Re: Cell phone repeaters any good?
I have one. I got a Wilson SOHO repeater through the repeater store.com It was a bit costly but I wanted a really good one. I got the yagi antenna for outside and a pannel antenna for inside with 100' cable outside and 30' inside. It is able to run two inside antennas which I plan to do (my house is prety big).
Before; I could barley talk outside, 1 to 0 bars. With the repeater running I have 2-3 bars inside the house and if I get by the antenna it goes to full 5. Outside in the yard reception is good to until I get out of range of the repeater. I have the outside antenna on a 50' pole pointing tward the nearest EVDO tower, the tower is 9miles away and I have a clear shot to it.
My SOHO is dual band, I am on Sprint, the GSM 850 band has a greater reach so my kids AT&T phones have 5 bars everywhere in the house and 1-2 in the yard (the cell towers are beside each other 9mi away)
I have had my repeater setup for over a year and the performance has been great, no fade ect. It has made us able to use our cels in the house without issue and that is worth the investment IMO
My only advise I can give is if you are going to get one go on and get a good one. The investment is more but I have friends that bought the cheeper ones (after seeing mine) and theirs have poorer performance than mine
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