On the fringe of EVDO ... will an antenna help?

mnewman0 · EVDO Newbie Joined: 23 Jan 2006 Posts: 2

I right on the edge of full EVDO access. 2 miles away, I have no problem getting on the EVDO network. I can currently get national access at my house, but it is incredibly slow. Does anyone have any experience with the use of externally mounted antennas for solving this problem? I'm thinking of installing an antenna on the roof and putting a repeater in the house, but would like to have some confidence that it'll work before investing some cash. Version told me the EVDO network operates in the 1900 Mhz band. I live in Hillsborough, NJ. Any advice, suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

pochi · EVDO Fledgling Joined: 02 Oct 2005 Posts: 15

I was in the same situation as you. Roughly 2 Miles off. No EVDO at my home. I bought an antenna from here and now i get flawless EVDO in my room. Hope this helps.

mnewman0 · EVDO Newbie Joined: 23 Jan 2006 Posts: 2

pochi,

Can you give me the details on what you did and what equipment you used? I'm extremely encourged now!!! I have a Kyocera 650 card so I can connect an external antenna directly into it. There are a lot of different types of antennas and signal boosters out there.

Thanks again!

MaximumSignal · Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2006 2:34 pm Post subject:

WPSANTENNAS-MATT · Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2006 2:46 pm Post subject:

If the desktop style antenna is not powerful enough to get you the EVDO signal here is what I would recommend:

Wilson Cellular Trucker antenna model 301101

3 Way mount for antenna model 901104

15 foot extension cable part number 951103

Adapter for Kyocera KPC 650 Part number 357014

I would recommend going this route as opposed to the wireless repeater or inline amplifier to start with.

MaximumSignal · Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2006 2:51 pm Post subject: