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- 10-08-2008, 06:01 AM #1seaniGuest
We live in a bit of a signal blacksport wrt DAB, DTV and more
importantly, mobile comms.
Our current T-Mobile provider shows coverage as patchy at best, as does
Orange, O2 etc. A recent visitor was able to make calls just outside the
front door, and some experimentation with a 50p PAYG SIM from ebay shows
a bit of promise - I can at least receive text messages, and I can call
intermittently from selected locations right next to the window.
My question is, would buying a carkit with a separate aerial be any help?
Even if I had to stick it in the loft / externally and the phone sat in a
cradle somewhere discreet for hands-free calls, this would be a good
result for us.
But is a decent external aerial likely to yield any benefit?
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- 10-08-2008, 06:05 AM #2seaniGuest
Re: Carphone kits as a way of boosting reception
On Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:01:57 +0000, seani wrote:
> We live in a bit of a signal blacksport wrt DAB, DTV and more
> importantly, mobile comms.
>
> Our current T-Mobile provider shows coverage as patchy at best, as does
> Orange, O2 etc. A recent visitor was able to make calls just outside the
> front door, and some experimentation with a 50p PAYG SIM from ebay shows
> a bit of promise - I can at least receive text messages, and I can call
> intermittently from selected locations right next to the window.
Whoops, made a mess of that. Our visitor was on O2, and had reasonable
luck with reception, so O2 shouldn't be in the list of "dead" providers.
- 10-08-2008, 11:07 AM #3Ivor JonesGuest
Re: Carphone kits as a way of boosting reception
In news:[email protected],
seani <[email protected]> typed, for some strange, unexplained
reason:
: We live in a bit of a signal blacksport wrt DAB, DTV and more
: importantly, mobile comms.
:
: Our current T-Mobile provider shows coverage as patchy at best, as
: does Orange, O2 etc. A recent visitor was able to make calls just
: outside the front door, and some experimentation with a 50p PAYG SIM
: from ebay shows a bit of promise - I can at least receive text
: messages, and I can call intermittently from selected locations right
: next to the window.
:
: My question is, would buying a carkit with a separate aerial be any
: help? Even if I had to stick it in the loft / externally and the
: phone sat in a cradle somewhere discreet for hands-free calls, this
: would be a good result for us.
:
: But is a decent external aerial likely to yield any benefit?
Yes, if you can site it in the right place. But you'll need a phone with
an external aerial connector, these are few and far between these days, I
think the Nokia 6310i with the CARK-91 kit was the last.
I have dreadful reception in my office, so I built a CARK-91 kit into a
box with a sloping front panel (from Maplins IIRC) and mounted the phone
cradle on it plus an external handset. I can use either the handset or the
handsfree microphone/speaker and it works very well.
The other alternative might be something like a Premicell and a landline
phone.
Ivor
- 10-08-2008, 02:04 PM #4Theo MarkettosGuest
Re: Carphone kits as a way of boosting reception
Ivor Jones <[email protected]> wrote:
> The other alternative might be something like a Premicell and a landline
> phone.
Or mount the phone where there's best signal and everyday use via Bluetooth
accessories (headset, dialpad etc - not sure about phone menu operation)
Theo
- 10-08-2008, 02:11 PM #5JonGuest
Re: Carphone kits as a way of boosting reception
In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]ere
says...
> We live in a bit of a signal blacksport wrt DAB, DTV and more
> importantly, mobile comms.
>
> Our current T-Mobile provider shows coverage as patchy at best, as does
> Orange, O2 etc. A recent visitor was able to make calls just outside the
> front door, and some experimentation with a 50p PAYG SIM from ebay shows
> a bit of promise - I can at least receive text messages, and I can call
> intermittently from selected locations right next to the window.
SIMs are free from teh networks, you dont need to pay for them.
> My question is, would buying a carkit with a separate aerial be any help?
Yes, it would. The antenna in a carkit is much betetr at picking up
signal than the antenna in your phone.
--
Regards
Jon
- 10-08-2008, 06:12 PM #6Ivor JonesGuest
Re: Carphone kits as a way of boosting reception
In news:[email protected],
Jon <[email protected]> typed, for some strange, unexplained reason:
: In article <[email protected]>,
: [email protected]ere says...
: > We live in a bit of a signal blacksport wrt DAB, DTV and more
: > importantly, mobile comms.
: >
: > Our current T-Mobile provider shows coverage as patchy at best, as
: > does Orange, O2 etc. A recent visitor was able to make calls just
: > outside the front door, and some experimentation with a 50p PAYG
: > SIM from ebay shows a bit of promise - I can at least receive text
: > messages, and I can call intermittently from selected locations
: > right next to the window.
:
: SIMs are free from teh networks, you dont need to pay for them.
:
: > My question is, would buying a carkit with a separate aerial be any
: > help?
:
: Yes, it would. The antenna in a carkit is much betetr at picking up
: signal than the antenna in your phone.
Now find a phone with an external aerial (not 'antenna' please, it's a
phone not an insect) socket. Few and far between these days, not seen one
since the Nokia 6310i.
Ivor
- 10-09-2008, 05:08 AM #7Steve DulieuGuest
Re: Carphone kits as a way of boosting reception
"Ivor Jones" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In news:[email protected],
> Jon <[email protected]> typed, for some strange, unexplained reason:
> : In article <[email protected]>,
> : [email protected]ere says...
> : > We live in a bit of a signal blacksport wrt DAB, DTV and more
> : > importantly, mobile comms.
> : >
> : > Our current T-Mobile provider shows coverage as patchy at best, as
> : > does Orange, O2 etc. A recent visitor was able to make calls just
> : > outside the front door, and some experimentation with a 50p PAYG
> : > SIM from ebay shows a bit of promise - I can at least receive text
> : > messages, and I can call intermittently from selected locations
> : > right next to the window.
> :
> : SIMs are free from teh networks, you dont need to pay for them.
> :
> : > My question is, would buying a carkit with a separate aerial be any
> : > help?
> :
> : Yes, it would. The antenna in a carkit is much betetr at picking up
> : signal than the antenna in your phone.
>
> Now find a phone with an external aerial (not 'antenna' please, it's a
> phone not an insect) socket. Few and far between these days, not seen one
> since the Nokia 6310i.
>
Some *fairly* recent Sony Ericssons had them, K800i and Z750i for instance.
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Cheers, Steve.
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