3 w signal boosters on CDMA in NZ

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bbman

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#4194 10-Jun-2005 23:45

I am aware of the sale of and use of 3 watt signal boosters and repeaters forn all networks including CDMA 1x.

Does any one know of users of these in NZ?

All so do you need Telecoms permission??

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Felix

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#15487 11-Jun-2005 13:52

My understanding is that the boosters for CDMA are a bit like snake oil... but I could be wrong!

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Jama

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#15523 13-Jun-2005 09:16

There is no real benefit to using 3Watt boosters on CDMA. The coverage from a CDMA cell site is already greater than GSM or TDMA. Also CDMA has cell breathing - this means power out of a cell site is directly proportional to the power being transmitted back in from handset/device. So, if you used a 3Watt booster the cell transmit radius would shrink dramatically. You can get awesome gains from using external antennas. Check out www.cellutronics.co.nz

bbman

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#15525 13-Jun-2005 09:40

thanks, thats what i thought, i have used and sold the cellutronics antennas, they are excellent.

thx

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