Cel fi
Submitted: Tuesday, Apr 20, 2021 at 11:58
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ray t1
Phone boosters, cel fi have mobile booster they seem to work ok if you have weak signal, you don’t have to be far out of a town to have poor signal, looking at purchasing but they have different aerials , would a 6.5 dbi , aerial have less signal than an 8 dbi aerial
Reply By: Rocket Rod - Tuesday, Apr 20, 2021 at 12:47
Tuesday, Apr 20, 2021 at 12:47
Hi Ray. I have a Celfi (Telstra setup) but use it at holiday
home with little coverage and it's brilliant. At the time I also bought a car antennae setup as
well it works really
well out in the bush but I've decided not to keep it as I have a satellite phone and would like to recover the space on the bull bar. This is what I have;
1x Blackhawk Trucker/4WD Edge Antenna (black)
Heavy duty vehicle antenna, 1.07m, 6/8dBi, with 4m of PT240 cable, SMA/M connector.
698-2170MHz. Black.
1x Blackhawk Paddle Antenna - 3G/4G/4GX
Indoor paddle antenna. 2dBi gain 698-960MHz, 1710-2700MHz.
For direct connection to SMA connector.
1x 12VDC Power Cable for Cel-Fi GO
12VDC cigarette lighter power cable 1.8m for Cel-Fi GO
PM me if you want to buy.
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Follow Up By: ray t1 - Tuesday, Apr 20, 2021 at 12:51
Tuesday, Apr 20, 2021 at 12:51
Thanks rod , what part of Australia are you
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Reply By: Rocket Rod - Tuesday, Apr 20, 2021 at 12:53
Tuesday, Apr 20, 2021 at 12:53
Perth, sorry forgot to mention that.
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Follow Up By: ray t1 - Tuesday, Apr 20, 2021 at 13:04
Tuesday, Apr 20, 2021 at 13:04
I’m north qld, postage might be pricey
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Reply By: Rocket Rod - Tuesday, Apr 20, 2021 at 13:20
Tuesday, Apr 20, 2021 at 13:20
True.
Anyhow to answer your question, the setup that I have seems to work fine. The issue with antennae's, and I assume it's the same with the Celfi types, is small gain, say 2dB types, have a broad reception area but shorter range, high gain (say 9dB etc) long range and narrow beam and the medium gain (6 dB) is the happy medium between wide coverage and reasonable range. If that makes sense. What ever the case, with the Celfi you MUST have some sort of a signal as it only boosts what it gets, it can't create signal out of nothing.
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Reply By: Dusta - Tuesday, Apr 20, 2021 at 15:15
Tuesday, Apr 20, 2021 at 15:15
i would suggest pairing your cel fi with an rfi antenna. I run three different rfi antenna's depending on where i go
I run a small 5dbi cdq7194 for hilly areas , a cdq7197 1.2m 7.5dbi and if i am in the goldfields area of wa i run a 2m cdq2199 9dbi 3g antenna. that will allow me to pickup minesites towers
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