While dumping the alt.cellular.sprintpcs bit bucket, I heard AZ Nomad
say:

> On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:23:29 -0400, Dutch <buryit@blackholespam.net> wrote:
>
>>Oh, ok, I thought you wanted something that actually works... :-)
>
>>I use a roof mount antenna on my motorhome to increase my range, but it
>>plugs into my cell phone, rather than wirelessly relaying to it.
>
> If you do a wired solution, don't run too much cable. Just an additional 20'
> of "low loss" cable is enough to eliminate the benefit of having an outside
> antenna.
>
> When I suffered w/ AT&T in the late 90's, I had an outside antenna mounted
> on window as opposed to a rooftop antenna. It boosted the signal from
> zero/one bars to two to three. Inserting 20' of wire dropped it back down to
> one bar.

Yep, all I use is the 15 ft. cable that came with the antenna, plus a 1
ft. adapter cable.

--
Dutch