T&T: A Cell Phone Amplifiers

[Dave Clark]

Thanks George, I understand a bit better now some of the problems. I'll wait 
a couple of weeks to see if you come up with anything. Otherwise I'll 
probably just get a hard wired amp and keep changing the adapter cables from 
aircard to phone.
Dave

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George Hechtman" <ghechtman at aol.com>
To: "Dave Clark" <av8tor at theriver.com>
Cc: <trawlers-and-trawlering at lists.samurai.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 10:29 AM
Subject: Re: AT&T: Cell Phone Amplifiers


> I'll look at these at next week's Consumer Electronics trade show,  and 
> consult with my old colleagues. As I recall, this Wilson piece is  an 
> in-vehicle (that is a car) unit and is designed to cover an area  that 
> size. The description appears to confirm that. We had no luck  adapting 
> these vehicle units to bigger spaces. By limiting the  coverage area, they 
> mitigate the problem of cross-talk between the  external and internal 
> antennas (further helped by the use of the  car's metal roof acting as a 
> ground plane and shield).
>
> The general problem with the wireless cellular systems on FRP boats  is 
> the lack of shielding (or ability to get enough vertical and  overall 
> separation)twixt the two antennas. >SNIP<