This system is used by a lot of bush trakka owners &outbacb travellers . As we know alloy clading on a van sheilds signal. A metre high phone ant mounted on the side of the arm of the Winnguard tv ant ,run cable down with the tv cable & connect to phone or internett. When you wind the tv ant down ,the phone ant lies down flat on the roof, I have a couple of mates with this on their trakkas & works very well . can be applied to any winnguard ant.
As we have a pop top & no winnguard ,I mounted a 2.2 mtr ZCG SCALAR TC1600A. to the end of our solar pannel rack on a spring tensioned fold down bracket. We have seen a phone signal of 1bar in van go to 6bars when connected . Internett works very well also.From no service to mid strength signal .
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Hi justcruzin , Yes its the best thing and if you use one of the (FARMERSPHONE) from telstra it has its own modem and is just great.. they do hear better than a standed phone.. And the best place to get a cheap 9db phone antena is at the wreckers .. some times anyhow... have one on the van and have worked internet at some 50 plus ks... have a full call amateur ticket.. just love playing with this sort of thing.. make life interesting...i did make up a small beam on the phone freq. some time back .. worked real good but a pain to set up..by the way ITS RAINING ....bobbev
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Telstra gave a talk at a caravan show in Brisbane on antennas ,they recommend all caravans should be fitted with antennas if you want to use your mobile inside your van
