RV campground wi-fi & cellular antenna/repeater...

[Gronk]

How does a boost of 100 decibels of your cellular signal sound to you?

By Sascha Segan
Updated February 25, 2022

The Best Cell Phone Signal Boosters for 2022

Cellular signal boosters use big antennas to improve coverage in your home
and car. These are the top-performing boosters for large homes, small homes,
apartments, and vehicles.

https://www.pcmag.com/picks/best-cell-phone-signal-boosters

 

[Bob F]

On 4/3/2022 9:52 PM, mike wrote:

Friend uses an RV where campgrounds have varying degrees of wi-fi and
cellular signal depending on the campsite chosen.

He asked me for advice where I would like to ask GENERAL questions of you.

The first is for cellular which is whether they sell a cellular repeater
for
use not at a home but in an RV that moves to different places?
I suspect not, so then the rest of the questions are related to wi-fi.
For distance, is it true that 2.5GHz travels farther (assuming
obstructions)
than does 5GHz? Noise shouldn\'t be a problem in a campground but distance
is.

The power supply can be the batteries of the RV or 120VAC at the
campground.
The laptop has an ethernet port on the side. And he has an old router too.

But his main problem is amplifying weak signal which most of the time he
says exists at the check-in desk but it\'s too low to be useful (phone calls
or wifi) at the camping spot.

When I looked for radio/antenna setups the first I found was these.
https://www.radiolabs.com/wireless/rv-marine-wifi-antennas/wifi-rv-marine-antenna-captifi-ultra/


But then I found this at streakwave which is more cost effective.
https://www.streakwave.com/ubiquiti-networks-pbe-m5-300-us-5ghz-powerbeam-m5-22dbi-300mm-us

https://www.streakwave.com/ubiquiti-networks-pbe-m2-400-us-2-4ghz-powerbeam-m2-18dbi-400mm-us


The questions I have about those $80 setups is what\'s the difference to him
of a 400 mm horn versus a 300 mm long horn (100 mm does what?).

And given he doesn\'t know whether they\'ll have 2.4 or 5GHz, do they make a
powerbeam or bullet or rocket that is both 2.5GHz and 5GHz at the same
time?

In the end, for around a hundred bucks, what would you recommend for an RV?

I met a guy early in the days of WiFi that taped a USB Wifi device to a
Dish TV antenna dish at the focal point to make a very directional WiFi
connection. If I had such a need I would probably do some such
experimenting.

 

[Lynn McGuire]

On 4/3/2022 11:52 PM, mike wrote:

Friend uses an RV where campgrounds have varying degrees of wi-fi and
cellular signal depending on the campsite chosen.

He asked me for advice where I would like to ask GENERAL questions of you.

The first is for cellular which is whether they sell a cellular repeater
for
use not at a home but in an RV that moves to different places?
I suspect not, so then the rest of the questions are related to wi-fi.
For distance, is it true that 2.5GHz travels farther (assuming
obstructions)
than does 5GHz? Noise shouldn\'t be a problem in a campground but distance
is.

The power supply can be the batteries of the RV or 120VAC at the
campground.
The laptop has an ethernet port on the side. And he has an old router too.

But his main problem is amplifying weak signal which most of the time he
says exists at the check-in desk but it\'s too low to be useful (phone calls
or wifi) at the camping spot.

When I looked for radio/antenna setups the first I found was these.
https://www.radiolabs.com/wireless/rv-marine-wifi-antennas/wifi-rv-marine-antenna-captifi-ultra/


But then I found this at streakwave which is more cost effective.
https://www.streakwave.com/ubiquiti-networks-pbe-m5-300-us-5ghz-powerbeam-m5-22dbi-300mm-us

https://www.streakwave.com/ubiquiti-networks-pbe-m2-400-us-2-4ghz-powerbeam-m2-18dbi-400mm-us


The questions I have about those $80 setups is what\'s the difference to him
of a 400 mm horn versus a 300 mm long horn (100 mm does what?).

And given he doesn\'t know whether they\'ll have 2.4 or 5GHz, do they make a
powerbeam or bullet or rocket that is both 2.5GHz and 5GHz at the same
time?

In the end, for around a hundred bucks, what would you recommend for an RV?

https://www.starlink.com/rv

Lynn