MaximumSignal Update?

[RV_]

Gord my buddy that needs one of these has a metal roof, is that an advantage and can he just use your magnetic antenna?

And is the big one out yet?

[Max Signal]

Gord my buddy that needs one of these has a metal roof, is that an advantage and can he just use your magnetic antenna?

And is the big one out yet?

If the roof is slanted. He needs to build a shelf so it is perpendicular to the ground . The big one is a few moths away . Still waiting on final approval from FCC . That is held up till they finish retesting everything on the market right now. Not much we can do and your guess at a date is as good as mine.

[bja1234]

In areas of heavy trees and leaves, would the exterior antenna need to be elevated above the foliage?

[Max Signal]

In areas of heavy trees and leaves, would the exterior antenna need to be elevated above the foliage?

It would help but not necessary

[Dutch_12078]

In areas of heavy trees and leaves, would the exterior antenna need to be elevated above the foliage?

 

With any antenna, "Height is might" are words to live by, but so far we've had good service even on heavily treed sites. The strength of the available signal is always a factor, but the MaxAmp seems to work well as long as there's at least a sniff to work with.

[RV_]

Thanks Gord, he has a largish (30 acre) private lake behind his house on 300 acres and although heavily wooded, his hpouse is a high point and clear for about a half mile where the lake will act as a plane as well. The lake is between him and the cell towers. So trees won't be an issue.

[MNRon]

Nice video. Curious about the phone hardware distinction he mentioned at the end (not carrier if I understood correctly). Any hints on which phone hardware performs best?

[TVforMyRV]

Nice video. Curious about the phone hardware distinction he mentioned at the end (not carrier if I understood correctly). Any hints on which phone hardware performs best?

 

Buy Motorola.... They seem to have the best radios in cell phones...​

[Smitty77_7]

 

Buy Motorola.... They seem to have the best radios in cell phones...​

 

 

Interesting!!! Years ago when a team of us did research on the best phone to buy for our companies usage, Motorola came out as our top choice. We found that for those that were in fringe areas, issuing them a Motorola made a difference.

 

Motorola is now using more of the conventional off the shelf chips that other phones use, to hear this is still the same. What specific models did you use, and what were the not as good results make and models?

 

(Sure understand your just sharing an observation from a test on Max Signal - that it was not a specific test on which Cell Phones have the best reception. But, it would be good info to share:)!)

 

TIA,

Smitty

[TVforMyRV]

The tests were done with a Motorola Turbo2 and an LG G3. I used Andoid App - Simple Speed test, which did 20 download and 20 upload samples and averaged the results with each test. I ran the test 5 times on each device, one at a time, and also tried to run the tests simultaneously by pressing the test button on both phones at the same time. The Motorola averaged more than twice the data throughput of the LG in every scenario.

An interesting note: When running the simultaneous tests, and the booster was off. the LG phone would "wait" until the Motorola was finished before actually transfering data. When the booster was operating for simultaneous testing, the LG test completed almost at the same time as the Motorola, although with significant lower data transfer speed.

 

In my mind there is no doubt that the individual phone makes a difference, and also that the Max Amp Booster makes a huge difference above that.

[Technomadia]

Thanks Gord! We have received our Max-Amp Mobile today.. and filmed a quick unboxing video, and did a special announcement article:

Maximum Signal Max-Amp Mobile Cell Booster – Now Shipping!

 

We're excited to get the unit installed, and integrated into our current round of testing.

 

We just started head to head testing of the weBoost 4G-X to the 4G-X OTR (with the new trucker antenna), so this is great timing to also add the Max-Amp Mobile to the mix.

 

Our members will be able to follow along with the raw testing results we're taking here:

[Current Testing] Cellular Signal Enhancing Field Testing Results (Summer 2016) (non-members can get a sneak peak of what we're testing if you like)

 

- Cherie

[tednruthy]

No problem , I really enjoyed our conversation !

Gord, I currently have a 3-4 year old Wilson 3G amp with a internal pad antenna to place my phone and MiFi on. Outside and well separated I have a DIRECTIONAL antenna on a fiberglass pole I can extend to 12 ft from the ground. I use the 10 ft plus a 30 ft extension of Wilson Low Loss cable. I have a Motorola Turbo 2 phone on Verizon.

QUESTIONS

1/ I understood that the external antenna needed to be closest to the receiving cell site so that the internal antenna did not transmit past the external antenna.

2/ Is this not a requirement with your product?

3/ Also, Does this amp need to be turned off when not needed or does it just automatically handle areas where the signal is adequate without amplification?

4/ In very weak signal areas will your product with it's mag mounted omnidirectional antenna provide better data speeds than my directional antenna can at 3G?

 

THANKS

[Max Signal]

 

[Max Signal]

Gord, I currently have a 3-4 year old Wilson 3G amp with a internal pad antenna to place my phone and MiFi on. Outside and well separated I have a DIRECTIONAL antenna on a fiberglass pole I can extend to 12 ft from the ground. I use the 10 ft plus a 30 ft extension of Wilson Low Loss cable. I have a Motorola Turbo 2 phone on Verizon.

QUESTIONS

1/ I understood that the external antenna needed to be closest to the receiving cell site so that the internal antenna did not transmit past the external antenna.

2/ Is this not a requirement with your product?

3/ Also, Does this amp need to be turned off when not needed or does it just automatically handle areas where the signal is adequate without amplification?

4/ In very weak signal areas will your product with it's mag mounted omnidirectional antenna provide better data speeds than my directional antenna can at 3G?

 

THANKS

all that is vital with our amps is horizontal separation of the antennas and proper orientation os said antennas .Amplifier automatically turns itself into a sleep mode when not in use. Our amplifier is the sensitive and gives you the best signal on the market . Best signal is not the most bars . Out amplifier are intelligent and optimize the signal so over amplification is not needed . I have been told by the engineers at Verizon we are 5 years ahead of our competitors technology wise.

[Max Signal]

Wish me luck Have a Conference call today with a major Cable Television network That is considering doing a show on us and the product. Seems they have been following us and actually are using the product.

[Dutch_12078]

Keeping my fingers crossed, Gord! That would sure be a major publicity boost...

[Max Signal]

Keeping my fingers crossed, Gord! That would sure be a major publicity boost...

Thanks . That call seemed to go well . Now the executive producer is pitching to network executives . We should know tomorrow . She also knows producers from other shows she is going to pitch to. She seems to really like the product.

[Dutch_12078]

Thanks . That call seemed to go well . Now the executive producer is pitching to network executives . We should know tomorrow . She also knows producers from other shows she is going to pitch to. She seems to really like the product.

 

Still keeping my fingers crossed for you! Hard to drink coffee that way though...

[Max Signal]

 

Still keeping my fingers crossed for you! Hard to drink coffee that way though...

Thanks sir.

[Smitty77_7]

I turned on our WiFiRanger GO2 for the first time about 4-5 days. The GO2 and Max Signal Amp are in what I call our Communications Cabinet. Got back into the cabinet yesterday to retrieve our old Sleek to use on our toad for a quick day trip. I noted that the Max Signal Amp was now Red vs Blue/Green. Powered off the GO2, as was not using it now, and then unplugged and re-plugged the Max Signal Amp and the Blue light is back on.

 

We had had a day or two of sever thunderstorm activity just after I first turned on the GO2, so perhaps this could have a bearing?

 

Or, should I expect ongoing contention between the MS Amp and the GO2, causing the MS Amp to go Red light again? (We're moving locations today, so will do some testing of this later on by myself. But I did have the GO2 plugged in again for about 5 minutes, without any Red light...)

 

One time occurrence, so just asking questions more then stating a problem.

 

TIA, best to all,

Smitty

[docj]

My Go2 and MaxSignal amp are also side by side in my electronics bay. I haven't noticed any contention between them.

[Smitty77_7]

My Go2 and MaxSignal amp are also side by side in my electronics bay. I haven't noticed any contention between them.

 

 

Thanks Joel - This is a sample of one for now, so good chance it was some sort of cosmic alignment of hail and listening with just a dash of Rudolph out for a mid summers flight....

 

We're in Apgar Campground in West Glacier now. About 1/8 to a 1/4 mile away, my Verizon and the DW's ATT both had "1 Bar" 4G yesterday while in our car. I heard my Verizon phone chime as it came in/out/in to coverage range as we drove into the campground today. At the spot of our site, ATT has zero coverage. My Verizon has 1xRTT rss; 99dBm Ec/lo 13.0dB.

 

Our ZTE Z917 Millenicom HotSpot, T-Mobile, is getting some signal. Enough to go paint the side of a house as our Yahoo Mail fills in:)!

 

That is with the Max Signal Amp on and Blue Light glowing. And with the hotspot rubber band to the inside antenna. With the Max Signal Amp unplugged, no T-Mobile signal.

 

So while slow, this is a classic example where for ATT and Verizon, an Amp cannot boost a signal that does not exist! But, with the T-Mobile, it takes a signal that the HotSpot Z-917 is not able to pick up by itself, and does it's magic.

 

This is also one of those times, nested in amongst the forrest, that I would have liked to be able to painter pole raise this antenna, and or, have yagi antenna in my tool kit of options:)!

 

Best to you, and all,

Smitty

[Max Signal]

 

 

Thanks Joel - This is a sample of one for now, so good chance it was some sort of cosmic alignment of hail and listening with just a dash of Rudolph out for a mid summers flight....

 

We're in Apgar Campground in West Glacier now. About 1/8 to a 1/4 mile away, my Verizon and the DW's ATT both had "1 Bar" 4G yesterday while in our car. I heard my Verizon phone chime as it came in/out/in to coverage range as we drove into the campground today. At the spot of our site, ATT has zero coverage. My Verizon has 1xRTT rss; 99dBm Ec/lo 13.0dB.

 

Our ZTE Z917 Millenicom HotSpot, T-Mobile, is getting some signal. Enough to go paint the side of a house as our Yahoo Mail fills in:)!

 

That is with the Max Signal Amp on and Blue Light glowing. And with the hotspot rubber band to the inside antenna. With the Max Signal Amp unplugged, no T-Mobile signal.

 

So while slow, this is a classic example where for ATT and Verizon, an Amp cannot boost a signal that does not exist! But, with the T-Mobile, it takes a signal that the HotSpot Z-917 is not able to pick up by itself, and does it's magic.

 

This is also one of those times, nested in amongst the forrest, that I would have liked to be able to painter pole raise this antenna, and or, have yagi antenna in my tool kit of options:)!

 

Best to you, and all,

Smitty

you actually get a better signal 2 to 3 feet away from antenna . By the way I got the cable network feature today . Films in September airs . November to December time period

[Jack Mayer]

Gord, good going.

 

There should be no issue with the Go2 near the amp. I would not put them on top of each other - that is just not wise, although it should work....but in the same cabinet should not cause an issue.

[Max Signal]

Another nice bit of news. RV Lifestyle Canada is going to be doing a Feature on the amplifier . Seems they have tested others out there and were very disappointed!