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Re: MIMO antenna for T-Mobile 5G home internet gateway?
Joe4080 wrote: I mounted them vertically cross polarized, on two separate poles 420 feet away from my house, 20 feet above the ground,on the top of a hill away from my home. The antennas are still below the tree line. I would have to have a 60 ft tower if I were to go above the tree line. The 5G Nokia gateway is also at the antenna site inside a NEMA box that is cooled with fans. The box is from Hana Wireless. My home has a metal roof, so there is now way I would have been able to receive a consistent signal. Right now I just have a ethernet cable laying on the ground. Every location is different. If your more than 2.50 miles from the tower and have a dense forest like mine, then I would suggest the parabolic antennas. A 4X4 yagi antenna setup might work for you. With the Bolton antennas I can connect to any T-mobile internet 5G tower within 12.5 miles or more. If one tower goes down for repair I can turn the antennas to 1 of 4 towers in my area. Parabolic antennas are much more versatile. They will take them back. I kept them though. Cool, thanks for the information. I may be trying to put together something like this; I'm not 100% sure yet, though.2Visto0likes0ComentariosRe: MIMO antenna for T-Mobile 5G home internet gateway?
Joe4080 wrote: Hi Ijh, Yep, those are the antennas, I used four of those. Was expensive, well worth it and I have not lost the secondary signal once. First setup was two flat panels from Waveform for a 4X4 mimo. Would work for a day and then I would lose the secondary signal. This setup was also picking up a T-mobile tower that is not 5G, and thus dropping the secondary connection. Great download speed, upload speed was horrible at .30mbps Second setup was a Yagi combined with a flat panel for a 4X4 mimo. Would work for about three days and then drop the secondary signal. Great download speed, upload speed was horrible at .30mbps Third try was two Bolton Long Ranger Parabolic antennas & and it still dropped the secondary signal. Fourth try was 4 Bolton Long Ranger Parabolic antennas,it has held the secondary signal. It switches from band B2 to band B66 with 5G band N71. Download speed of 155mbps, upload speed of 15mbps. Wow, that's quite a setup. It does sound like it was worth it in the end, for your location. How do you have these antennas mounted? At multiple points along an edge of your house? Vertically along a tower ofsome kind? Edit: Also, were you able to return the Waveform antennas once you found they wouldn't work well for you?3Visto0likes0ComentariosRe: MIMO antenna for T-Mobile 5G home internet gateway?
Joe4080 wrote: I had no luck with the waveform yagi or mimo antennas. The Nokia works best if you use all four ports. The only antenna that worked for me was the Bolton Long ranger antenna. I am six miles from the tower with really dense forest. I'm curious about this setup. Are you saying that you have used four of these parabolic antennas?7Visto0likes0Comentarios