When I'm at home I get a weak cellphone signal. Walk outside and the signal
becomes strong.

Is it possible to connect two external cellphone antenna together and put
one in the attic, the other inside my house to improve the situation?

"peter" wrote in message
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When I'm at home I get a weak cellphone signal. Walk outside and the
signal becomes strong.

Is it possible to connect two external cellphone antenna together and put
one in the attic, the other inside my house to improve the situation?


http://groups.google.com/groups?q=passive+repeater
http://www.google.com/search?q=passive+repeater

Hi Peter

A passive repeater?

Yes they work but it may not solve your problem. It's the kind of thing
that may need some modelling etc first.

I use to have one setup where the outside signal was "very strong" but
the inside was "very weak". That worked well. I also (commercially)
modelled for a tender a railway cutting/tunnel (improvment) that was
about 3km from the base station. That bought the signal level in the
cutting from about -107 to -85dBm.

You may find a signal improvement only occurs with a few metres of the
inside antenna. Like I said it needs some modelling.

You will probably need a gain antenna (eg yagi) outside the house and
not in the attic.

There are also active repeaters azvailable for cellphone bands. They may
or may not be legal for use in your country though.

Cheers Bob VK2YQA

peter wrote:
Is it possible to connect two external cellphone antenna together and put
one in the attic, the other inside my house to improve the situation?

"Andrew Holme" wrote in message
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"peter" wrote in message
newsc6Lg.4635$ub5.4159@trnddc07...
When I'm at home I get a weak cellphone signal. Walk outside and the
signal becomes strong.

Is it possible to connect two external cellphone antenna together and put
one in the attic, the other inside my house to improve the situation?


http://groups.google.com/groups?q=passive+repeater
http://www.google.com/search?q=passive+repeater

Thank you. That's the magic search keywords I need!

peter wrote:
When I'm at home I get a weak cellphone signal. Walk outside and the signal
becomes strong.

Is it possible to connect two external cellphone antenna together and put
one in the attic, the other inside my house to improve the situation?





Look online for a free or cheap old parabolic dish. Stand it against
the wall inside and sit in front of it while using your cellphone. If
you are able to point it to a tower and find the sweet spot, you can
find some gain there.

Am I crazy folks?


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No not crazy.. You would certainly get gain but the question you have to
ask is whether it is enough to overcome through wall etc losses. You
also have to keep in mind that the signal you are using might be via
reflection rather than direct. ie the direction you point may also need
to be played with.

It would be a great talking point for the occasional visitors too!

Cheers Bob

Kaz wrote:

Look online for a free or cheap old parabolic dish. Stand it against
the wall inside and sit in front of it while using your cellphone. If
you are able to point it to a tower and find the sweet spot, you can
find some gain there.

Am I crazy folks?