» Wilson Electronics 801247 Desktop (DT) Cell Phone Signal Booster for Home or Office - For Multiple Users
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Features:
- Signal booster improves cellular signal for both voice and data rates in small area
- Boosts your cell phone's signal by more than 15 times
- Completely wireless; requires no physical connection to your cell phone
- Compatible with 800/1,900 MHz frequencies for all US and Canadian cellular providers (except iDen/Nextel/MIKE)
- Comes with 30-day money-back guarantee and 1-year manufacturer's warranty
Editor Reviews:
- Product Description
Improves cellular phone & cellular-based data card performance in the home or office?anywhere a stronger cellular signal is needed indoors Greatly reduces dropped calls & increases the phone's battery life Supports multiple phones & cellular-based data card users simultaneously Works with all cellular phones & all US-based carriers except iDEN(R)/Nextel(R) Comes with everything needed to improve signal in any room of the home or office - Amazon.com Product Description
Designed to give the best results when used in a single room, the Wilson Electronics Desktop (DT) Cell Phone Signal Booster increases your cell phone's signal by more than 15 times. It significantly improves your cell phone's overall performance by minimizing dropped calls, increasing data rates, and letting you enjoy clearer reception, making the Wilson DT the ideal solution in an office or at home.
DT Desktop Cell Phone
Signal Booster
At a Glance:- Boosts cell phone signal by more than 15x in your home
- Fewer dropped calls; faster data rates
- Easy installation with mounting hardware included
- Supports CDMA, TDMA, GSM and AMPS cell phone technologies
- Made in the USA
Multiple mounting options ensure you'll get the best possible signal. View larger.
It's All About Power
The Wilson Electronics Desktop (DT) cell phone signal Booster. View larger.
The primary cause of dropped calls is low signal output power from the cell phone to the cell tower, which limits the phone's ability to communicate with the tower. A typical cell phone provides merely one-fifth of a watt of output power. To address this problem, the amplifier and the outside antenna work together to increase the phone's output power by more than 15 times over using just the phone alone.Enjoy Premium Reception and Fewer Dropped Calls
If you have to go to the window or outside to be able to use your cell phone, you know the frustration of weak cell phone signal reception. Using state-of-the-art technology, the Wilson DT amplifies the signal both to and from the cell tower, increasing the power to penetrate through natural or man-made obstructions, thus enabling you to communicate where you were unable to before.The Wilson DT comes with a compact signal booster that fits neatly on your desk or small table, and it works best when placed in the room where you're experiencing problems with reception.
Included Hardware for Multiple Mounting Options
The Wilson DT is connected via a coaxial cable to the outside antenna, which performs best when mounted outside of the building and pointed towards the nearest cell tower. The antenna may also be mounted on a window (again, best when aimed at the nearest cell tower), or on an outside wall; however, some performance may be lost.Once installed, the Wilson DT enhances the signal of multiple cell phones and data cards near the device. The result is that you will experience fewer dropped calls, clearer call quality, and improved data rates--even with 3G technologies.
Compatible with Most Cell Phone Models and Providers
The Wilson DT is compatible with all US and Canadian cellular providers, excluding iDEN, Nextel, and MIKE. Also, it supports CDMA, TDMA, GSM, and AMPS cell phone technologies, as well as data protocols such as GPRS, 1xRTT, HSDPA, EVDO, and EDGE.The Wilson DT Signal Booster includes a 30-day money-back guarantee and is backed by a one-year manufacturer's warranty.
Specifications
- Frequency: 824-894 MHz / 1850-1990 MHz
- Amplifier Gain: 56dB / 56dB
- System Gain: 62dB
- Max Output Power: 1.3 watts
- Max RF (downlink): +9.5dBm
- Noise Figure: 3.5dB nominal
- Flatness: ±5dB
- Isolation: > 90dB
- Power Requirements: 120-240V AC, 50-60 Hz, 8W
- Connectors: TNC Female / F-Female
- Dimensions: 6.2 x 4.2 x 1.5 (inches)
- Weight: 0.64 lbs
What's in the Box
Includes everything you need for a full installation DT amplifier, on-board antenna, outside antenna, coaxial cables (20 feet and 30 feet), cable connector, wall bracket, mounting hardware for pole, wall or window mount, and AC power supply.
The Wilson DT is ideal for improving you cell phone signal and data rates in a single room.
Everything you need for better reception
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Customer Reviews:
- Easy set-up & it works!
I got this product months ago but had to wait until we moved to review it; our previous house had excellent cell coverage throughout. Our new house, however, is a split-level with the living room (where we do most of our, you know, living)on a lower level. Cell coverage down there is 1-2 bars with occasional dropped calls if you move around.
SET-UP: I was excited to finally try this booster out, but I was also a little apprehensive about set-up. To my relief, the instructions were well-explained and set-up was easy. There are 3 pieces in the box: The outside antenna, the desktop antenna, and the amplifier. The outside antenna (which is a plastic box that sits in a plastic cradle) has a variety of mounting options - including window mount. You have to attach the outside antenna to the amplifier with coax cable (they give you 50' of cable) so keep that in mind when choosing a place for the exterior mount. (And of course you also have to find the spot with the strongest existing signal.) We did have to fuss around a bit to find a spot where the exterior antenna got a strong signal and could be connected inside to the amplifier, which also has to be plugged in AND connected to the desktop antenna. Once we had that figured out though, actual set-up was super-fast and we had a green light in minutes.
HOW IT WORKS: We now have 5 bars everywhere in our Living Room (about 25' x 20'). That's the only place we needed a boost and the whole room is covered. I can't really address range because elsewhere in the house our coverage was already good.
BOTTOM LINE: You need 2 things to get your money's worth from this booster: 1- The ability to follow directions during set-up, including putting some thought into the unit placement, and 2- An existing cell signal somewhere withing 50ish feet. If you have those, and you need a signal boost, this baby does the trick. - If you do not want to go back to hard line phone
I canceled my ground phone service as many people did. However cell phone is a radio and it is unstable in some week signal areas. This Booster is alternative to Microcell of AT@T (which required Internet) and does not require any additional connections. It just boost your cell phone signal in limited area in radius at least 30 feet from antennas.Here what I did. I had no idea where is the cell phone transceiver tower so I found most powerful spot with maximum signal bars with my cell phone near window, mounted cradle antenna with logo sign facing window, mounted cable from this antenna across the room to amplifier, connected "on board" antenna (cable about 4feet with desktop antenna) to the amplifier and moved away from amplifier as far as possible facing logo on this antenna in opposite side to first one (back to back). I got green light immediately and 6-7 bars instead 2-3.
It works great if you are between antennas in direct sight. When I go to another room I have 3-4 bars and only one wall between cell phone and antennas.
So did it solve my problem - yes for 90% but still there was not stable sound when I talked on the phone but much clear though. Did it boost in 15 times - no.
It can help but not for 100%. So IMO the price should be adequate OR 100% result.
PS It worked with AT@T, cell Nokia 5800 - Does what it says. Read the directions.
This product works very well. I went from 1-2 bars to mostly 5 bars (pre iPhone update). Getting the outside and inside units far enough apart from each other (to avoid feedback) was tricky, but I was able to do it. - Outstanding product - does what it says
We have a cabin deep in the woods in Southern Indiana, where the only way to get more than one bar was to go up the hill or, as I found out, be standing on the (metal) roof. Inside the cabin, zero bars. I normally work from home and wanted a way to use my aircard on my laptop so I could, if needed, work from the cabin as well as get on business calls. I did a lot of research and this product seemed to fit the bill. I have an old UHF/VHF antenna tower next to the cabin, so I climbed up it, clamped the cradle and antenna facing the cell tower, dropped the line down, drilled a hole through the cabin wall, fished the provided 30' cable through, hooked it to the booster and antenna and turned it on - FOUR BARS throughout the 1200 sf cabin! The whole thing took less than one hour to set everything up. Crystal clear Verizon cell calls and could watch streaming video on my laptop with Verizon USB modem. I did an intial 'speed test' and here were my results: 2.0 Mb/s Download and 0.61 Mb/s Upload (to a server in Chicago for some reason). Great product - I highly recommend it! - very happy with this product
I read the reviews before I bought this product so I had an expectation that in my environment it would work correctly....and it did. It's important that you can find a signal sweet spot...most likely outside of your house...that is within 30 to 50 feet of the area where you want to boost your signal. For technical reasons you need a separation between where the receiving antenna is located and where you want to place the associated amplifier. I was told by the tech dept you can locate the receiving antenna further than 50 feet away but there is a cost signal wise that is about 7db...appox 1 bar on most phones... for each 100 feet. In my case the cable length needed to be 62 feet (I had to put a 12 foot extension on the 50 feet supplied) to allow my receiving antenna to be in the best sweet spot I could find on my property. The sweet spot was a location that was between -82db and -85db which is about 4 bars on most cell phones. The line of sight is about 30 feet away from my inside problem area but in order to run the cables I needed about 62 total feet of cable. The end result was that although my cable needed to be longer...the signal strength at my sweet spot was way more than enough to offset the extra cable length signal loss. The bottom line is I have a wonderful signal where I used to not be able to talk inside my house. I placed the inside amp box near where I previously had no signal. I recommend this product to those who have a sweet spot they want to "move" inside. If you do not have enough signal anywhere then do not buy this product. This product simply allows one to move the best signal to a new location...but that location has to be within a reasonable distance away. One more note...it is very important to take a lot of time to find the best sweet spot you can find. Most cell phones can be put in a mode where you can see the signal strength in decibels rather than bars....the lower the decibel number the better. You need to know that it takes most cell phones 15 seconds or more to update those numbers so finding the absolute best sweet spot is not always fast. Sometimes 1 foot movement can make a huge difference signal wise so take your time to locate where your receiving antenna should be mounted. Also it helps to know where your cell phone transmitting tower is and point the receiving antenna towards that tower. This might be a problem for some consumers to find but if you do know the direction of your cell phone company's tower you can fine tune signal reception in a fringe area. I suspect that if you find a sweet spot of 4 bars or more the actual location of the tower will not be a huge problem but it certainly will help. None of this is hard to do and it really makes a difference between getting a fantastic signal inside to just a marginal one. The 30 day guarantee is great for those who cannot make this product work in their location. Well worth the money.
