenna. <BR>
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So, if you are getting a borderline signal, but getting one, it would be simple to just try one of those and send it back if it ain't enough improvement. <BR>
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On Mon, 2016-07-04 at 17:08 -0400, Jeff Hubbs wrote:
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Very much OT. I'm spending an unusual amount of time at my mother's
house near Macon, GA these days and although I've reported it to AT&T
twice, nothing has been done about the terrible cell phone reception. I
have to go outside and cycle into and out of airplane mode to get 4G or
LTE; inside the house I have to be within a foot or so of a north- or
east-facing window. This is a serious problem because I often need to
make and take calls, text, or do some basic Internet stuff.
Is there anything practical I can do for reasonable amounts of money to
improve reception in the house? I've even thought about even maybe
sticking a Yagi outside and cabling it straight to a fractal radiator or
another Yagi inside.
I ask here because I figure there are folks who know what solutions
aren't in the "As Seen On TV," "Solar FREAKIN' Roadways," "infrared
jewelry," or "copper-infused socks" class.
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