Remote area Next G telephone & Internet connection problems help please
Submitted: Saturday, May 07, 2011 at 20:57
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Member - bungarra (WA)
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
Reply By: PeterInSa - Saturday, May 07, 2011 at 22:07
Saturday, May 07, 2011 at 22:07
Re your " 2. The CD2197 which I was sold as suitable for Telstra Next G phone and Interent is no damn good "
and " If i connect the mobile phone to the antennae then I go from no service to getting a signal (weak but usable).
I would try a data pack on your next G phone and connect your laptop to the phone, see if that works with the CD2197 aerial. Only need to do it for a day or 2. with the Big T, $10 buys you a Gig for a month, no need to use a Gig or stay on for a month, but watch your pro rata usage.
I use this method (Next G/Laptop/Datapack) at
home and when travelling, have mounted a Broom stick aerial probably the same as the one on your Bullbar on a Tent pole at the back of the van that I can raise when in remote areas.
When in really problem areas connect the Next G phone/laptop to the Broom stick aerial on the roof of the LC and travel to the highest
hill in the area and communicate in the passenger
seat, sometimes even running the engine for that little bit of extra voltage on the battery helps.
Peter
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Reply By: Member - bungarra (WA) - Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 21:49
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 21:49
Thanks to all of you that contributed r.......I am now back in town and can inform all of the following facts....as tested....in the field over a period of 10 days encompassing a range of conditions
FACT 1 We are talking Telstra Next G
2. Using a RFI 2195 stick
3. A remote area on the fringe of reception
4. Straight through connection...that is the fme connector straight from the antennae to the device (devices under
test)....NO Joins
5. The 7.2
Home network Gateway failed to access the interent 99% of the time
6. The USB Air Card 880U worked randomly showing 1 or 2 bars but failed 90% of the time...and the times it did connect it was unstable and dropped out
7. Connecting through a mobile phone (T90) worked 100% of the time and gave a stable internet connection
8. The phones always worked on the patch lead with strong signal
9. A prepaid USB ($79) worked perfectly on the patch lead
10. Conclusions?.........perhaps the older modems are simply not as good as the current ones and these older ones are simply a damn signal waste land
PS..both these two (7.2 and Air card) work fine at
home in an average signal area
11. I called into a Telstra
shop (Kalgoorlie) and explained to the "technician' the girls dragged from out the back what my experience was and asked for help/explanation.....and he basically thought my tests were inconclusive and disputed my findings !....at least he wasnt Indian!...but might as
well as been
I purchased the cheap $79 pre paid and ignored him......thanks again to those who contibuted positively
Cheers
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Follow Up By: Gone Bush (WA) - Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 21:59
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 21:59
and how was the new van?
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Follow Up By: snoopyone - Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 22:15
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 22:15
Buy a Maxon BP-3 off Ebay and your troubles will be over
Mine were after having several different USB versions that were useless.
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