Posted by
Steve Smith on
Oct 07, 2011; 6:45pm
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/Cell-Service-Tower-Reception-Repeaters-etc-tp6870615.html
I'm hoping *someone* out there knows more about this than I do, though
none of the earlier discussion seemed to bring any of that out.
I took up Gary Nelson's question about Cell Towers/Coverage, my own
frustrations, and the other resulting conversations to do a little
research and see if I could learn more and maybe even fix up some of my
own problems/challenges.
I'm testing iPhone 2, 3G, 4 against ATT and T-Mobile SIMS right now.
Mostly at my house (very marginal signal if any) but will be doing other
places. I'm looking at Cell Repeaters (primarily for my home, but maybe
also mobile). I'm therefore *mostly* sorting out GSM related issues,
but there is a lot of overlap in general RF issues, repeaters, tower
locations, etc.
I started trying to write up what I know (so far) and discovered that
(as often is the case) the more I know, the more I know I don't know.
My 3rd Class Radiotelephony license from 1974 and a BS in Physics
provides just enough background to get me in trouble. I wrote a long,
rambly overview of what I know (dominated by what that made me realize I
*didn't* know) and decided most of you don't care.
So, if there are others trying to make actionable sense (or merely slake
your curiosity) about the issues of Cell Reception and the potential use
of Repeaters, ping me and we can discuss offline. Maybe once we learn
enough, one or more of us can write up a (more) concise "lessons learned".
My long-winded ramble was useful (to me) already, as trying to explain
it to the larger crowd caused me to dig just a little deeper than I was
for more "practical" reasons. Now to get my nose back on the practical
grindstone.
- Steve
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