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Wayne.B wrote:

On Mon, 04 Apr 2005 19:11:48 GMT, Bruce in Alaska
wrote:

Best coverage is had by using an
external celular antenna and a 3watt Brick amplifier.

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Any recommendations on type or vendor?

I recently saw a 3 watt cell repeater advertised that requires no
physical connection to the cell phone but I've seen no discussion on
how effective it is.


Never actually messed with a Wireless Cellular Repeater. There are
a number of Brick Amplifier OEMs. Just do a search on Ebay, and you will
get a pile of them that are for sale. External Antennas are all over the
place. I am using a Celwave Panel Antenna here at the cabin and have a
duplicate down at my summer place. Just about every antenna OEM makes a
Cellular Yagi type antenna for this purpose. Most Marine antenna OEMs
have a Marine Cellular External Antenna in their product line. Just
remeber that coax cable losses will cause diminishing returns after
about 50 Ft, against higher elevation of the antenna. The coolest
box I have seen is a 3 watt Cellular box that has a 12Vdc input, an
external antenna port and an RJ11 Jack. You just plug in the antenna, a
phone, modem, or Fax machine, and power it up and you have a complete
Cellular Connection that acts like a regular POTS phoneline. One of the
outfits down the beach has one, and it is really cool, acts just like a
regular telephone in the big city.

Bruce in alaska
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