On Sun, 08 Apr 2007 13:10:01 +0200, Roger Baker <me2@privacy.net>
wrote:

>Sorry to be somewhat OT but I know many of you use DECT phones plugged
>into the ATA. I have bought a new house (for me) and it has quite a
>lot of garden around it.
>
>I have a BT Freestyle 2200 system and also a Philips 1222 system. For
>reasons that I won't go into I need to leave the existing systems
>where they are. Under the same conditions I find the Philips has a
>better range than the BT system, which cuts out well before the
>Philips. I know these things are supposed to have a maximum power
>output but some seem to work better than others. I need to be able to
>cover the whole garden, which the Philips almost does.
>
>Looking for recommendations for a system to plug into my ATA that
>gives really good range. Maybe I should buy another Philips :-)
>
>Thanks,
>
>
>Roger.
If I wanted to increase the range, of any device like this, I'd look
at improving the aerial. It is a pity these devices don't have an
aerial socket. To use an external aerial you'd have to open up the
base station and make a suiable connection. There are plenty of
articles on the Net for homebrew 2.4GHz aerials. It all depends on how
confident you are about the electronics side of it.

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