new antenna

w1ley · EVDO Fledgling Joined: 06 May 2005 Posts: 21

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I just purchased an antenna from antenna booster for my 620. It
arrived last week with the wrong connector (I was SURE it was wrong).
So I emailed antenna booster and they said "use force luke", so I
did......

Embarassed

Now it fits fine, and in fact now that its gone in a few times its
super easy to put in, but doesnt fall out. Antenna booster was quick
to respond and said that they DID send the correct adapter, but if it
was wrong, that they would send the right one. Cant ask for more than
that.

I will post a review of the actual antenna performance today or
saturday, still testing.....

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w1ley · EVDO Fledgling Joined: 06 May 2005 Posts: 21

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wierdness on the edge of andover, ma.......

Signal strength as reported by the vzaccess manager floats between
50% and 70%, the antenna has no effect on this. Plugged in or not,
its about the same, moving the antenna seems to make the number
change ever so slightly.

HOWEVER, running speed tests from speak easy
([url]blt.speakeasy.net[/url]I see a dramatic improvement in DOWNLOAD
speeds and NO improvement in UPLOAD speeds. Download speeds go from <
100k (usually < 50k) to 100-300k.

Having said that.....
Sometimes the antenna-less speed is comparable to the speed WITH the
antenna. Unfortunately there is no option other than testing testing
testing and noting trends.

while typing this, have been plugging and unplugging the antenna and
noting results. Dam. NOW it appears that the antenna increases signal
strength by ~15-20%, but before it wasnt. I was hoping to be more
definitive, but RF is a coy mistress..... If FEELS like the antenna
helps, I guess the thing to do is sit here and test test test and
graph the results.

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Michael · Posted: Fri May 06, 2005 8:37 am Post subject:

The name of the game is performance and doing benchmarks will tell you how things are working.

This review was posted on Booster-Antenna.com yesterday:

w1ley · EVDO Fledgling Joined: 06 May 2005 Posts: 21

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Yup,
my testing so far pretty much confirms what you said Michael.
ss= signal strength.

Michael · Posted: Fri May 06, 2005 9:02 am Post subject:

Thanks for the stats!

The upload stream is the 1xRTT stream. Max 144K burst, real world 40k - 80k

The download stream is the 1xEVDO stream. Max 2mb bursts, real world 300K - 500K. Since many are getting much better than this, Verizon is now saying on the average you will get 400K - 700K.

Strange that uploading is slightly less. I would keep testing, especially at different locations and at different times.
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w1ley · EVDO Fledgling Joined: 06 May 2005 Posts: 21

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Yeah, I am going to test from home and my boat as well, but the early
numbers make me think that the antenna is certainly worth having.

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jettamatt13 · EVDO Fledgling Joined: 20 Apr 2005 Posts: 12

If this card is anything like the 650 there are sepeate plugs for a send and recieve antenna.

That's part of the reason (maybe) you are only seeing gains on the dowload side.

brkeller · Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2005 5:06 pm Post subject: Thanks for the dirty work.

You all are true geeks. And I truly appreciate it Wink

Thanks.

imanogre · EVDO Newbie Joined: 04 Jan 2007 Posts: 4

Question,

I purchased the booster antenna from antenna-booster and I do not notice a difference in latency or speed when plugged in at all. Is there a way to tell if it's plugged in incorrectly? I think I may have the wrong adapter cord (I remember reading that the u720 cord was a different length). I get 2-4 bars consistently at home with DL/s in the 1100's. Plus, I'm less then a mile from the antenna.

Another reasonI think I may have gotten the wrong cord is the paperwork sent to me doesn't mention the USB modem. It's only reflective of the PCCards (in so far as how to attach the cable). I'm able to lift up the sleave and slide the adaptor cable in, just don't see a difference in speed nor latency.

Anyway, help would be appreciated.

Cynagen · EVDO Newbie Joined: 24 Feb 2008 Posts: 1

jackrodgers · EVDO Addict Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Posts: 1131

Can't resist:

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Isn't using security on a message posted to a public list a bit much?

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