WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO.....

Cuppa · Guru

WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO.....

Are We Lost · Guru

yobarr wrote:
At present I am about to again cross the Nullarbor, and have just fitted another aerial to my CelFi Go. Last trip I had signal all the way over.

The Nullabor is not a great test. Telstra shows a few gaps but I would expect a decent antenna with a bit of height would come close to covering all the way across. According to the Telstra coverage map, the middle of the biggest gap is about 75km east of the WA border. You could check there.

Edit: I see Cuppa posted much the same comment which I did not see when I posted.

-- Edited by Are We Lost on Monday 17th of April 2023 02:37:09 PM

Mike Harding · Guru

yobarr wrote:
No matter what the books, and theory, might say there is no substitute for hands-on experience.

Well... yes... actually there is, it's mathematics.

Yobarr: the CelFi is a good product but it's not magical, there is not something inside it that no one else in the history of wireless ever thought of. It gets its advantage over a handset because it has a quality external antenna, nothing else. It could have $1B worth of electronics inside but if it cannot receive a signal those electronics are useless junk - the secret of radio is... antenna... antenna... antenna. This is why when NASA talks to spacecraft they have a *really* big dish antenna otherwise they'd just buy a CelFi and use magic :)

Gundog · Guru

The telstra coverage map tells porky pies.

According to the cell tower radiation maps, from Norseman to Caiguna and most of the way to ****lebiddy you should have a full coverage 3g and 4g, there should be a couple of dead zones through to Eucla, unless there has been upgrades to the 3g cells to 4g.

However the radiation maps show the 3g 882MHz have a greater range, with the 3g network shutting down in Jun24 I would expect upgraded soon.

As a foot note for distance and coverage of 5g is best within 1km of the cell and then its speed degrades very quickly.

yobarr · Guru

Are We Lost wrote:
yobarr wrote:
At present I am about to again cross the Nullarbor, and have just fitted another aerial to my CelFi Go. Last trip I had signal all the way over.
The Nullabor is not a great test. Telstra shows a few gaps but I would expect a decent antenna with a bit of height would come close to covering all the way across. According to the Telstra coverage map, the middle of the biggest gap is about 75km east of WA border. You could check there.
lEdit: I see Cuppa posted much the same comment which I did not see when I posted.

Day dreaming as I passed the 75km point a couple of days ago, but got this reading about 45km from border while travelling at around 95km/hr. Cheers