Extending the range on a mobile

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Originally Posted by gavinwibrow

I scored a 6m heavy duty orange pvc pipe from the side of the road, which I cut in half for storage/transport, then fitted a joiner, got a proper flag from the kids for my birthday and voila - one excellent sand flag that attaches easily to the front bar and is rigid enough for said aerial.

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Just before you posted this I noticed someone on eBay selling an antenna pole kit made of of some PVC pipe and clamps so that looks to be the way to go

Thanks for the tip :D

Steve

My wife insists I use this when I'm away:

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachment...1&d=1462702953

What about one of these - S9 Cradle Universal XXL - Active cradle for a wide range of smartphones with a suitable magnetic roof mount antenna. Just connect it all up when needed. Just a thought.

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Originally Posted by laughto

What about one of these - S9 Cradle Universal XXL - Active cradle for a wide range of smartphones with a suitable magnetic roof mount antenna. Just connect it all up when needed. Just a thought.

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I have yet to hear of anyone that has had any success with this type of passive antenna.

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Originally Posted by scarry

I have yet to hear of anyone that has had any success with this type of passive antenna.

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Apparently the loss you get through the passive connection is almost cancelled out by the gain from your antenna.

I had a Galaxy S3 with RFI antenna and patch lead from Telco and it worked quite well. Have just replaced it with a Telstra Tough Max which has a dedicated antenna port and going to get a lead from Telco for it. Will let you know how it goes.

A patch lead is always going to be much better than an inductive cradle, but every bit helps if you don't have an external antenna port :cool: