using the antenna during a call

if you make a call with the antenna down, and then pull it up during the
call, does this either help or hurt the reception/clarity since you are
already connected? i know you aren't supposed to touch it during use, so
does this affect it?



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Since it is a digital signal clarity shouldn't be affected. Of course if
you are on the edge of a signal raising may help bring the signal in and
keep it in. It is my understanding that the handset operates more
efficiently with the antenna up during calls and as such uses a little less
electricity. That is what I have picked up from reading these boards.

CaptainKrunch


"John Salerno" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> if you make a call with the antenna down, and then pull it up during the
> call, does this either help or hurt the reception/clarity since you are
> already connected? i know you aren't supposed to touch it during use, so
> does this affect it?
>
>
>
> ---
> John Salerno
>
>

When I touch the antenna to pull it up, I see the signal strength
meter go down and then back up when I let go. So doing this during a
call in a low signal area might loose the call.


CaptainKrunch wrote:

> Since it is a digital signal clarity shouldn't be affected. Of course if
> you are on the edge of a signal raising may help bring the signal in and
> keep it in. It is my understanding that the handset operates more
> efficiently with the antenna up during calls and as such uses a little less
> electricity. That is what I have picked up from reading these boards.
>
> CaptainKrunch
>
>
> "John Salerno" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>>if you make a call with the antenna down, and then pull it up during the
>>call, does this either help or hurt the reception/clarity since you are
>>already connected? i know you aren't supposed to touch it during use, so
>>does this affect it?
>>
>>
>>
>>---
>>John Salerno
>>
>>
>
>
>

"Jerome Zelinske" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> When I touch the antenna to pull it up, I see the signal strength
> meter go down and then back up when I let go. So doing this during a
> call in a low signal area might loose the call.

I've never lost a call when I pulled up the antenna during a call in a
fringe area, so I wouldn't worry about it.

Bob

"John Salerno" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> if you make a call with the antenna down, and then pull it up during the
> call, does this either help or hurt the reception/clarity since you are
> already connected?

I only pull up my antennae when making a long distance call or calling my
daughter PCS to PCS when she is on the East Coast (I am in San Diego, CA).

Jammy

"John Salerno" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> if you make a call with the antenna down, and then pull it up during the
> call, does this either help or hurt the reception/clarity since you are
> already connected?

I only pull up my antennae when making a long distance call or calling my
daughter PCS to PCS when she is on the East Coast (I am in San Diego, CA).

Jammy

"John Salerno" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> if you make a call with the antenna down, and then pull it up during the
> call, does this either help or hurt the reception/clarity since you are
> already connected?

I only pull up my antennae when making a long distance call or calling my
daughter PCS to PCS when she is on the East Coast (I am in San Diego, CA).

Jammy

Jammy wrote:
> I only pull up my antennae when making a long distance call or calling my
> daughter PCS to PCS when she is on the East Coast (I am in San Diego, CA).

'Long distance' should make no difference since the antenna is only used
for the path to the nearest SprintPCS tower (a couple of miles, at most).
You can tell by the number of antenna bars showing on the LCD screen
whether the signal strength is low, in which case it may help to extend the antenna.

--
John Richards

"John Richards" <[email protected]> wrote in message =
news:[email protected]...
> Jammy wrote:
> > I only pull up my antennae when making a long distance call or =
calling my
> > daughter PCS to PCS when she is on the East Coast (I am in San =
Diego, CA).
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> 'Long distance' should make no difference since the antenna is only =
used
> for the path to the nearest SprintPCS tower (a couple of miles, at =
most).
> You can tell by the number of antenna bars showing on the LCD screen
> whether the signal strength is low, in which case it may help to =
extend the antenna.
>=20
> --=20
> John Richards
>=20
>=20

John, you've just bitten the bait!
Nice trolling, Jammy. :-)
---JRC---

"John R. Copeland" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:NE%[email protected]...

John, you've just bitten the bait!
Nice trolling, Jammy. :-)


I beg your pardon?

Jammy

"Jammy" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<3x4Nb.21457$zs4.10616@fed1read01>...
> "John R. Copeland" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:NE%[email protected]...
>
> John, you've just bitten the bait!
> Nice trolling, Jammy. :-)
>
>
> I beg your pardon?
>
> Jammy

The orginal post may or may not be a trolling post( the long distance
part really was good); but since it's here, what are you all finding
out about extending the antenna ( I don't mean for long distance) but
for a call in a fringe area??--I have read the posts which indicate it
makes no difference with cdma--but my experience with 4 different
cdma phones on both verizon and sprint over considerable time, seems
to indicate the opposite of this.

Numerous times especially with the sprint phones ( sanyo 4700, 4900,
and now the 5400, in my fringe area (my home) I usually make calls
with the antenna down, but if I start getting gargled reception, I
almost always can extend the antenna and in most cases eliminate
and/or reduce the problem (it happens too often not to be of at least
some help)---I firmly believed this and was SOP for me, until I began
seeing the oposite posted by obviously intelligent folks---

I have even tried bringing up the signal meter on all of these phones;
it is really hard to judge, the db meter moves about so much, I am not
sure that it really changes, but this again is just for receiving end;
might it do more the transmitt side ---?? opinions

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
>
> "Jerome Zelinske" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > When I touch the antenna to pull it up, I see the signal strength
> > meter go down and then back up when I let go. So doing this during a
> > call in a low signal area might loose the call.
>
> I've never lost a call when I pulled up the antenna during a call in a
> fringe area, so I wouldn't worry about it.
>
> Bob
>
>
>
I know from looking at the designs of quite a few phones, most phones
don't have the antenna "connected" other than when all the way down or
all the way up.

In other words, the only contact points for most cell phone's
antenna's are at the bottom of the tube and at the top.


So, if you pull the antenna part way up, it's just like not having an
antenna.

Stromm Sarnac <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> In article <[email protected]>,
> [email protected] says...
> >
> > "Jerome Zelinske" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> > > When I touch the antenna to pull it up, I see the signal strength
> > > meter go down and then back up when I let go. So doing this during a
> > > call in a low signal area might loose the call.
> >
> > I've never lost a call when I pulled up the antenna during a call in a
> > fringe area, so I wouldn't worry about it.
> >
> > Bob
> >
> >
> >
> I know from looking at the designs of quite a few phones, most phones
> don't have the antenna "connected" other than when all the way down or
> all the way up.
>
> In other words, the only contact points for most cell phone's
> antenna's are at the bottom of the tube and at the top.
>
>
> So, if you pull the antenna part way up, it's just like not having an
> antenna.

Are you an engineer or a cell phone design expert? I have looked at
the way these antenna are connected too, and don't see a direct
connection--I have read he posts saying they are there for decoration
or whatever, but no one has addressed the question of , in acutual
use, does it help or not---in my experience, I have found too many
instances that it appears to help.--on different models of both sanyo
and samsung---in fringe areas.

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
> Stromm Sarnac <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> > In article <[email protected]>,
> > [email protected] says...
> > >
> > > "Jerome Zelinske" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > > news:[email protected]...
> > > > When I touch the antenna to pull it up, I see the signal strength
> > > > meter go down and then back up when I let go. So doing this during a
> > > > call in a low signal area might loose the call.
> > >
> > > I've never lost a call when I pulled up the antenna during a call in a
> > > fringe area, so I wouldn't worry about it.
> > >
> > > Bob
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > I know from looking at the designs of quite a few phones, most phones
> > don't have the antenna "connected" other than when all the way down or
> > all the way up.
> >
> > In other words, the only contact points for most cell phone's
> > antenna's are at the bottom of the tube and at the top.
> >
> >
> > So, if you pull the antenna part way up, it's just like not having an
> > antenna.
>
> Are you an engineer or a cell phone design expert? I have looked at
No I'm not an engineer (unless you consider my MCSE & 3Com Network
Certification as qualifying), nor am I a cell phone design expert
(although I have had a cell phone since back in 1988).
> the way these antenna are connected too, and don't see a direct
> connection--I have read he posts saying they are there for decoration
There are two connection points on most cell phones with retractable
antennas. One at the bottom of the tube and the other at the top. Such
that the only time the antenna's contact (at the bottom of the stick) is
in contact is only retracted or extended. You can go to radio shack and
look at many different antenna's and see that the bottom is the only
contact point.
> or whatever, but no one has addressed the question of , in acutual
> use, does it help or not---in my experience, I have found too many

The science of radio reception/transmission has proven that antenna
altitude does help. Therefore, extending the antenna will yeld a better
signal.

> instances that it appears to help.--on different models of both sanyo
> and samsung---in fringe areas.
>
I know from my experience with my 8100 that I am frequnetly raising
the antenna (many times after connecting a call, completely ignoring
that warning sticker on my phone). And that's not even in fringe areas.
I know that on my old digital StarTac I never had to extend the antenna.

> >
> I know from my experience with my 8100 that I am frequnetly raising
> the antenna (many times after connecting a call, completely ignoring
> that warning sticker on my phone). And that's not even in fringe areas.
> I know that on my old digital StarTac I never had to extend the antenna.

does raising the antenna help with the call clarity, or just with reception?