OT: CDMA Repeaters/Booster

[Gerry Hull]

Interesting.  My friend in Vermont had a similar experience with his first
amplifier...
It was DOA.   I happened to have my own amp with me when visiting him, and
proved the issue was simply a bad amplifier.  He got a replacement, and for
both GSM and CDMA, it is working very well.

Gerry

On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 8:49 AM, kenta <kenta at guster.net> wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 10:55 AM, Mark Komarinski <mkomarinski at wayga.org>
> wrote:
> > My in-laws have a place in Central NY that gets you one bar on most
> > Verizon phones if you hold your arm out just..right..in one corner of
> > the house.  There's no Internet service there, so a pico/femtocell is
> out.
> >
> > Anyone have experience with repeaters or boosters over a small area to
> > improve the signal, preferably something that can be mounted outside?
> >
> > -Mark
>
> I tested a zBoost YX-510 signal booster which is supposed to be able
> to boost both CDMA and GSM.  At my house most GSM phones have either 1
> bar or no coverage in the center of the house. In order to make and
> maintain a call you'd have to stand next to the window or go outside.
> CDMA phones varied and would usually maintain a single bar to 3 bars
> depending on the location in the house.
>
> I tried several antenna placement setups with the device. First we
> placed the external antenna in the window frame, ensured there was
> enough horizontal separation between it and the base unit (this was in
> their docs). Second we tested vertical separation by putting the
> external antenna upstairs. And lastly, we placed the external antenna
> about 20 feet outside the house.
>
> In all cases I saw little to no improvement in signal strength for the
> GSM and CDMA phones (ATT iPhone, Sprint BlackBerry, Samsung Verizon
> phone) despite all three antenna placements.
>
> Boxed it back up, shipped it back and got my money back. I'm not sure
> if I got a defective unit, or if it just didn't work as advertised.
>
> -Kenta
>
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