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Just to clarify, though I'm sure it won't sway you, cost is about £100 (I paid about that 2 years ago) and it does not require an Internet connection. Mine is in the attic of the house without indoor coverage and works well for all EE phones.
EE supply them and they are fully licence compliant. I have not heard of one being deactivated as I do not believe they connect to the network, but instead relay your SIM info (they are really rather simple affairs). They do need to be set for the correct network ID (they can only realy one) but this can be changed as described by someone else. I've also used them for work and they have the advantage/disadvantage over Internet based ones of not requiring SIMs to be pre-registered, so any phone just works. The other alternative for signal is what Cheshire Bumpkin has setup, an external directional antenna pointing at a mast providing Internet which you then use to support WiFi calling. I'll look in to it ---thanks. WiFi calling is out of the question for my phone. Regards |
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What? I can't tell you anything about the war ---- before my time -- just.
My father could have --- he was in the Merchant Navy and was torpedoed 3 times on the Atlantic convoys . Shame I never spent more time taking to him in my youth as my only reaction then was "that was careless". blueacid . Thanks for the reply --- reading here about VoLTE sounds like people have problems with it or are constantly messing with phone settings. The chances of getting a signal on 800mhz is nil --- even TV signals from the high power transmitter didn't/don't make it . Anyway --- back to my passive antenna construction . Regards. ![]() To clarify: if signal is OK outdoors on 1800MHz (EE's 2G frequency) then 800MHz 4G would definitely improve 4G coverage. Most TV transmitters are set at high power but have to serve a very wide area (my local TV transmitter has about a 30-40 mile radius it has to cover). Because of this, TV signals that are received at various locations are actually weaker than what you might think which is why you end up seeing all these high gain aerials on the roofs of houses (sometimes even amplifiers are needed). Mobile phone towers transmit at a lower power than TV towers but are much closer to the average user and the power received by the receiver is much higher. Hence, TV reception may be quite poor but 800MHz 4G from a much closer mobile mast will probably work a lot better. Hope that helps
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Hi
![]() To clarify: if signal is OK outdoors on 1800MHz (EE's 2G frequency) then 800MHz 4G would definitely improve 4G coverage. Most TV transmitters are set at high power but have to serve a very wide area (my local TV transmitter has about a 30-40 mile radius it has to cover). Because of this, TV signals that are received at various locations are actually weaker than what you might think which is why you end up seeing all these high gain aerials on the roofs of houses (sometimes even amplifiers are needed). Mobile phone towers transmit at a lower power than TV towers but are much closer to the average user and the power received by the receiver is much higher. Hence, TV reception may be quite poor but 800MHz 4G from a much closer mobile mast will probably work a lot better. Hope that helps ![]() Regards |
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blueacid .
Thanks for the reply --- reading here about VoLTE sounds like people have problems with it or are constantly messing with phone settings. The chances of getting a signal on 800mhz is nil --- even TV signals from the high power transmitter didn't/don't make it . Anyway --- back to my passive antenna construction . Regards. As you might have already gathered, the networks are all working to improve their coverage, especially EE due to them getting the contract for the Emergency Services Network. So while today you've noticed the regression due to EE shutting down a transmitter which covered your house well, perhaps in the future you'll be back to where you were due to a new 800Mhz mast being erected somewhere. What's this passive antenna construction you're building? Is it similar to the passive antenna/car mounts which are sold in Australia, to try and help phones eke out a decent service from the faintest whiffs of signal? |
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