mrming
Well-known member
Excuse the long explanation:
- Club WiFi not always on / too far from my berth
- I like to work from boat once a week, and my kids like to watch YouTube etc at the weekend
- I have a legacy mobile contract with 3 which allows unlimited data with tethering / hotspot (iPhone)
- However the 4G (very occasionally 5G) signal at the berth is poor
- I’ve tried the patented YBW method of hoisting the phone up the mast around 15 feet, in a bag
- That works well but it’s inconvenient
- I’d like a better solution that just works when I power everything on
- Ideally that would be an external antenna, but I don’t think that’s possible with an iPhone
- I’ve come across 4G signal boosters (there are a number of Ofcom approved ones) and am wondering if that could be the answer
- Am thinking I would mount the external aerial somewhere on the mast and run the coax into the boat / power the device from the 12v system
So, has anyone used one of these boosters?
NB: the intention is to use my existing phone’s data connection, not to buy a sim for another device, or to pay for Starlink.
Thanks!
- Club WiFi not always on / too far from my berth
- I like to work from boat once a week, and my kids like to watch YouTube etc at the weekend
- I have a legacy mobile contract with 3 which allows unlimited data with tethering / hotspot (iPhone)
- However the 4G (very occasionally 5G) signal at the berth is poor
- I’ve tried the patented YBW method of hoisting the phone up the mast around 15 feet, in a bag
- That works well but it’s inconvenient
- I’d like a better solution that just works when I power everything on
- Ideally that would be an external antenna, but I don’t think that’s possible with an iPhone
- I’ve come across 4G signal boosters (there are a number of Ofcom approved ones) and am wondering if that could be the answer
- Am thinking I would mount the external aerial somewhere on the mast and run the coax into the boat / power the device from the 12v system
So, has anyone used one of these boosters?
NB: the intention is to use my existing phone’s data connection, not to buy a sim for another device, or to pay for Starlink.
Thanks!