Low Signal Strength Solutions

On Wed, 03 Sep 2003 07:32:38 -0400, C Roth <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Several months ago I signed up for SprintPCS service for me and my wife.
>We're pretty happy with it -- in fact I cancelled our land line and am now
>just using cell phone as our primary phones.
>
>We get occassional drop-outs and missed calls at our house. I've been
>looking at several solutions and before I spend the money I would like to
>see someone else's experience with these.

For $4, I bought a 2 3/4" retractable metal antenna on eBay. It seems
to have made a difference on my N400, although I never had any major
problems with it in the first place. I do seem to have better service
in areas that have dead spots.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=3039203944

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Steven J Sobol wrote:
> Bad_Monkey! <[email protected]> wrote:
>> range your phone work on in your neighborhood.
>> sprint is mostly 1.9Ghz but not always.
>
> Wrong. Sprint is always 1.9 GHz.

I think Bad_Monkey was being more precise, Steve, and if so, then he's
right. We operate in the 1900MHz *band*, but the precise frequency might
differ, and that can make a difference when building antennas.
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On Thu, 04 Sep 2003 11:15:17 -0400, Darrin wrote:

> For $4, I bought a 2 3/4" retractable metal antenna on eBay. It seems to
> have made a difference on my N400, although I never had any major problems
> with it in the first place. I do seem to have better service in areas that
> have dead spots.
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=3039203944

I actually tried to buy one of those, but not from this particular person.

Long story short, I ended up having to file a complaint with PayPal to get
my money back . . .

Maybe I'll give it another whirl.