08-01-2009, 03:09 PM
A signal booster needs a threshold signal to be effective.
If you are in a fairly remote area, a more effective unit with greater sensitivity [*might*] be required.
Just about any product will give you the *coverage* you need, but it's got to be sensitive enough in the first place to pick up a usable signal.
And/or a better external antenna, if *two* bars is a goal and not a given, mounted high or or on the roof, may be in order. Some units have a directional external antenna for greater sensitivity. A Yagi antenna is directional and provides greater gain that a single mast omni-directional antenna.
How far to you have to travel to get a signal? The farther you have to go, the more important your choice of gear is.
If you are in a fairly remote area, a more effective unit with greater sensitivity [*might*] be required.
Just about any product will give you the *coverage* you need, but it's got to be sensitive enough in the first place to pick up a usable signal.
And/or a better external antenna, if *two* bars is a goal and not a given, mounted high or or on the roof, may be in order. Some units have a directional external antenna for greater sensitivity. A Yagi antenna is directional and provides greater gain that a single mast omni-directional antenna.
How far to you have to travel to get a signal? The farther you have to go, the more important your choice of gear is.