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Worth fitting an Antenna!

ChrisSA

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Hey just wanted to see if someone here could offer advise as everything I search keeps bringing me here.
I live in between 2 EE masts but one is less than half the distance of the other.
I also live in a converted chapel from the 1800 and mobile signal becomes non existent as soon as you enter these thick stone walls.

So I currently use EE for 5G at my workshop and i thought I would bring home my EE Zytel router the new 5GEE Router they supply now.

For now I have placed it on a window as the upstairs is similar to a loft conversion so I can rest the router on a window to get it as high as possible.
Below is the strength of the signal that I am getting
4G EE Tower.webp


This is the data of the tower on Cellmapper
EE Tower East.webp


With just the router sitting on a window these are the speeds I am getting
Between 3.8 and 7.79 Download and 2.5 to 2.8 Upload

With my Broadband currently I am seeing
18.5 Upload and 1.2 Upload

So ideally I would like to see based on tower data and current speeds with less then ideal router location is there a chance that I could get better signal and speeds by fitting an external antenna.

I would fit a 4x4 mimo antenna and would consider directional as I know where the mast is.

TIA
Chris
 
If that's all there's on that tower you're doomed. Isn't cellmapper showing more bands?
Radio signal is good, but bandwidth seems weak.
Definitely try a directional to the other mast, if your router supports it.

In other news Starlink just got cheaper.. You might need it.
 
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Access to the 20 MHz of bandwidth (in the frequency-domain) of B3 should do a lot better than 5 MHz of B20. In my area, many towers operate on B3 and B7 is better in my location.
 
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