Gordon Spencer
EF5
Thanks for the business , I am shipping tonight between watching the Hockey Games.
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Cellular Antennas and Amplifiers
- Thread starter Gordon Spencer
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Thanks for the business , I am shipping tonight between watching the Hockey Games.
Gord,
I received the shipment today and am sitting here testing it out in my house. Thanks for shipping this out so fast. It's always nice to have a new toy to fiddle around with! Do you think the desktop antennae is worth the investment if a person wanted to use it in home? Let me know when you have a chance.
Mark
I received the shipment today and am sitting here testing it out in my house. Thanks for shipping this out so fast. It's always nice to have a new toy to fiddle around with! Do you think the desktop antennae is worth the investment if a person wanted to use it in home? Let me know when you have a chance.
Mark
Gordon Spencer
EF5
The desktop is good if you are in a space that you have nowhere to mount a Magnetic mount antenna .They require an 8 inch by 8 inch metal ground plane to operate properly. Some people do not have that indoors. If you have that you do not need the desktop antenna
Hi Gordon,
Since I just recently joined this forum, and discovered that you're here also, I wanted to let you know that, during my recent chase vaction, I used the "Ultimate Mobile Hotspot" package, plus the low profile 7DB magmount antenna that I purchased from you, and, it worked great ... at least 90% coverage during the 8800 mile trip.
Did I understand earlier postings correctly ... the MAR-819 does now exist (I couldn't find it on your website)? I probably wouldn't but one (since I'm happy with the Mobile Hotspot setup), but, I have some friends who have expressed interest, and, some of them may be interested in a more compact option.
Thanks,
Lou Ruh
Since I just recently joined this forum, and discovered that you're here also, I wanted to let you know that, during my recent chase vaction, I used the "Ultimate Mobile Hotspot" package, plus the low profile 7DB magmount antenna that I purchased from you, and, it worked great ... at least 90% coverage during the 8800 mile trip.
Did I understand earlier postings correctly ... the MAR-819 does now exist (I couldn't find it on your website)? I probably wouldn't but one (since I'm happy with the Mobile Hotspot setup), but, I have some friends who have expressed interest, and, some of them may be interested in a more compact option.
Thanks,
Lou Ruh
Gordon Spencer
EF5
Gord,
My wife and I just got back from an 8 day chase vacation (chasecation) where I used your Rockies amp and external antenna and had great luck with coverage a good bulk of the time. It really made a difference to be able to stay connected most of the time. I did have one weird message that my Sprint Connection Manager software would throw at me once in awhile. It would say "connection already exists and duplicates are not allowed". I was wondering if this is when you are being handed off from one cellular tower to another and it somehow gets confused in the process. Let me know if there is a reason this message pops up - if you know or have heard of this before.
Thanks,
Mark
My wife and I just got back from an 8 day chase vacation (chasecation) where I used your Rockies amp and external antenna and had great luck with coverage a good bulk of the time. It really made a difference to be able to stay connected most of the time. I did have one weird message that my Sprint Connection Manager software would throw at me once in awhile. It would say "connection already exists and duplicates are not allowed". I was wondering if this is when you are being handed off from one cellular tower to another and it somehow gets confused in the process. Let me know if there is a reason this message pops up - if you know or have heard of this before.
Thanks,
Mark
Gordon Spencer
EF5
Never heard of this before. The amplifier only takes direction from the phone in raising power up and down . It cannot make a connection on its own . Sounds like troubles with Carriers tower management system in handing off one tower to the next. It may of happened when handing off from an actual Sprint tower to a roaming partner.
PaulChambers
EF1
Gordon...
Any word on the Cascade Amp??
Any word on the Cascade Amp??
Dave Carroll
EF1
Very Impressed w/ Rockies Amp Kit
Gordon, just a note to give you a very positive review of the Rockies cellular amp kit. By far the best data coverage we have had chasing. On a Verizon plan, we had bombproof coverage in IA, IL, MN, SD; good coverage in northern Nebraska (even connected in Cherry County). We had data 100% of the time in northern KS during the 5/22 Hill City area supercell event. Southern plains was better too: although Verizon coverage there has been spotty in the past, we were able to connect in both the OK and TX Panhandles. During a few slow days on our chase trip, I was able to directly compare a Wilson amp to the Rockies kit(we had both): the Wilson amp & trucker antenna boosted performance considerably over just a phone/antenna alone, but the Rockies kit with the smaller antenna outperformed the Wilson set-up. Connections were stronger and resulting data speeds seemed faster. We used analog connections some of the time and the Rockies kit really increased performance in that mode(I've had issues with phones overheating in analog mode in the past while getting data, but we ran the phone for hours this time with no overheating at all). Very nice!
Gordon, just a note to give you a very positive review of the Rockies cellular amp kit. By far the best data coverage we have had chasing. On a Verizon plan, we had bombproof coverage in IA, IL, MN, SD; good coverage in northern Nebraska (even connected in Cherry County). We had data 100% of the time in northern KS during the 5/22 Hill City area supercell event. Southern plains was better too: although Verizon coverage there has been spotty in the past, we were able to connect in both the OK and TX Panhandles. During a few slow days on our chase trip, I was able to directly compare a Wilson amp to the Rockies kit(we had both): the Wilson amp & trucker antenna boosted performance considerably over just a phone/antenna alone, but the Rockies kit with the smaller antenna outperformed the Wilson set-up. Connections were stronger and resulting data speeds seemed faster. We used analog connections some of the time and the Rockies kit really increased performance in that mode(I've had issues with phones overheating in analog mode in the past while getting data, but we ran the phone for hours this time with no overheating at all). Very nice!
Gordon Spencer
EF5
Should have units next week . They found the problem in production it was a couple different issues. They are building again now
Gordon Spencer
EF5
Glad it worked well for you . I am very happy you did a head to head against a Wilson set up. Wilson and thier dealers continually bad mouth us . But they really do know who makes a better product. The Cyfre Peak / Reception folks made a decision a few years ago to spend thier money on Research and Development , continually making the products better.Wilson spends large amounts of money on Advertising trying to brainwash people how great a product they make. In other words Cyfre Spends thier money building a better mousetrap and Wilson spends thier money trying to convince people they build a better mouse trap when it is the same old mousetrap.
Dave Carroll
EF1
Peak Reception vs. Wilson
...yeah, I was curious to compare the two. The Wilson amp certainly helps boost signal over a cell phone/antenna alone, but the Peak Reception amp CLEARLY outperformed it hands down. In fact, at one point we were data cruising at a truckstop on the Peak Reception amp and blew a fuse...thinking something was wrong with the amp initially, we hooked up the Wilson and couldn't reconnect. A quick trip inside the truckstop for a fuse...reconnected the Peak Reception amp and we were back online again. Can't get more straightforward than that! -Dave
...yeah, I was curious to compare the two. The Wilson amp certainly helps boost signal over a cell phone/antenna alone, but the Peak Reception amp CLEARLY outperformed it hands down. In fact, at one point we were data cruising at a truckstop on the Peak Reception amp and blew a fuse...thinking something was wrong with the amp initially, we hooked up the Wilson and couldn't reconnect. A quick trip inside the truckstop for a fuse...reconnected the Peak Reception amp and we were back online again. Can't get more straightforward than that! -Dave
Stuart Robinson
EF5
I am looking for an amp and extermal antenna for me Alltel Kyocera card - I read with interest the reviews of the amps on offer - can any one let me know exactly what freqecency the EVDO runs at - as many HAMS will tell you - it is not the amp per say... but how good the antenna is (tuned lenth for the freqency) that makes all the differance.
Gordon Spencer
EF5
Stuart - not to be rude by you are totally misinformed . The amplifier is all the difference. The increase and speed connectivity etc. is all due to the amplifier. Alltel runs EVDO on both 850 mhz and 1900 mhz depending on what licenses they hold in said market.
Dave Carroll
EF1
amp w/ wi-fi setup
Gordon, jump over to the posting on the in-car WiFi set-up...this unit will work with the Rockies amp kit if I can find the right cable. The wi-fi rig will connect to the antenna (TNC male?) with the Rockies kit, but to use the amp, I think we will need a TNC male cable on both ends...do you have such a cable? (my current amp set-up has a TNC male on one end of the cable, and a Motorola fitting on the other...need a TNC male on both ends). That unit, which uses multiple cell providers infrastructure...combined with the Rockies amp kit, could be an awesome combination for data access.
Gordon, jump over to the posting on the in-car WiFi set-up...this unit will work with the Rockies amp kit if I can find the right cable. The wi-fi rig will connect to the antenna (TNC male?) with the Rockies kit, but to use the amp, I think we will need a TNC male cable on both ends...do you have such a cable? (my current amp set-up has a TNC male on one end of the cable, and a Motorola fitting on the other...need a TNC male on both ends). That unit, which uses multiple cell providers infrastructure...combined with the Rockies amp kit, could be an awesome combination for data access.
