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Old 07-11-2005, 6:28 PM   #1 (permalink)
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So after all this time and effort of researching and finding out what I wanted, my BDA finally arrived and has been installed here at my office.

These photos are of the unit on the roof that takes in the Cingular signal:

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installed on roof, flush with rooftop

the very messy install on the inside of the building and into the wall

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The top of the ladder (24 feet) is where the cable comes into the building

The unit install and testing phase to make sure it worked...

The unit itself that amplifies the signal that the outside antenna pulls into the offices

The final product, showing the item penetrating the drop ceiling in my office!


Thought you all might be interested to see this. I am so excited to have service in and around my offices now! It was all thanks to this product from cellantenna.com. They have great stuff!
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Almost forgot, the photo of my phone with full service in my office!
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NICE...How much time and money was involved in the install?

I'm sure the Cingular network engineers are going to come looking for an unlicensed repeater....

Funny thing about repeaters, they are legal to sell, but illegal to operate.

If the carriers could keep the attorneys out of the equation, we probably would have seen repeater "in a box" available at corporate stores years ago.
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Nice to see where my $500 clams went..... Nice install!!!!!
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So after all this time and effort of researching and finding out what I wanted, my BDA finally arrived and has been installed here at my office.

These photos are of the unit on the roof that takes in the Cingular signal:

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installed on roof, flush with rooftop

the very messy install on the inside of the building and into the wall

to be continued on the next post
Way to go, Inspector Gadget!!!
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NICE...How much time and money was involved in the install?

I'm sure the Cingular network engineers are going to come looking for an unlicensed repeater....

Funny thing about repeaters, they are legal to sell, but illegal to operate.

If the carriers could keep the attorneys out of the equation, we probably would have seen repeater "in a box" available at corporate stores years ago.
$500 for the unit and about 3 hours for the install. This unit only covers about 2000 square feet. It is for our offices only, so it doesn't interfere at all with the Verizon, Cingular, Sprint, T-Mobile and Cricket towers in the area. It's hard to describe, but I don't think we are going to be getting any complaints about this one!
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Nice to see where my $500 clams went..... Nice install!!!!!
Thanks TR! He happens to be the one that approved the cash for this one!
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Way to go, Inspector Gadget!!!
LOL...Thanks. It wasn't quite as much work as I thought it would be. And things work great now!
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That is cool I am glad that this is working good for you
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$500 for the unit and about 3 hours for the install. This unit only covers about 2000 square feet. It is for our offices only, so it doesn't interfere at all with the Verizon, Cingular, Sprint, T-Mobile and Cricket towers in the area. It's hard to describe, but I don't think we are going to be getting any complaints about this one!

The carriers will probably never know about it or care, unless for some reason it causes interference.

I've seen them track down a set of rabbit ears on a TV set before....

I wish I had the money to do the same thing in my house...I have pretty good coverage except for peak times It gets a little choppy inside.

I would love to have a spotwave repeater...
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Why would they try to track you down dows it take alot of signal away from other peoples phones.
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Nice setup....but for $500 you could have gotten a Wilson system......
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??? Let me know which one you are referring to. I did a bit of research before I purchased this one, and it looked to be one of the best. They came with recommendations from CITA as well...In my book, that is as good as gold!
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??? Let me know which one you are referring to. I did a bit of research before I purchased this one, and it looked to be one of the best. They came with recommendations from CITA as well...In my book, that is as good as gold!
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I thought about getting that at for my last job, and home. Now my new place and job have excellent coverage, maybe too good, I get calls all of the time the server room. I should remember to take the phone off more often.
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I thought about getting that at for my last job, and home. Now my new place and job have excellent coverage, maybe too good, I get calls all of the time the server room. I should remember to take the phone off more often.
Funny...The BDA is working very well for us so far. I don't have any issues with service in my office now, which can be a blessing and a curse
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Congrats AZ, but somehow the pictures don't seem to show for me... anyone else having those problems?
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Congrats AZ, but somehow the pictures don't seem to show for me... anyone else having those problems?
Sorry about that Andy, my web server got hacked last night so I am keeping it offline until I can figure out what I am going to do. PM me if you want me to email you the photos I have of it...
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No problem, your web server got hacked?? Are all your files ok and everything?
I'll PM you!
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Most everything seems to be fine. I haven't found anything yet that looks corrupted.
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Sorry about that Andy, my web server got hacked last night so I am keeping it offline until I can figure out what I am going to do. PM me if you want me to email you the photos I have of it...
It wasn't your server I was trying to hack!!! Sorry about the mistake, AZ!!! j/k!!!
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