3G Directional Antenna

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(I'm posting here because theres no general 3G section)

What options are there for directional antennas? This LPDA antenna from poynting looks good, but costs more than comparable wireless antennas.

All the other 3G antennas I've seen are Yagi and only do the 1800-2200mhz band. (they exclude the 900mhz band CellC uses) I'd like to be able to use it with any network.
 
Lope said:
(I'm posting here because theres no general 3G section)

What options are there for directional antennas? This LPDA antenna from poynting looks good, but costs more than comparable wireless antennas.

All the other 3G antennas I've seen are Yagi and only do the 1800-2200mhz band. (they exclude the 900mhz band CellC uses) I'd like to be able to use it with any network.
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That's the reason the Poynting antenna cost so much ... , it covers all the bands ... , and from testimony on these forums works excellently ... , i.e. you don't need 2x antenna's to cover the same bands ...
 
Great :) so now I just have to justify spending that kind of money on a ridiculously massive antenna to carry around with me when I do PC repair :)
 
Lope said:
Great :) so now I just have to justify spending that kind of money on a ridiculously massive antenna to carry around with me when I do PC repair :)
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Nope, you make the bugger whose PC you are fixing pay for the antenna, then leave it there, and next time you go around, it will still be there. In the mean time, the guy will be very happy with his improved speed and reliability of his connection :D
 
Yeah, but I have to fix people's PCs who have ADSL that is capped or line is faulty, etc. Or They use a modem :eek: (only happened once in the last year)
 
Just a word of caution about using an antenna, from someone who has had to rely on one for years in a very dodgy signal area. Those Poynting jobbies work extremely well if you are using an old-fashioned datacard, which has an antenna input socket; you buy the appropriate 'pigtail' from Poynting to match the antenna to your datacard (and you need to factor that into your budget, adding a couple of hundred bucks for the pigtail).

In my own experience however the set-up works far less well with the current crop of USB stick modems without antenna inputs; my attempt with one of Poynting's generic pigtail-couplers (a device you slide over your modem like a condom) was universally disastrous, actually degrading the signal on both my USB sticks, using a perfectly-aimed antenna which had added around -10 dB to my signal consistently for years using datacards. So: your mileage may vary.
 
Lope said:
Yeah, but I have to fix people's PCs who have ADSL that is capped or line is faulty, etc. Or They use a modem :eek: (only happened once in the last year)
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Then you are better off, with a lower gain omni, that a highly directional antenna ... , otherwise you are going to spend more time getting the antenna setup, than fixing the clients PC ...
 
elf_lord_ZC5 said:
Then you are better off, with a lower gain omni, that a highly directional antenna ... , otherwise you are going to spend more time getting the antenna setup, than fixing the clients PC ...
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Sometimes I've had to sit for 2 hours and only loaded about 15 web pages. I want to have both, omni and directional.
So far I'm really liking the E220 standard. Much better than a using a sont Ericsson P990i 3G via USB. It didn't show proper sig strength or if it was on GPRS/3G.
Using E220 (up to 7.2Mbps) with MDMA :)
 
Wimhotep: The YAGI won't work on 900Mhz (CellC's 4Gs). Only 1800, which is only MTN/Vodacom or something.
The Poynting antenna is about the same price or cheaper, so its a no brainer.
 
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