Re: cell phones out in the booners

Hi Pete and Bill. I live out on the coast and come over your way by 
126. I have been using cell phones in the MH for many years, first 
with the 3 watt bag phone now the little hand held. A good external 
antenna is the best and cheapest solution. I have two of them. One is 
an Antenna Specialist and the other is a Wilson. They both make high 
gain 7db ones. I will say that Wilson is great for service and 
warranty even after the warrantee period is up. Here's what I do. My 
roofs have been aluminum so I wanted them on the roof as a ground 
plane. Unfortunately that would require a hole in the roof. What I 
did was get a magnetic one and glued it to the roof with contact 
cement. Wilson also makes a truckers model which is expensive but is 
very very good. It has a built on ground plane. 

I have been with AT&T now Verizon with the small hand helds and they 
really work much much better with the roof antennas. 

Good luck

--- In toyota-campers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "pcmentor29" <pcmentor29@...> 
wrote:
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> 
> Here's some ampifiers,  I was thinking of getting an external 
antenna
> myself too.
> 
> Amp
> <http://www.wpsantennas.com/index.asp?
PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=164>
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> 
> Pete
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> 
> --- In toyota-campers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "bill guldager" 
<speederbill@>
> wrote:
> >
> > i have been a watcher for several years and have gotten a lot a 
good
> > advice and am looking for a cell phone answer . i have service 
through
> > cingular and have a old 3 watt cell phone that gets out when 
others do
> > not but all cell phone company's have wished me to get rid of 
it . if
> i
> > have to change to one of these 3/10th of a watt cell phones and 
stay
> > with cingular (my company' service ) then i am looking for the 
tiny
> > cell phone that reaches out that extra bit . i am willing to put
> > external anntenna's on my cars and toyota motor home ( sunrader ) 
but
> > want to get a phone that works to connect most of the time . i 
live in
> > the willamette valley (coburg oregon ) and when i go to bend 
oregon i
> > only lose signal on one corner when others with small phones lose 
it
> > just out of springfield . can i hear from others the good / the 
bad /
> > the ugly / the do not connect phone company . i have told cingular
> that
> > if i am in another phone company's cell phone area that i still 
with
> to
> > get out even if i have to pay access fees . phone service without
> > access is no good .i do not have the money for satellite service .
> > please email me off line or on the toyota-camper site as i am 
looking
> > for good positive info on cell phone's that reach out in the 
booners .
> > thank you a head of time .
> >
>