T&T: Cell Phone Boosters?

[Jim Barrentine]

At 03:37 AM 3/5/2007, Lee Licata wrote:
>Dear list,
>
>Might these cell phone boosters be of use to some of us that travel
>thru dead zones routinely?
>
>Maybe help staying connected with the internet?

The problem with using these types of boosters on boats is 
feedback.  If the external antenna is too close to the internal 
antenna, the internal antenna picks up the amplified signal from the 
external antenna and amplifies it again.  The result is that the 
electronics of the booster are fried.  I have been told by a dealer 
that the external antenna needs to be 60 feet from the internal 
one.  I don't know many trawlers that could accomplish that separation.

Jim



Jim Barrentine
Endeavour Trawlercat 36 "Down Time"
11470 Euclid Ave., #404
Cleveland, OH  44106
216-496-2008
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