Next G ??? Aerials ???
Submitted: Wednesday, Apr 08, 2009 at 17:34
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Member - Kroozer (WA)
Didnt wanna hi jack the previous thread, but would like some info on these Next G aerials that are mentioned. Do you have to buy some sort of kit that your phone plugs into or something. Or do you have to have a Tesltra phone for it to work. I am on the Next G service but use a Nokia 6288 phone. Will be doing a lap of Oz soon and would like to know how this set up works, as i would like to have phone coverage as much as possible. Can anyone shed some light on this set up for me please, or point me in the right direction even.
Thanks
Kroozer
Reply By: Boobook2 - Thursday, Apr 09, 2009 at 07:19
Thursday, Apr 09, 2009 at 07:19
I don't think you can get an external antenna for a Nokia 6288. I went through the excercise and the only Nokias that will take an external antenna ( via inductive patch) are 6120, E51, N95 to my knowledge.
You will need a 850mhz antenna.
Force make a cradle that will adapt these phones to external antennas.
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Follow Up By: Member - Graham H (QLD) - Thursday, Apr 09, 2009 at 08:44
Thursday, Apr 09, 2009 at 08:44
See the first reply For prices and model number.
That aerial is a multiband and allows the phone to revert to 1900/2100 or whichever it picks up when 850 is not available.
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Reply By: Flywest - Saturday, Apr 11, 2009 at 16:58
Saturday, Apr 11, 2009 at 16:58
I have the Telstra remote area phone for Next G and it has an antenna patch cable socket on the rear!
Have one of the short 1 meter? (6DB gain?) aerials on the bull bar - and it works pretty
well.
Used to have a couple of the longer 6 ft 9 db gan? arerlials on the roof of the house and could haul up a signal from 40
miles away, the two longer aerials now in storage.
Far as I am concerned they work
well - the internet download speeds with the long aerials on the roof - were twice that of my telstra sattelite dish.
I've heard reports from the telstra contractor guy who installed the new next G system for us to replace the sattelite dish - that one of the other offshore Islands in the
Pilbara + a few of the offshore oil rigs gets coverage 80
miles out to sea apparently.
Cheers
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