What's the max distance to a cell tower this kit can handle? Any experiences? Thanks.
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We are using ours at the lake where the tower is about 4 miles away. It does pretty good. Alit depends on the quality of the tower reception. It goes up and down at times here in West Texas
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I have purchased 2 different styles of the Wilson Cell phone signal extenders. They both work very well. We put one in my husband's shop building, and he has not had a dropped call since. We are in a funny spot where you can have 4 bars in one spot, walk 2 feet and have only one bar of signal. Both of the units I have are operating in the United States. I guess I don't know if cell towers are different in diferent countries. If the technology is pretty much the same, the you should have a good result as long as you can get at least one bar of signal where you live.
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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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Don't think its too far. Maybe 30 to 50 feet in an open space. Never tried distance since I mostly use it in my car or in just one room. Its well built. Better wimax reception than any freedompop compatible phones. Starts up and connects in about 1 min.
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The range is around 24 miles, but I would not recommend the flagship to anyone. It is very unstable.
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No it did nothing for my situation. I live in a valley about 2 miles from a tower. My signal is always 2 or less & I sent this back as it didn't change the signal at all. I even had a directional antenna.
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Update: I just tried this for you. I walked from the radio to the end of my home ( Mobil home) around 55 feet.. It still worked perfectly. :)
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Not sure of the top range, tested mine at 20+ ft as well.. worked flawlessly.
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i have used vtech out in the street some 80+ feet from the base; it will depend type material the walls of the house & garage are made of
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http://www.antennaweb.org/ will show you what kind of antenna will work and how far you are away from the tower.
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yes, this is the best equipment to measure the signal level from cell tower radiation. I guess signal level will definitely high. I suggest you to collect signature for the nearby people & submit this request to your MP to remove the cell tower or move your house. Good luck!
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I live about 40 miles from the nearest tower. It didn't work for me being that far away but 13 miles away should work.
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The key would be to get an app for your mobile phone and make sure you point it in the right direction. I would guess it would not matter what you mount it on as long as you have pointed to the nearest tower.
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The cell phone (connecting via blue tooth) needs to be fairly close to the base--10 feet or less. I have had the hand set out in the yard about 30 - 40 feet from the base and it worked ok--but that is only 1 wall (the house) - I am not sure how a second wall (the shop) would affect reception. Not really a definitive answer but about the best I can do.
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I have used it at over a total of 50' and partly outside the building. DECT is a fairly good standard and I used is years ago for a local telephone network in Poland, so it is robust for a low powered unit. Of course it depends on metal enclosures etc. Screens can cause blockage as can metal doors.
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As long as you can get a GPS connection. The antenna has a long wire to get it to a window. The unit connects via internet to a cell tower so a metal building should be no problem. It then becomes a cell tower to the inside of the building. I think that the GPS tells it the location so it can figure out what cell tower to address. Mine came with the GPS and I am guessing about 15 ft of cable. Bill H
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It has a long range. I can get 200-250 ft from the phone before it disconnects