Will these antennas also help with in-house reception? I live in a
just-barely-marginal area, and lose maybe 1 in 4 calls. It would be
nice to have just a little bit better reception at home to make the
phone more reliable. I can plug it into the antenna, perched somewhere
decent, and use my bluetooth headset to talk.

On May 13, 11:59 pm, Larry <n...@home.com> wrote:
> techman41...@yahoo.com wrote in news:1179107978.867816.142970
> @q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com:
>
> > Can any of you recommend an external antenna that is actually
> > effective in reducing dropouts and improving reception while driving?
>
> Any of the high gain magnetic-mounted antennas for your specific band
> will extend your range, within reason. The old AMPS antennas work great
> if your system is on the original 800 Mhz "cellular" band. If your
> system uses PCS, as many of Verizon's systems do, especially here in the
> South, you'll want a different antenna made for that band, or a dual band
> antenna that will cover them all, the higher the gain the better.
>
> I've been using the CA40M fromhttp://www.cellantenna.com/Antennas/magneticmount.htm
> for years. This very-high-gain 40" long dual band colinear for 800/1900
> Mhz is a great mobile antenna....unless you park in a low parking garage
> that will always knock it over. It IS, in fact, 40" long which makes
> garaging it much trouble. It should, as with any UHF antenna, be mounted
> on top of the roof, not the trunk, for maximum range. Altitude on UHF is
> our friend, precisely why the UHF TV station has a 2000' tower or
> mountaintop transmitter. One of the lesser antennas on this page, like a
> CA12M (12" tall), is also very acceptable.