Is signal strength better on different phones?

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In <[email protected]> on Mon, 12 Dec 2005 22:24:06 +0000 (UTC),
[email protected] wrote:

>John Navas <[email protected]> wrote:
>> [email protected] wrote:
>
>> >A simple extendable antenna seems to have made a big difference for both my
>> >Motorola v551 and my v220. It seems to help even when not extended, which
>> >makes me wonder if there is any metal at all in the original stubby.
>
>> Link?
>
>To the tech specs for the little stubby? I don't know.
>To the extendable that I bought?
>http://www.cellphoneshop.net/grsitrreanfo33.html
>For a test showing the improvement?
>None. But I can now walk around my house while talking on the phone. With
>the stubby, I could talk in a few spots, but not all.

Thank you. I've seen that style, but the extension is pretty short, so I'm
thinking of giving this one (which is quite a bit longer) a try:
<http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5840846681>

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John Navas <[email protected]> wrote:
> [email protected] wrote:
> >http://www.cellphoneshop.net/grsitrreanfo33.html

> Thank you. I've seen that style, but the extension is pretty short, so I'm
> thinking of giving this one (which is quite a bit longer) a try:
> <http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5840846681>

That seems like a good deal. I paid $1.50, and bought some other stuff so
I wound up with free shipping, but the longer 2-3/4" antenna would
presumably be better.

I did another simple survey with my 1-3/8" extended verses the original
antenna. I left a voicemail message on my office number while walking and
stopping at six different points in my house. Then I listened to the
voicemail from a corded phone. The extendo was perfectly clear, except for
my breathing and miscellaneous noises while walking. The original antenna
had some dropouts and sounded like ... a cell phone. There was some
squishiness in the audio, and miscellaneous background noises that I could
hear on the cellphone when it should have been silent.

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Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8,-122.5

You know what? I have always been wondering the same thing?

On Mon, 12 Dec 2005, nmbr1ddy wrote:

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[email protected] Wrote:
> swampthing <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Attach an external antenna if you question whether one phone might
> be
>>> better than another.
>>
>> A simple extendable antenna seems to have made a big difference for
> both my
>> Motorola v551 and my v220. It seems to help even when not extended,
> which
>> makes me wonder if there is any metal at all in the original stubby.
>>
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>> Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8,-122.5
>
>
> What about the original question. Is signal strength better on
different phones and if so which phones.


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