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Cat Kintsugi
Reviewed in the United States on September 8, 2024
I've been a ham radio operator for over 25 years and have designed antennas but this, this is the biggest piece of junk I've ever purchased! Don't be fooled, log periodic antennas may have a tight beam width and wide bandwidth but the gain is super low and them saying it's high gain is complete crap. The gain on this antenna is so low that it struggles to pick up what a simple wire dipole can do.Considering the frequency range, one should have the phase center at around 3ghz which means over 3 GHz you run the risk of overshooting the reflector and under 3 GHz your efficiency drops; you don't get full gain across the spectrum so at 1.5ghz you would likely have 50% loss and worse at lower frequencies, assuming where the PC is. Another important factor is reflector size and angle which does not scale logarithmically to complement the resonant frequencies. That also not taking into consideration the changes in velocity factor with elements further away from the feed point since the element size is equal across the entire array (as seen in the picture).The reflector is so thin that a squirrel could fart in a nearby tree and cause this antenna to shake to the point were there is no frequency stability so don't even breath by it and don't even look at it.There are so many design flaws with this antenna that I could go on and on about the physics and design of a LPA and how this antenna misses the mark, this antenna is an abomination of physics.You'd be better off using a TP-Link 2.4ghz WiFi antenna (which is a multi-reflector dipole) or a yagi instead of this wobbly piece of junk LPA. This is in my top 3 list of worst antennas ever made! Seriously, lining an umbrella with aluminum foil would do 1,000x better than this piece of junk.I love my TP-LINK TL-ANT2424B antennas and buy them when I can because the construction is so much better and it uses a folded dipole, which can be modified for different frequencies, and has a much better feedline right out the gate. I have 3 of the TP-Link and more on the way!
Client d'
Reviewed in Canada on August 27, 2023
pour moi c'est la meilleur depuis bien longtemps 32,4 kl je suis dans un village a 2 paliers je suis environs 50 pieds plus bas avec de arbres j'ai installé l'antenne au dessus de ma maisons avant j'avais une barre et encore le téléphone fonctionnais avec le WFI point maintenant depuis l'installation j'ai entre 3 a 5 barre sur le telephone et plus de coupure dans les appelles. je vous recommande cette antenne 27/08/2023.
Hank
Reviewed in Canada on November 18, 2023
Device does work for long distance from tower. Somewhat heavier and larger than smaller units on market but works where smaller ones won't.
Gémeau 2305
Reviewed in Canada on November 13, 2023
Nous avons acheté cette antenne pour la brancher sur un booster de signal cellulaire, Comme nous étions en mesure de pouvoir faire des appels sur le petit système existant mais de façon intermittentes, nous avions pesné que cette antenne plus performante aurait eu un bien meilleur résultat ce qui ne fut pas le cas. Je voudrais savoir si cette antenne doit -être alimentée en 12 volts au autre. Pouvez-vous nous recommander un booster de signal cellulaire qui fonctionne avec votre antenne. Selon l'étude faite par logiciel le site cellulaire disponible se situe à 40km
Scott
Reviewed in Canada on May 30, 2022
Tried this as an upgrade to my cheap plastic yagi. It did pick up some higher bands (2,4) that I didn’t get at all before but not enough to actually work well. Unfortunately it didn’t improve the lower bands (13/17) much over the cheapo plastic antenna. I will be returning this and trying to find an antenna that is specifically geared for the lower bands.
Northern Boy
Reviewed in Canada on August 2, 2020
A little pricey but does the job. My nearest cell tower is 10 miles away and this antenna pulls in a great signal.
tim
Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2020
AIMING IS A CHALLANGE....but the rewards are worth every minute of the effort. For me about 2 hours.This update was the addition of a CEL FI X booster to replace an older booster design.. This particular booster has it's own signal analysis software and that is light years jump in AIMING this very fine and sensitive directional antenna. The selected booster and its analysis software makes this happen .When I used this new aiming software in the new booster I had no idea that 4 degrees would effect it as it did. The better alignment increased the signal about 12 dbM by changing the heading from 220mag to 224 degrees WOW! Just 4 degrees.. Before, I thought, I had the cell tower nailed....NOT!When you mount it you will find that very small and incremental changes in the antenna position can have a significant effect. Mine is aimed at a Verizon tower 3 miles away . I found the best signal using the booster software and a speed test and then started adjusting back and forth about the thickness of a pencil mark at the top edge of the mounting mast and a reference mark on the antenna bracket.Be patient and it is easier with 2 people. Using a speed test will go a long way in establishing the best bearing. Allow about 2 min between each adjustment and speed test.
John B
Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2020
So I’ve tried 2 yagis for MIMO (WIRENG) and 2 Log periodic antennas before this. I was getting -114, now I get -103 decibels. Insanely HUGE difference on my Mofi4500. I have it up high on my roof plan on raising another 5 feet to see if that improves signal quality some. Speeds were 20-25 mbs DL and 1 UL. Now I get 30-45 MBs DL and 5-8 UL.Tip: if you are used to seeing decibels in real time you have to make slight slight movements before you see a signal with decibels or you WILL NOT get it to work. It’s laser beam technology is super sensitive and directional. So make sure you don’t give up right away. Find the best line of sight or direction toward a tower it will work! I’m about 12 miles in the sticks from tower shooting through trees. Hope this helps! Only need to get one and I have the second antenna or secondary is my Log Periodic. They work well together! Check out my reviews on YouTube! Search Parabolic Grid! Name’s John!
Jd
Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2019
I have ATT. I live in a rural setting with the closest cell tower 4 miles away, 5 miles away, and 6.5 miles away in town. I used the weboost connect 4G signal booster with the 75 ohm yagi antennas and received signal at 2-5 mbs band 12 and band 5, could not get band 4 or band 2. Put this baby up and pointed it at the nearest cell tower and now my downloads are 40-50mbps and uploads 15-20mbps. I connected this directly to the MOFI router and got 20 mbps but connecting it to the signal booster gave me more dbi gain and allowing the booster to broadcast the signal in my home gave me another 10 dbi increase. Band 4 signal strength -50, signal quality -7 to -9, diversity signal strength -51, Band 5 signal strength same as band 4, band 12 signal strength -44, signal quality -6.5 to -8.0, diversity signal strength -46. Band 2 signal strength -77, signal quality -13, diversity signal strength -76. My DBI gain from this system set up was about 65 dbi. My mofi is locked to band 4 with carrier aggregation set to band 12 under advanced band lock. If you want great signals, make sure you lock your MOFI to two bands especially when using a wide band antenna. Do a band lock on a primary band under band lock and then advance band lock to the same band and another band preferably one with the best signal. Cheers!!
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