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Old 03-09-2016, 04:15 PM
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Default Cell signal boosters for farms with subpar signal????

Looking for some help as connectivity is nearly non existant at our new location. Picture 4 sections and we are in the bottom of the middle. I get one bar with Telus, depending on location usually drops to no service.

Been recommended Weboost buy a company in Drayton Valley with unidirectional antenna for 600 or so.
Times aren't the greatest just looking to maximize our expenditure.


Anyone have any other recommendations or experiances?

Thanks in advance, cdmc.
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Old 03-09-2016, 04:21 PM
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Kel tec in dv
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Old 03-09-2016, 04:31 PM
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Got ours at Costco ,put it up myself,works great.
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Old 03-09-2016, 04:32 PM
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Seems to me you can get a 5 watt booster for a bit less than 600 It would just hook up to your truck and you just plug your hand held in to go from 1/2 to 5 watts.
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Old 03-09-2016, 04:46 PM
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Got ours at Costco ,put it up myself,works great.
Is that the Uniden (sp?) for 509 on Costco.ca?

Will call Keltec thanks sir.

I have a Wilson for the truck but it's needed for school at home anytime.
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Old 03-09-2016, 09:45 PM
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I use the Wilson h/d solo dual band, it works very well for me
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Old 03-09-2016, 10:16 PM
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Bought the Uniden® U2 60db Cellular Signal Booster Kit with Yagi Directional Antenna and Indoor Panel from Costco in November 2014 for $325.00 promo price (reg price $510). Our farm is totally off the grid and the best we could do was an intermittent one bar very rarely and that was during optimal conditions. Set up the Uniden with the Yagi antenna mounted on top of a 12' pole and I get a solid 5 bars now, an amazing improvement.
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Old 03-09-2016, 11:03 PM
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Further to my post above (#7), I first tried the omni-directional antenna and got no improvement at all. Plugged in the Yagi directional and pointed it in the general direction of where I thought the tower might be and we instantly got our 5 bars.
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Old 03-10-2016, 03:05 AM
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Wilson mobile, turns 0-1 bar to 3-4 at our cabin. Barely $200 for it.

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