At my place, the tower with 3G is >20km away. nearby towers all EDGE.
The 3G signal cannot be detected at all with handphone or modem. It is detected through Siretta SW3G023 cellular signal tester.

Can this antenna connect to amplifier? the antenna will be 30ft on top of roof, using 50ft RG6 cable to connect to amplifier, then direct from amplifier to modem (huawei E761)

Aiyak, it is 900mhz only. Remote area all 900mhz.
2100 also got, another opposite direction towards town, also > 20km. This one immediately blocked by hill in front of my house.

50ohm cable is better because the amplifier also 50ohm, but RG6 still can use. RG58 is 50ohm but high losses. LMR-400 veli expensive, want to buy also the shop donno what are u talking about.

Yes 3G here detected is broadcasted at 900Mhz. This only happens in hutan. Town all use 2100Mhz.

I have multiband antenna, 10dbi for 2100Mhz, 7dbi for 900Mhz, about 9dbi for 1800Mhz, 75 Ohm (...) . Look for >22dbi parabolic but cannot find in that frequency. Yagi is the 2nd best after parabolic.

The amplifier is Wilson 811901, 900/2100Mhz. direct connect, indoor. use in car also can. 50 Ohm.

The Huawei E761 modem got Celcom logo one, got router function. Got port for normal house telephone so can make call.

RG8 cable got people make mah? or LMR 400 even better. I get RG6 because the antenna is 75Ohm. Only after that i realize the amplifier only 50Ohm, calat..

lol... after spending >10k for many experiments, finally manage to get 3G at my place. The 3G tower is about 30-40km away. Signal is too weak that not detactable by any handphone or modem.

Confirmed using 3G 900MHz. Huawei E961 Celcom 3G modem router is not able to capture the signal because it does not support WCDMA 900. Using USB modem like E1762, E160E can.

A good antenna will help significantly to get or improve the signal. Amplifier will further help but it is not a must.

I am not using the antenna in this post, but the antenna i use is only 8dbi and already able to give very satisfied result, so imagine the antenna in this post . The amplifier boosts another 10dB.

LMR400 cable i ordered from US will come next week. It may help to improve the signal a little bit but not noticeable i think. I use 75/50 Ohm converter.

Signal strength reported in TP-Link MR3420 router is only 48% but the speed is satisfactory and the connection is stable. The antenna is 30ft on top of the roof.



This post has been edited by iiee: May 15 2012, 08:51 PM

lol not 3G alone, phone signal booster also (different amplifier). Do the same at home and office, so the cost is for 4 set equipment. Plus wastage because of experiment fail all together got 10k.

No choice, no internet life very difficult. Compared to driving 2 hours to the town to get 3G and then another 2 hours back, i think this worth the effort.

Eh bro, you need to mention in your post the antenna u are selling does NOT support 3G 900Mhz. Otherwise some orangutan like me after buy cannot use.



This post has been edited by iiee: May 16 2012, 12:16 PM