Cel fi repeater
Submitted by Buddy on Wed, 2018-04-04 19:33
hi there has any body got or had a celfi repeater in there boat and if so how do they go ??
Ie what sort of range are you getting and are you happy with it ?
cheers
Tim
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People
I know a few people with them and they seem pretty happy.
Still waiting on some decent comparisons at the trench to see how much better.
Rob H
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I fitted 2 on the tug I work
I fitted 2 on the tug I work on a month back.
But ours is used more because the signal doesnt penetrate into the steel hull so the Coverage unit is installed below deck and the Network unit near a port hole.
The phone signal outside is reasonable where i work so its purpose isnt really to get longer range.
For extended range its mainly going to depend how high you can get the antennae, and its a bit heftier than a VHF or UHF one.
Also though, the network and Coverage units have to be at least 10 meters apart with the models we used, so wouldnt work on a small boat
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Tim
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Different
Yours might be different Rob. The ones I know of needed to be around 3m apart.