V60 Color Antenna

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Is there a retractable antenna available for a Motorola V60 Color cell
phone? If so, will you please tell me where to purchase it? And,
what is involved in replacing the existing standard stubby antenna?
We live in an area that is exclusively AT&T Wireless TDMA 850 MHz, and
the standard stubby antenna that comes with the V60 Color just doesn't
seem to be providing the reception necessary.
Thank you for your advice.

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Tim,

Thanks for your reply. Based upon the information provided by that
company, it appears that this product is not compatible with the V60
Color cell phone. Are you able to confirm that you are using this
replacement retractable antenna with a V60 Color cell phone?

Thanks!

On Tue, 18 May 2004 19:59:15 GMT, tim <tim@urbox.example.org> wrote:

>On Tue, 18 May 2004 15:14:22 -0400, noone wrote:
>
>> Is there a retractable antenna available for a Motorola V60 Color cell
>> phone? If so, will you please tell me where to purchase it?
>
>eBay. I bought mine from everydaysource:
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5700541514&rd=1
>
>Although their shipping is a little steep considering they use USPS
>parcel post (figure 3-10 days), their return process is automated, and
>they ship the day after you order.
>
>I bought an extra to save the trouble of buying a new one when it
>inevitably breaks. (And I carry the original with me when just in case.)
>
>> And,
>> what is involved in replacing the existing standard stubby antenna?
>
>Unscrew old one, screw in new one. No tools required (as long as your
>current one isn't broken). When the extendable one breaks, it can be
>replaced with a flat-head screwdriver.
>
>> We
>> live in an area that is exclusively AT&T Wireless TDMA 850 MHz, and the
>> standard stubby antenna that comes with the V60 Color just doesn't seem
>> to be providing the reception necessary.
>
>I get about a half a bar increase in the fringe area I live in on the
>service you describe. I can place a call from my driveway if the gods are
>pleased. Using test mode I measured a 4dB improvement (about 3x the signal
>strength) with the antenna extended while in my house.
>
>If you need even more signal you might check into a Wilson Yagi antenna
>from Brandolini Electronics - Tom is very helpful:
>brandolini <at> juno .dot. com
>
>> Thank you for your advice.
>
>You are quite welcome.
>
>---
>Remove .example to contact me via email.

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Tim,

Thanks for the additional information. I sent an e-mail to your
source and received the following reply:

>Dear Customer,
>
>Thank you for your email.
>
>According to the auctionsite:Compatible with model : V. Series 60/60i/60c/60t/60g ( V60 / V60i / V60c / V60t / V60g ) (Some V60's original antenna cannot be removed, please make sure yours can be done easily before purchase).
>
>Thank you.
>
>Michael

I specifically asked them about the Motorola V60 Color, which does NOT
appear in the list of models they provide. It seems like they don't
want to say that it won't work, but are also not willing to say that
it will.

On Tue, 18 May 2004 23:14:06 GMT, tim <tim@urbox.example.org> wrote:

>On Tue, 18 May 2004 19:05:15 -0400, noone wrote:
>
>> Are you able to confirm that you are using this
>> replacement retractable antenna with a V60 Color cell phone?
>
>I've got a v60t color. The AT&T box says "v60 color" but inside the
>battery case it indicates v60t.
>
>This item fits just fine on my phone. Works great too!
>
>Cheers,
>Tim

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On Thu, 20 May 2004 09:42:37 -0400, noone wrote:

>>According to the auctionsite:Compatible with model : V. Series 60/60i/60c/60t/60g ( V60 / V60i / V60c / V60t / V60g ) (Some V60's original antenna cannot be removed, please make sure yours can be done easily before purchase).

Easy enough to check: try unscrewing your antenna by giving it a gentle
twist.