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Antenna for Band 13, 10 miles line of sight
Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2020 12:28 pm
by usr_bin
I have clean line of sight to a Verizon tower with only B13 about 10 miles from my house with no other towers available. I can pull it in, but the signal is not great even with a 7-10dB MIMO panel antenna. With RSRQ around -11 and SINR about 8 I can get around 3 megs down and 8 up on a good day, but I can drive over to the antenna and get 40+ down so I know if I can improve my signal I can get more speed.
I have an SM7565 modem and am willing to spend a little cash on good antennas and wiring. Is my best bet a pair of 13-16dB yagis tuned specifically to the 700-800MHz range like the link below? Or are there other solutions I should be considering? Thanks!
https://technicalantennas.com/products/ ... 0-mhz-yagi
Re: Antenna for Band 13, 10 miles line of sight
Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2020 1:42 pm
by Didneywhorl
If you truly have a clean view to your tower, then yes I think the LDPA/Yagi antennas in the highest gain you can possibly get are best in this case.
Then have fun aiming them that far. Lots of patience.
Re: Antenna for Band 13, 10 miles line of sight
Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2020 2:16 pm
by Adm1jtg
usr_bin wrote: ↑Sun Oct 11, 2020 12:28 pm
I have clean line of sight to a Verizon tower with only B13 about 10 miles from my house with no other towers available. I can pull it in, but the signal is not great even with a 7-10dB MIMO panel antenna. With RSRQ around -11 and SINR about 8 I can get around 3 megs down and 8 up on a good day, but I can drive over to the antenna and get 40+ down so I know if I can improve my signal I can get more speed.
I have an SM7565 modem and am willing to spend a little cash on good antennas and wiring. Is my best bet a pair of 13-16dB yagis tuned specifically to the 700-800MHz range like the link below? Or are there other solutions I should be considering? Thanks!
https://technicalantennas.com/products/ ... 0-mhz-yagi
Are you sure the tower only has band 13 or is band 13 the only signal strong enough to be usable. I ask cause I am in the middle of cow country and use a tower literally in the middle of nowwhere on a small "main road" with no house around at all and I still have bands 2,4,5,13 and even 66. The other reason I mention this is my band 13 is one of the strogest available but the download speeds are absolutely horrible. If you have read my other posts you will see that in my case a weaker band with better quality works much better for me
Re: Antenna for Band 13, 10 miles line of sight
Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2020 4:30 pm
by usr_bin
Cellmapper says it's 13 only, and I've never gotten another band on a VZW/Visible SIM. I know it sounds crazy, but it's a crowded tower out in some valleys.
Re: Antenna for Band 13, 10 miles line of sight
Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2020 6:55 pm
by Adm1jtg
usr_bin wrote: ↑Sun Oct 11, 2020 4:30 pm
Cellmapper says it's 13 only, and I've never gotten another band on a VZW/Visible SIM. I know it sounds crazy, but it's a crowded tower out in some valleys.
Easiest way to tell... drive to the tower, sit under it in your car with your phone or router rigged up and see what you see.
Re: Antenna for Band 13, 10 miles line of sight
Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2020 8:18 am
by usr_bin
Yeah, tested this manually. Band 13 only. I'm going to try two generic pennant yagis I have on hand, but I'm still interested in doing a high-powered band-specific antenna.
Re: Antenna for Band 13, 10 miles line of sight
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2020 6:16 pm
by Adm1jtg
how did it go?