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Antenna choicesI havent ordered any service yet from mellinicom , but i got an old dish and am curious if i can modify it to work with a small antenna, im mainly gonna use mcom for gaming because the ms seems wayyy lower than excede |
actions · 2014-May-29 11:49 am · (locked) |
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xrayman
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2014-May-29 12:04 pm
Need two old C band antennas, I have one just like that one in the photo, free if you come get it. That old dish is just about useless for picking up cell towers. You will have better results by going higher to get a clean line of sight to the cell tower, if possible. I would try the service first, the Verizon 700 MHz signal works most places without adding high gain antennas. If you do need an outside antenna I have had good luck with the Wilson Wide Band Directional Antenna 700-2700 MHz. |
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You might do better taking that old dish to the scrapyard and putting the cash toward an appropriate antenna for the Verizon LTE frequencies. I'd start here: » www.zdacomm.com/My setup: » Post your antenna setup |
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BoroGuy33
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2014-May-29 4:03 pm
I use an antenna I ordered from the 3GStore last year and it works great. It's an omnidirectional cantenna type and cost me $57 plus the cost for a cable and adapter. » 3gstore.com/product/3047 ··· nna.html |
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for some reason i can't seem to see any verizon towers using antennasearch. i did look at the verizon coverage area around here and it seems to be a very very strong 4g blanket off the main part of the highway but im right in the 4g extended area, i get only 1x and one bar of 3 g outside my house, and im 8 miles from the nearest towers northwest and southwest either way, i dont have clear los and am in a heavily wooded area , but the backyard is clear of trees, just have a bunch around me. do you think i would be able to get out to the tower northeast of me with a yagi setup like yours? |
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said by chasej318:do you think i would be able to get out to the tower northeast of me with a yagi setup like yours? If you are in a heavily wooded area, I do not recommend a yagi. My home is on top of a rather high hill, and I have clear LOS over treetops to the tower (also on a hill) which is about 7-8 miles distant. Prior to installing the yagi setup, the signal was very weak on the Mcom supplied jetpack by itself. If you are serious about Verizon LTE for reliable rural internet, you unfortunately may have to spend some money.. The reason for the dual yagi setup is my router, which supports MIMO » en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIMO operation via dual antenna ports. (Pepwave Max BR1, VZ-LTE model) This was not a cheap purchase, but I've got rock solid, stable internet. Essentially I've done a "home brew Homefusion" setup that actually works. I hate to keep sounding like a Pepwave fanboy, but they do build some solid, top quality gear. In your situation with not having LOS to a tower, I would order the external antenna connector for your model Jetpack and put up a parabolic grid type antenna. You can view LTE grid antennas here: » www.zdacomm.com/wireless ··· antenna/Don't cheap out on coaxial cable or lightning protection. If you are going to go this route, do it right. There's plenty of us here in the forum that can provide you with links and help setting up an antenna & mast. Good luck! |
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I was on Millenicom, VZ tower is about 8.5 miles away, thick trees behind my house, rough 1/4 mile plus a few groves beyond that. Without a roof antenna I could get about 7 meg down in the house if I could find a sweet spot that I could get a signal that it would lock on to (worse than -100dBm most places). With a wide band Wilson yagi, no booster, I averaged 20-30 meg down all the time, around -78 to -70dBm or so, worked fine for over a year. I switched to a formerly unlimited gsm carrier that just turned on their upgrade (they put on a 100GB cap now, of course after I could sign up, overage is about $1 per gig over the 100, they still advertise unlimited on ads because it starts in July, they are not grandfathering anyone in, contract used to say truly unlimited, but it's more than I need anyway), much slower but close to 4 meg now, good enough, for less than $60 total. 1900MHz HSPA+, tower is only about 5.5 miles away, a little different angle, worse with the trees. Harder to get signal in here. It was usable with just the antenna, but windy days and the signal would jump around a little. I decided to get a Wilson DT4G, so far so good, and the cell phones work MUCH better in the house now. Haven't had time to tweak much yet, might try to move the antenna to a little better location. Of course the yagi I got a year+ ago was a 50 ohm model, but the one with the kit doesn't seem too bad.
Using my Millenicom jetpack now, first time this month, paid for it so I figured I'd use up some, I'm having it disconnected at the end of this cycle. Hopefully the other keeps working. Averaging over 20 down, 3.5 up with the DT4G. It will be nice being able to use the phones easily and if I need/get new hotspots or usb sticks I won't have to worry about getting adapters (or using only one device at a time). |
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Google123
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2014-Jun-5 11:37 am
Which GSM Carrier is this that you mentioned? Thanks |
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said by Google123 :Which GSM Carrier Viaero. |
actions · 2014-Jun-6 8:24 pm · (locked) |
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Yeah I used to have one of those back when we had Verizon 4G, it worked great!
Unfortunately, they started selling more people on the 4G tower and as more people connect to the tower the tower's range shrinks. So it got to the point where we could use the Verizon all the time, then only during the day and late at night, then only pretty much not at all. So we ditched it.
That reminds me, I need to sell both the antenna and the Jetpack too... |
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sorry to bump an old thread, but im trying to find out what type of cable that works well with 746-806 MHz Grid Parabolic Antenna 15 dBi for melinnicom . i plan on trying to do 30-50' easy up antenna so i can get above the trees, and hopefully get 8-10 miles out to the towers. so far i have 2 1/2 bars of 4gLTE in town on a tablet , so hopefully i can get something stronger that far out |
actions · 2014-Aug-3 6:52 pm · (locked) |
Jim_in_VA (banned) join:2004-07-11 Cobbs Creek, VA |
LMR 400 |
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would you know the distance on those parabolic antennas? i have been looking for the 4 g towers and can't seem to find them via google or antennasearch |
actions · 2014-Aug-5 10:04 pm · (locked) |
Jim_in_VA (banned) join:2004-07-11 Cobbs Creek, VA |
it really depends on line of sight. What does the VZ coverage map show you? |
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4g lte extended, i don't get it on my tablet, have a 3g only phone, and i would have to get above the pine trees probably. thanks for your insight jim, i got the go ahead from the wife to purchase antenna equipment because i'm going to try to use the same antenna mast for cellphones too if i can. 4g lte has some spots nearby, closer than i thought . included is my 70 dollar spotty internet that's advertised as 12mbs , i would probably save more just getting 40g worth of mellinicom.
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Jim_in_VA (banned) join:2004-07-11 Cobbs Creek, VA |
I'm confident you can get a pretty decent signal with the grid if you aim it carefully. Not sure what you are thinking about using it for the cellphone connection. That is a completely different issue that a grid antenna will not address unless you get the signal to the LTE device and then to a router where you can then use your phone in WiFi mode |
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sorry jim, what i meant was possibly throwing a yagi or another grid on the mast for cellphone usage, maybe tying it into a wilson amp or something of that nature, or just getting an amp outright that has the omni antenna with it and just put it up there with the grid antenna. |
actions · 2014-Aug-7 6:31 pm · (locked) |
Jim_in_VA (banned) join:2004-07-11 Cobbs Creek, VA |
you'll have a better chance of a good signal with the grid vs a Yagi. I don't understand how you think this will help your cell phone signal - it will not - unless your phone has a external antenna port, and I doubt that |
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ok jim, sorry i may have been confused there. still totally new to all the antenna tech. even though i was in the military recently, never really paid any attention to our antenna systems. wasn't part of my job lol! |
actions · 2014-Aug-7 9:35 pm · (locked) |
Jim_in_VA (banned) join:2004-07-11 Cobbs Creek, VA |
my suggestion is to order the Pantech Jetpack from Millenicom. Try it out in various locations in your house and see what speeds you get. THEN, if you are getting a fairly good signal, get the antenna gear later to improve it. Don't spend a dime until you see what you can get. Thank You for your service. |
actions · 2014-Aug-7 9:47 pm · (locked) |
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i understand looking for a signal before i go deep into something. would the signal differ from the pantech as it would an iphone or a tablet? tablet has 4g capabilities with no 3g fallback and i get 0 signal walking around the house and my yard. same thing with the phone, i get maybe 1x inside the house if i sit in one spot, or i get one bar of 3g outside.
and you're welcome jim. best time and worst time of my life, only the army. |
actions · 2014-Aug-8 11:41 am · (locked) |
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millenicom's hotspot plans are currently temporarily out of stock till the end of this month. asa soon as they get back up, im gonna order one. ill try what you said jim. i really appreciate the help a bunch! |
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rwizard Premium Member join:2004-04-20 Roswell, GA |
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said by Jim_in_VA:I don't understand how you think this will help your cell phone signal - it will not - unless your phone has a external antenna port, He could always use the antenna to feed a repeater. That is what I did on our ranch until they put a tower up closer to us to service the gas well crowd. |
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What type of repeater would work for that antenna setup 3g/4g signal on tablet/cellphone . |
actions · 2014-Aug-12 6:11 pm · (locked) |
chasej318 |
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jim,where did you get that antenna at that's in your blog, the one that came with the cool little toolset |
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Jim_in_VA (banned) join:2004-07-11 Cobbs Creek, VA 1 edit |
Jim_in_VA (banned)
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2014-Aug-22 1:31 pm
» www.l-com.com/ but if you are looking for one that works on Verizon 700 MHz LTE you probably should go here: » www.excel-wireless.com/7 ··· a-15-dbi |
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thanks again Mr. Jim |
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Jim, doesn't Verizon use the high end freq (746-787MHz)? You can sometimes find these on the ebay/auction sites that work with Verizon - ZDAGP750 |
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Jim_in_VA (banned) join:2004-07-11 Cobbs Creek, VA |
Jim_in_VA (banned)
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2014-Aug-23 9:00 am
yes, I believe they do use that higher 700 MHz C Block range |
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