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First Step: Find The Strongest Signal
Before you install your SIGnALBOOST DT, it is very important that you determine the location of the
best
available cellular signal.
This will affect where you place the outside Cradle Antenna and will help you get the
best performance from your system . You will find the strongest signal outside your house or building, preferably
at the highest place available . Your cell phone can help you find the strongest outside signal, using any or all
of the following methods:
1 . Place calls from several locations outside your building and note where you get the best reception .
2 . Check the bar indicator on your cell phone display and note where the signal appears to be the strongest .
Note:
Cell phone bars are only an approximation of signal strength and vary from phone to phone. They
can take up to 30 seconds to reset to a new reading.
Be patient and repeat your signal check several times .
3 . The best way of getting the strongest signal is to have one person on the roof to rotate the outside antenna,
which is connected to the Signal Booster, while the second person is watching the signal strength on the
phone inside the building . This allows you to read the signal strength from the cell tower . Turn the outside
antenna 45 degrees at a time . It is preferable to have the phone in the test mode so the numerical signal
strength can be read since bars are not the most accurate . Go to the website
www.WilsonElectronics.com
for help in finding the test mode for your phone . Always make sure the person inside the building gives
the phone time to register . (Between 10-30 seconds for phone to reset to the new signal reading) . Signal
readings usually appear
as a negative number (for
example, -86) . The closer
you get to zero the stronger
the signal . (See Signal
Strength Figure)
.
Once you
have determined where the
outside signal is strongest,
you should plan to install
the outside Cradle Antenna
in that general area,
with the antenna facing
towards the cell tower .
(See the following section
for alternative installation
options) .
Installation options - outside Cradle antenna
The outside Cradle Antenna is directional – it receives and transmits best in one direction . The round Wilson
Electronics insignia indicates the side of the antenna that should face toward the cell tower when the unit is placed in
the cradle .
Note: The weaker the signal is at the outside Cradle Antenna, the shorter the distance the Desktop
Antenna will transmit; therefore, signal strength at the outside Cradle Antenna is extremely important.
In
some kits the SIGnALBOOST DT comes with all necessary parts for installation of the outside Cradle Antenna in four
alternative locations (see Figure 2 on page 2):
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BEST:
Outside on a pole . See page 6 for installation instructions .
•
BETTER:
Outside on a wall . See page 7 for installation instructions .
•
GooD:
In the attic on a rafter . See page 8 for installation instructions .
•
oK:
Inside on a window . See page 8 for installation instructions .
-50dB
-60dB
-70dB
-80dB
-90dB
-100dB
-110dB
EXCELLENT
GOOD
POOR
NO
SIGNAL
Signal Strength Figure
Cell Tower
Cell Signal
Wide Band
Antenna
