Cell phone booster ???

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Q. The only easiest way to view the actual signal strength is to get into the phone's diagnostic program for the dBm level.

A. Now it depends on how much you want to spend. You could have a tower installed, correct antenna and amps to boost signal in and out. You could go with a Satellite phone. Or You could check with Internet satellite service that has the capability of using VOIP. I think I would just drive the 2 miles round trip to use the phone and tell family and friends to leave a voice message if they need to contact you. Technically correct, but in reality it might still work. I have the same situation in Southern Utah. I get NO signal AT ALL with the bogus antenna on the phone, but -87 to -91 with a DA-4000 and a 15dBi Yagi. Plenty enough to sustain CDMA calls with Alltel, and this by bouncing the signal off of a set of 1000' sandstone cliffs and then BACK to the cell site. You should put your antenna as high as possible to clear the trees. RF performance of the "toy" cell phones of the last few years is awful. Older phones work better. I'm using a Kyocera 3250, the current LG offerings from Alltel are abysmal performers in remote situations, but they take pictures and play MP3's. Whoopee. Who cares. I've bought a lifetime supply of 3250's of Ebay (cheap) so I am set. But who says the signal is actually "zero." Just because it's below a level the phone's signal strength meter registers as usable doesn't necessarily mean there isn't a signal for the amp to latch on to. Look, numbnuts, just because the crap antenna on the PHONE shows no signal doesn't mean there ISN'T any, it just means that stock antenna isn't good enough to see it. A good direct connect amplifier can get a signal that is not strong enough for your phone to use and make it a usable signal for . Wireless amplifiers do require a stronger signal . Let be noted no amplifier or antenna can overcome a line of sight or terrain issue. If you in a velley on one side of a mountain and the tower is on the other side in a valley you are out of luck

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