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pakkman781
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 Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 5:32 pm Post subject: Antenna advice... |
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| Ok, I just got my Compass 597 today, and I'm showing WAY less reception than I thought I would be getting, about 20% on average with a noise level between -110 and -90. I got one of the little booster antennas, but it seems to make very little difference. I'm getting pretty dismal download/upload rates so far. Would a 32" Omni antenna help? |
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pakkman781
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| Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 6:44 pm Post subject: |
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| I just thought of a rather odd idea, is there any way I could use the massive 15+ foot TV antenna that's no longer in use outside of our house? Or would that allow too much noise? :/ |
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n6gn
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| pakkman781 wrote: | | I just thought of a rather odd idea, is there any way I could use the massive 15+ foot TV antenna that's no longer in use outside of our house? Or would that allow too much noise? :/ |
Use the mast or support for a PCS antenna, forget the TV antenna itself.
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Torrey
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| n6gn wrote: | | pakkman781 wrote: | | I just thought of a rather odd idea, is there any way I could use the massive 15+ foot TV antenna that's no longer in use outside of our house? Or would that allow too much noise? :/ |
Use the mast or support for a PCS antenna, forget the TV antenna itself.
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In other words...it would need to be a 1900mhz frequency antenna for Sprint. |
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Alex
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its much easier to give recommendations if you do a little more legwork.
check out this article, and provide us with answers to questions at end.
http://www.EVDOinfo.com/RSSI |
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