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Wednesday, July 19, 2006
There’s nothing more annoying than having a cell phone that works great were you work but gets near zero signal at home. Or vice verse. My brother in-law (and SvenOnTech reviewer) gets about a bar in his home which leads to many dropped calls. Sometimes I can’t even get a hold of him because the signal is not strong enough to receive calls. Fortunately for him, he has a Motorola E815 and he can unscrew his antenna and stick in a 10db booster!
The booster connects in two parts. First the 4″ whip sticks onto a metal surface through its “rare earth” magnet. The 10′ cable from it attaches to a connector that fits into the E815s antenna hole. Screw it in and you just increased your signal strength by 10 times! Even though it’s using rare materials, this will only cost you $30.
If you don’t have an E815, no worries, mate. Most Motorola phones (and other CDMA phones for that matter) have removable antennas that will allow for such an after market whip to connect to your phone. Check out Cell Power if it has one for your phone and then stop worrying about dropped calls (or data connections.)
July 29th, 2006 at 13:34
I ordered one of these immediately after seeing this post, and can’t be happier I did. Although we’re not in the boonies, we must be in one of those “nooks” where reception isn’t great. To make a call, I’d have to step out onto the balcony, and even then, the calls would drop out or drop completely. Since I’ve had this booster thing, the dropouts are very minimal and reception is greatly improved. I was skeptical, especially of the “rare earth” part. but it really works!