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Re: Nice hack to increase signal strength

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Originally Posted by junior1234 View Post
If this just affects your receiver sensitivity and or overall Q then no it will not greatly enhance the odds of contracting cancer over normal exposure ,but on the other hand if it affects your transmission signal strength then the answer is yes and it may also be in that nice little gray area under the jurisdiction of the FCC which limits the output power of these handy little devices to protect us from ourselves. It would be really nice if someone could give a DEFINITIVE answer on what these values are associated with and then we might have something that could solve some problems. Oh, and if it increases output power with all else remaining the same it will drain the battery faster ....more output requires more input and it may not be directly proportional....on the receive end , if it gives you signal where there was none previously then most likely result is that the receiver hardware is working harder to amplify this small(comparatively) signal to a level that can be demodulated so that you can get an intelligible audio signal through your earpiece....once again more power drain.

NV_CDMA_MIN_RX_RSSI_I - minimum receiver sensitivity analog
NV_FM_AGC_1- automatic gain control

Dont quote me on this but it looks like what this setting will do for you is increase sensitivity so that a weaker signal wont be rejected and then boost it up with the gain control so that you can hear that really bad quality call that wouldnt otherwise be tolerable and it will get you better reception if applied correctly but at the cost of battery life for sure.
I would hope that auto gain control is enabled by default - to not have it enabled would be puzzling unless there is concern for quick battery drain with fringe area signals.
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