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#295589 8-Apr-2022 11:50
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Saw this at the bottom of a Stuff story - which links to www.powertec.co.nz - these things aren't legit are they? Surely not? Who would follow up on this sort of thing?


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  #2898540 8-Apr-2022 11:53
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Powertec are Cel-Fi agents, which is the only legal option in NZ (as far as I know). 




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  #2898569 8-Apr-2022 13:19
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Okay cool πŸ™‚


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  #2898576 8-Apr-2022 13:47
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Yep, these are legit, the only approved kit. I install these often.

 

 





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  #2898596 8-Apr-2022 14:26
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All good, I know there are some dodgy websites out there. Was looking for something to improve the signal at my Mum's house. Thanks πŸ˜ƒ


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  #2898601 8-Apr-2022 14:40
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Perhaps consider VoWiFi for your Mum. Does mean having a compatible phone, and using 2D or Vodafone. Might be worth looking into (assuming she has a decent internet connection there).


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  #2898667 8-Apr-2022 15:58
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Nope, crap copper where she is. ADSL no more than 5 Mb/s. Poor mobile signal too hence the signal improvement idea. But I'll try voice over wifi and see if it works. No harm in trying.


 
 
 
 

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  #2899521 10-Apr-2022 15:29
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As everyone one else has said they are the distri for celfi units.

As a radio tech who hunts down the unauthorized booster. It does pay to do the research before paying a couple of hundred dollars on what will prob become a paper weight in a matter or days/weeks.





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  #2899523 10-Apr-2022 15:38
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Yep hence my query ☺️


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  #2907938 28-Apr-2022 15:50
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BioNz: As everyone one else has said they are the distri for celfi units.

As a radio tech who hunts down the unauthorized booster. It does pay to do the research before paying a couple of hundred dollars on what will prob become a paper weight in a matter or days/weeks.

 

 

 

You wouldn't happen to have a spectrum analyser plot of the rubbish unauthorized boosters emit would you?  I'm interested to see the occupied bandwidth of the carrier, in band spurs and harmonics etc...


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  #2911359 7-May-2022 17:53
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i sure do. there is a plot in the sticky post at the top of the forum there. 

 

 

 

i even have a faulty one somewhere in my garage. what ill do is pull it out and turn it on and get you a close res one on the spec an. 





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