External Antenna - Booster

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Hi,

Can you please tell me how effective this is to boost the signal
strenght?
Will this cause my mobile to show more weak signal than before after
stopping the use of this Booster?

Thanks


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In <md60e.2250$H06.1382@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net> on Wed, 23 Mar 2005
04:25:54 GMT, "Todd Copeland" <todd@copelandhome.net> wrote:

>"NSS123" <NSS123.1mbtma@WiFi-Forum_dot_com> wrote in message
>news:NSS123.1mbtma@WiFi-Forum_dot_com...
>> Can you please tell me how effective this is to boost the signal
>> strenght?
>> Will this cause my mobile to show more weak signal than before after
>> stopping the use of this Booster?
>
>General concenceous is that they do not increase the phones ability to pick
>up a signal.

It's important to distinguish between passive signal boosters, which are
useless, and real external antennas (e.g., ARC Freedom Antenna
<http://www.antennas.com/arcProduct.html> ), active signal boosters
(amplifiers), and active repeaters (expensive), which can be quite effective.

>The manufactures of phones follow certain guidelines to make the antenna
>pick up a certain frequency as best as possible.

True, but performance is nonetheless seriously compromised by making the
antenna small enough to fit in a small phone, and by limiting transmit power
in order to increase battery life.

>If you think a booster will work, I know where you can also get a hunk of
>tin to put on your air cleaner so you will get 20 more hp.

The products I've listed above do work, albeit at a cost.

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