[ale] [OT] Cell phone reception

[Neal Rhodes]

We use a Wilson Sleek cell repeater in our motorhome in our travels.
It is consistently good for a one bar improvement in the cell signal.
We use Verizon, which normally has good coverage in the hinterlands. 

The Sleek is designed for mobile use; you just sit your phone on the
cradle and it couples through the back.    It comes with a magnetic
mount rubber duckie antenna, which in the RV we just sit on a 12" square
steel plate to give it a ground plane. 

You can connect a much more aggressive trucker's antenna. 

So, if you are getting a borderline signal, but getting one, it would be
simple to just try one of those and send it back if it ain't enough
improvement. 

On Mon, 2016-07-04 at 17:08 -0400, Jeff Hubbs wrote:

> Very much OT. I'm spending an unusual amount of time at my mother's 
> house near Macon, GA these days and although I've reported it to AT&T 
> twice, nothing has been done about the terrible cell phone reception. I 
> have to go outside and cycle into and out of airplane mode to get 4G or 
> LTE; inside the house I have to be within a foot or so of a north- or 
> east-facing window. This is a serious problem because I often need to 
> make and take calls, text, or do some basic Internet stuff.
> 
> Is there anything practical I can do for reasonable amounts of money to 
> improve reception in the house? I've even thought about even maybe 
> sticking a Yagi outside and cabling it straight to a fractal radiator or 
> another Yagi inside.
> 
> I ask here because I figure there are folks who know what solutions 
> aren't in the "As Seen On TV," "Solar FREAKIN' Roadways," "infrared 
> jewelry," or "copper-infused socks" class.
> 
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