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Re: Cell Service/Tower/Reception/Repeaters/etc.

Posted by Gillian Densmore on Oct 08, 2011; 5:56am
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/Cell-Service-Tower-Reception-Repeaters-etc-tp6870615p6871904.html

Depending on the phone there might be a # code to get it to search for
more frequencies. Might take a bit of diging though. My oold Cinguluar
phone for instance used #689# that let it borrow other towers in
range. I'll check for the potenial andriod # codes to see if there's
something simillar.

On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 12:45 PM, Steve Smith <[hidden email]> wrote:

> 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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