Remote area Next G telephone & Internet connection problems help please

Submitted: Saturday, May 07, 2011 at 20:57
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Hi all....I am throughly confused..here is the situation

I am camped out the back of beyond and right on the fringe of the Telstra mobile coverage area

The antennae on the bullbar is a RFI CDQ2195 with the following frequencies
6.5 dBi & 3dBi
824-960MHz & 1710-2170MHz
This works a treat for the mobile phone and the USB air card (880U) for internet (2 bars)

On the caravan roof (steel framed but alloy clad) is a magnetic base holding a RFI CD2197 with the following frequencies
7.5dBi 3685 & GSM 900
3.0dBi GSM 1800 & 3G2100
This is connected to a Telsta 7.2 Home Network Gateway..........hopeless and I can only get a very weak signal showing Low but the computers cannot connect to the internet (once in 5 days and only briefly and unstable) If i connect the mobile phone to the antennae then I go from no service to getting a signal (weak but usable).trying the USB Air card same issue..no signal for intenet

Shift the Bullbar one (CDQ2195) onto the magnetic base on the roof of the 'van and the 7.2 Home Network Gateway still will not get the internet.....hook this antennae onto the Air card...get two bars and a stable signal (using it now to do this)

So it seems that

1 the 7.2 modem requires a stronger signal as it still wont work and the USB does
2. The CD2197 which I was sold as suitable for Telstra Next G phone and Interent is no damn good
3. Also are these antannae ground plane independant or is that irrelevant for this type of signal (as against UHF two way type antennae?

Please someone tell this very confused little vegemite what is going on...as it seems the only thing that is usable is a cheap USB patched to the CDQ2195...(as I said using this now)... and the wireless Network Gtaeway modem is signal hungry and useless for my purposes

What is the best antennae for remote fringe area internet / phone

Thanks all

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