"Steve Terry" <gFOURwwk@tesco.net> wrote in message
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> "Graham." <me@privicy.com> wrote in message
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>> "Rocky" <me9@privacy.net> wrote in message
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>>> Hi,
>>> As per the subject line. My parents live in a small village with
>>> extremely crap and unresponsive telecomes cover, this includes not only
>>> landline, but also mobile. Wih the landlines breaking down more and more
>>> frequently, there's been questions raised about getting better mobile
>>> coverage, so with this in mind.
>>> Apart from changing providers to the one that has the strongest signal
>>> in the given area. Is there anything else that can be done, is it
>>> possible to boost a mobile phones signal at all?
>>> Anything else anyone can suggest?
>>> Thanks,
>>> Rocky.
>>
>> Car-kit with an external aerial placed strategically may do
>> the trick, but fewer and fewer handsets have aerial sockets
>> these days.
>>
>>
> This has been covered several times before.
> Good used Nokia 6310i in a Cark 91 car kit, with mains PSU,
> and a base aerial as high as possible connected to the car kit.
>
> Also if 1800MHz network? Cheap Algon in-line bi-directional amp from Peter
> Parry
>

or change to a 900Mc/s system........