"dxAce" wrote in message
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Doug Kanter wrote:

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John Richards wrote:

"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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1) The salesman was the first Sprint employee I've found who was
actually
able to show me the actual location of antennas. There's one a
mile
from my
home, and 2 others within 5 miles, with no obstructions of any
kind.
No
hills, no tall buildings, just trees and homes. He says this
explains
nothing because he signal is highly directional. True or false?

Probably true. I am an RF engineer (retired) and it makes sense to
me
that the tower antenna would be designed to have maximum response
in the direction of the highway that they're trying to cover.
There are solutions to your home location reception problem
(external
Yagi antenna hooked to an in-house repeater) but it's quite
expensive.

I've seen some setups that only use two yagi's, one in the home (or
business), and the other outside,
connected only by cable. No repeater involved.

dxAce
Michigan
USA



And this does what? Somehow redirects the cellular signal into the
home???

What would be your best guess??? ;-)

I have no idea whether it works or not.

Well, not being knowledgable about that kind of antenna, the best guess I
could make is that it's sort of like wearing aluminum foil inside your hat.
:-)