Best Cell Phone Amplifier - Booster for Remote Areas

I've been using cell phone amplifiers since they came on the market a couple decades ago due to the fact that I live at the edge of good coverage area and travel frequently across the United States as part of my job. Before using cell phone boosters and amplifiers I was without coverage throughout much of the desert southwest where cell phone towers are miles apart.

My list of amplifiers is long but includes several made by Wilson and lots of off brand models sold at CB shops, a couple of which wrecked my phones. If the amplifier is not tuned to the antenna it is paired with a situation called SWR or standing wave resistance occurs and harmful RF or radio frequency is bounced back in the the phone's delicate electronic, effectively deadening them, so that the phone may not receive at all when not attached to the amplifier. I have had at least a half dozen phones by Motorola and Nokia that this happened to. It is important that connections and wires leading from the cell phone amplifier - booster be in good shape, with no kinks or breaks and the cellular antenna on the roof not be bent or damaged to prevent an SWR situation.

Compatibility

Another important feature for a cell phone amplifier to have is the ability to work with any phone. In the past this required that you purchase an adapter that matched your brand of cell phone to connect the phone to the amplifier. There are now a hundred of so of these adapters and now many phones do not even have the plug in on the back for an adapter.

Wireless Amplifiers

Wireless amplifiers act as repeaters, using a small antenna inside the car to pick up any cell phone within five feet and amplify its signal to over 40 decibels and send it to an outside antenna which also boosts the signal by being larger than the one inside of your phone.

How The Digital Antenna Booster Works

The Digital Antenna Booster works on both the Cellular bands and the PCS bands. Many phones now use both. Verizon and AT&T use both Cellular at 800 MHZ and PCS at 1900 MHZ and the Digital antenna booster boosts both bands. It boosts cellular the maximum allowed by law which is 3 watts, the same as old "bag phones" used to put out. It boosts 1900 MHZ PCS 2 watts, the maximum allowed by law.

This is about 1000% more than what your phone typically puts out on it's own.

Most new phones transmit at around only 300 milliwats

Service vs. No Service

The result is that you will notice that you are able to make calls in areas where you had no signal at all.

We tried the Digital Antenna on a four thousand mile road trip through the southwest. We repeatedly checked signal strength using a modified cell phone that had a more accurate signal meter. We also compared signal availability with the booster on and with it off in the same exact spot. Through Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming and back down again we noted the performance in the same difficult spots and the results were the same, with calls dropping out as soon as we turned the booster off and at least two to four bars returning when it was turned back on. It performed up to expectations.

For a good all around cell phone amplifier for difficult areas you can't go wrong with the Digital Antenna System.

Here are it's features.