Be prepared to have your "sweet spot" move around due to different atmospheric conditions and foliage variations. It may not work 365 days a year.
73 - Jim W5ZIT -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 8:42 AM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: OT: Cell Phone Yagi - More Info. The situation I have here follows: We live approx. 7 miles from the main cell site which is on a 3700' mountain top. Between us and the cell site is a smaller "hill", the top of which is just cuts the line of sight. Typical of communication at these frequencies, if I stand in a particular spot and hold my arm just right, I can opbtain full-scale signal on the cell phone. So, I'm thinking that if I install a Yagi on a pole and move it around, I should be able to find the "sweet spot" and permanently mount the antenna there. It would then be connected directly to the cell phone, no BDA or repeater would be required. The longest run of coax would be under 30 feet so I should be able to use LMR-400 for the feed line. The one thing I'm not sure about is how to connect the coax to the phone. Is there an adaptor that would go between the little jack on the phone and then to one of the more common coax connectors like a TNC or SMA or some such thing? Hopefully this explains the situation a bit better and thanks for all of the replies so far. Doug VE7DRF ________________________________________________________________________ Check Out the new free AIM(R) Mail -- 2 GB of storage and industry-leading spam and email virus protection.
