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I recently purchased a Wilson 50db BDA, Yagi outside antenna and Dome
inside antenna. When first installed, I experienced problems. Despite
good numbers inside (-80 to -85/3-4 bars), I was frequently unable to
make either DC or Cell calls, getting "Try Again 304" for DC calls, and
"redialing" for cell calls.. If the call did go through, the person I
was talking to frequently said they could not understand me; I on the
other hand, usually understood them fine. Both my local dealer and
Wilson tech support reccomended increasing the distance between the Yagi
and the inside antenna and increasing the elevation of the Yagi.
I completed this yesterday. Now I have approx. 38 feet between the Yagi
and inside antenna, and about 23 feet between them vertically. There is
no further room in the house to further increase separation. The problem
is no better whatsoever. This occurs with all of our NEXTEL phones: my
personal i730T, wife's i730A and my work i35, all of which work
properly, even in areas with worse numbers than we now have inside the
house.
My local dealer and Wilson tech support now think I may have a bad BDA.
Is there anything else I can try prior to returning the one I have and
awaiting a replacement? I am so far VERY disappointed in my experience
with this equipment.
Thanks!
I recently purchased a Wilson 50db BDA, Yagi outside antenna and Dome
inside antenna. When first installed, I experienced problems. Despite
good numbers inside (-80 to -85/3-4 bars), I was frequently unable to
make either DC or Cell calls, getting "Try Again 304" for DC calls, and
"redialing" for cell calls.. If the call did go through, the person I
was talking to frequently said they could not understand me; I on the
other hand, usually understood them fine. Both my local dealer and
Wilson tech support reccomended increasing the distance between the Yagi
and the inside antenna and increasing the elevation of the Yagi.
I completed this yesterday. Now I have approx. 38 feet between the Yagi
and inside antenna, and about 23 feet between them vertically. There is
no further room in the house to further increase separation. The problem
is no better whatsoever. This occurs with all of our NEXTEL phones: my
personal i730T, wife's i730A and my work i35, all of which work
properly, even in areas with worse numbers than we now have inside the
house.
My local dealer and Wilson tech support now think I may have a bad BDA.
Is there anything else I can try prior to returning the one I have and
awaiting a replacement? I am so far VERY disappointed in my experience
with this equipment.
Thanks!