i would like to boost my cell phone in my home office which is in the basement and the signal is weak can i mount the antena on the outside using wire
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As the others have said, the antenna cable is about 2meters; adding an extension will likely attenuate the signal. I had an LG Chocolate Touch and wanted to improve the data throughput, and this device didn't seem to help that much.
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Yes, but the antenna only comes with about 7ft of cable. I have my antenna mounted INSIDE on a window in my basement office, and I get about 1-2 bars improvement this way. Maybe, you could buy a coax connector and extension cable at radio shack to lengthen the cable if you really needed it to be outside.
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I placed my antenna net to my window and started receiveing better singal immediately.
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I would go with the more expensive boosters for basement applications. I am on the first floor and have it mounted to the top of a window next to my desk. Signal strength goes from one bar to four most of the time. They have a unit that is mounted to the roof and boosts the signal for everywhere in the house. It was about $150 last time I checked, and it was well rated.
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If the wire is long enough that should work. They recommend placing the antenna as high up as you can. I was able to get signal in an area that no-one else could and I simply had the antenna mounted on the window, but they say the higher the better.
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You're not likely to improve phone reception by putting an extender in a basement. I got a powerline wi-fi network adapter (runs your network thru the power outlets to give you an Ethernet jack anywhere) and put this unit (which require an Ethernet cable connection) in a second-story room so that it had the best phone and GPS signal.
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Yeah I agree with Danny, but with some creative engineering you can still boost the signal distance. The only way to boost the signal of something like this would be to utilize the interrupt pin and have it trigger from a read on the external antenna, Which would actually be pretty interesting to code and build. Hope this helps!
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The system itself needs and comes with an antenna that is mounted on your roof at the highest point. We live in a tri-level house so it is mounted on the chimney and then pointed to the direction of the nearest cell tower. The unit you are asking about is located in a window away from the solid brick wall outside and the two big trees in our backyard. We used to have the same problem and once I acquired more cable than what came with the unit moving it closer to the main floor made a huge difference. I get 4-5 bars at any given time; in addition, my calls come through and don't go straight to voicemail as happened in the past. We live in a "micro" climate whereby we are below a lot of multi level brick homes and a lot of tall trees. Though not rural still difficult to get a signal. This unit helped a lot. Good luck. I would suggest that you call your carrier and ask where the nearest cell tower is located and start from that point.
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The signal booster is made for outdoor antennas. I don't know if it matters which antenna you have. I use mine on my old rooftop antenna, it works for me.
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I placed the booster on the outside back cover. It seams to help by raising the signal only one bar. I had terrible reception in my family room and dropped some calls. Now I do not drop any.
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No. This is an "outdoor" antenna for a Wilson cell phone booster like this one: http://www.wilsonelectronics.com/store/display/38/45/dt. It is used to pull in stronger cell tower signals from outside your home when are then sent to a cell phone booster like the one linked above which then in turn sends the stronger signal to an "internal" antenna that would be mounted inside your house on the ceiling. Your cell phone then receives its signal from the internal antenna which is much stronger than the signal trying to get into your house from outside. The idea is that the whole device (ext. ant., booster, and int. ant.) together takes the stronger signal outside and makes it available inside your home. This antenna can also be somewhat effectively mounted in an attic instead of outside on a roof.
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Hi Chris,Two suggestions to your inquiry.It is possible your cellular company provider may have a signal extender unit that can be placed in the basement location of the Pit Boss, like a cable router.If not, then the only other option is running the wire upstairs were you have good signal strength. This may require you to purchase additional wire. I would take the whole unit with you and explain your situation to the departments electrical staff. They may suggest either the same size wire or a slightly thicker wire based on the wire length needed. I hope this helps, good luck. Hi Chris,Two suggestions to your inquiry.It is possible your cellular company provider may have a signal extender unit that can be placed in the basement location of the Pit Boss, like a cable router.If not, then the only other option is running the wire upstairs were you have good signal strength. This may require you to purchase additional wire. I would take the whole unit with you and explain your situation to the departments electrical staff. They may suggest either the same size wire or a slightly thicker wire based on the wire length needed. I hope this helps,... » Read More Hi Chris,Two suggestions to your inquiry.It is possible your cellular company provider may have a signal extender unit that can be placed in the basement location of the Pit Boss, like a cable router.If not, then the only other option is running the wire upstairs were you have good signal strength. This may require you to purchase additional wire. I would take the whole unit with you and explain your situation to the departments electrical staff. They may suggest either the same size wire or a slightly thicker wire based on the wire length needed. I hope this helps, good luck. « Show Less
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I'm sorry I can't answer that question. I hooked mine to a Wilson Sleek cellphone amplifier (with excellent results, I might add. I now receive a 2-3 bar signal in a remote camp where there was zero signal with the Sleek and a high gain omni antenna.) But back to your question, I called the Wilson Customer Service people and they told me just what connectors to use. Customer reviews indicate one of the connectors is fragile, so I ordered a spare.
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Yes. This antenna is designed to plug into a sangean radio and can be put outside the building via a window however you have to take the length of the cable into consideration. If you cannot get this small antenna outside and fairly high you will not get much gain
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You should be able to bring up the signal strength on the phone without connecting it. I have Droid phones and my wife and son watched the signal on the phone settings while I turned the antenna. I installed the booster in the summer of 2013 and have been very happy with it. My rural house had spotty coverage on both floors and now with the booster I can walk through out the house without an issues. I also have the booster cradle in my truck and it works great.
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Use an inline "powered" amplifier to boost the signal. Many have two or more outlets. Radio Shack has them, probably Amazon, Best Buy, eBay, or your local hardware store, will have them too. They're cheap no frills and do the job.
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This can be done. It is similar to the use I did. Unfortunately, I was disappointed with the performance and I feel that it would work much better if I had placed it higher or outside. My desire was to get an HD channel and I found it not much better than the dipole I had previously used.
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Raise the antenna. Maybe purchase an external antenna and plug it into the antenna slot.
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Julie, that is why I installed the product. With a metal roof, I had no signal. This is supposed to extend/boost the signal. After I had mine installed, I have signal in my basement! Now there was an app " Open Signal" that I used to find where to install the antenna to get the best strength. So, I would say he didn't install it correctly. Mine works well and so does my sons and one of my clients installed his in a shop with a metal roof to get a signal. Have him come back to install properly!
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The antenna wire is solely for use on motorized antennas. (I.e when you start your car and the antenna goes up and it goes down when turned off) if you don't have a motorized antenna do nothing with that wire. It won't strengthen your signal.
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To get effective gain, it needs to have a ground plane to mount on. That a large sheet of metal. If your in a moble home and it has a metal roof, that would work. If its FM and the stations are in the same direction, I look at some house FM Antenna. For AM see what the amature radio info, it might be a long wire strung and how to put an lighting arrestor.Hope that helps