Wireless Joint

It wasn’t all bad though. I did get some epic pictures of an old train bridge on the way

One thing ive noticed is that when its raining, the rain affects the upstream connection significantly more than the downstream connection. my downstream connection is hardly affected, but the upstream dropped in half or more.

Just got the 10ft LMR 400 cables. Thanks @thewirelesshaven :) . heres ...

Update: just got my new 1.13mm MHF4 antenna pigtails to SMA bulkhead connector to replace the 0.81mm ones that come with the wg1608. HUUUUUUGE improvement in the RSRP for both the main and diversity antennas on each pair AND fixed the issue where one of each pair was getting a significantly worse ...

That is a usable upload speed. Allot of cable company internet service uploads are not much more than that.


True, its definitely usable now. was hoping to get it up to like 10 though. cant really use it for things like uploading streaming video yet. Also, i dont mind spending more money or time ...

so, its not technically possible to specify which band gets used as the primary band (upload and download) vs the carrier aggregation bands (only download), but ive figured out a neat trick to make it work.

lock the modem to the primary band, but dont specify a second band to lock to. the modem ...

Update on this. i have fixed the issue and discovered the root cause via the Quectel forums: https://forums.quectel.com/t/rm502q-ae-t-mobile-loss-of-internet-but-modem-is-saying-connected/18377

This router [wg1608] specially versions “V1 and V2” boards have WiFi problems on 5.8G when you install a ...

So, i created a 3D printer .STL file to replicate the lid for the modem enclosure. I added a spot on the top for me to mount a 40mm fan as well to cool the modem. Here is the .STL file if anyone wants to make use of this. Will test the SINR later with and without the faraday tape as well, but ive ...

I had the same issue with tmobile throttling only video sites and constant buffering about a year ago, but speed test showed full speed - only sites like youtube with video were getting throttled. i found this setting in the tmobile app and turned it on (it was off by default). fixed the problem for ...

SINR testing results:

Metal lid on, no faraday tape on ant cables: SINR -4 to -12 dB
Metal lid off, no faraday tape on ant cables: SINR 2 to 4 dB
Plastic lid on, no faraday tape on ant cables: SINR 2 to 4 dB
Plastic lid on, with faraday tape on ant cables: SINR 4 to 8 dB


Also modem temps ...