Rural mobile phone antenna setup

For $13.00 for an antenna you can look at it two ways..... you have got a bargain or you have transferred one hunk of useless metal from China to Australia aiding to our landfill woes....

For $13.00 what do you think you would get.

And that includes FREE FREIGHT valued at $6.00....... any thing for $7.00 is too good to knock back.

Thats my piece of advice.

Interesting set up you have found.

we live in broken hill and I have found one major thing is the actual hand set is important


I have a older samsung flip 3G phone blue tick with a external 8 db gain antenna on the roo bar but my wife has a newer samsung flip phone 3g blue tick no antenna and gets better reception than what I do . why I have no idea

If your phone is Nextg then the antenna is not suitable, it is the wrong frequency (Frequency range: 1990---2170 MHz). Nextg is 850MHz.

It is important to get an antenna that matches your provider and the type of county side you most travel through eg hilly or flat county.

I bought a great one that is attached to the roof by a magnet frompocketronics for about $30 spoke to them about my needs and set up and very happy with the result. I get 2 or 3 bars as opposed to no signal without it. IF you are in Sydney they are located in Annandale or they will post out.

I have also used Campad who are very good.

The phone you use is also an issue as the smart phones dont come with antenna ports so I'm hanging on to my T100.