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This looks interesting. I'll see if the person can do one for the B71/n71 frequency:

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3584713

I've also asked about a moxon to another poster.

In the end, it would be great to optimize these band but will probably want more full spectrum (panel, lpda, parabolic ...

Theoretically the double biquad antenna has around 13-14dBi. Even one thrown together should have about 10dBi.

Do not have the 4nex2 software (https://www.qsl.net/4nec2/) on this computer, but it can help you determine some antenna designs gain.

Not that familiar with the UV moxon design, but be ...

Guess I am confused. "Anyone bold enough to try one for B71/b71 632-678 MHz?"

Was talking about the size and supports for the double biquad.

Pay no attention to me, I am very amateur at all this stuff.

Anyone bold enough to try one for B71/b71 632-678 MHz?

Another good Moxon reference:
https://gitlab.com/cbowman/uv-moxon-yagi-antenna/-/blob/master/readme.md

Never gave them a try for 600MHz. The wire gets pretty long at this lower frequency and would require lots of extra support. Wavelength ...

The MC7411 seems to be a lot like the 7511. The custom bands spreadsheet by Jim Helms here on forum also applies to the MC/EM7411.

Wondering if any of the modems in "Create Custom Bands" Excel sheet (Jim Helms created) apply to the EM/MC7411? Only ones in last sheet release are EM7565, EM7511, MC7455, MC7430, MC7354, EM7354 and MC7700.

Using on AT&T and on reboot locks onto band 2, works great. Eventually it hits band 66, I ...

Exact same issue and cannot find info on solving?

Used the downloaded config file from protonvps and all seems setup.

Seems like the issue may be "Network device 'tun0". Not sure what interface to choose for the we826?

Be very careful issuing commands if you do not understand what they do / effect. I have wrecked a couple of modems myself and it can be a pain to recover.

Best thing is to use the spreadsheet and only enter provided commands.

Glad it got you going :)

Below are bands that the modem supports for ...

Check out the spreadsheet @ https://wirelessjoint.com/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=364&p=2034&hilit=band+locking+spreadsheet#p2034

You would enter:

1) at!entercnd="A710"
2) AT!BAND=0F,"ATT2,13",0,1002
3) AT!BAND=0F
4) AT!RESET

Note: I am using 0F. That is normally an open slot, you may have to use ...

Forgot: if you really want a professional job, do not forget your flux: https://amzn.to/38DU2j5

After you ruff things up and clean the surfaces of all soldering points, apply the flux to really get the solder flowing!

Don't worry about closeups, we all been there:)

Soldering irons are fine for the smaller connections, but to work with large diameter wire and sheet metal a soldering torch is best: https://amzn.to/2LIoa3N You got to be careful and not melt the dielectric material in wire / connectors though.

Try ...

Finally got to a desktop and looking at your design a little closer. If I may offer some tips...

Pay close attention to the original design @ https://martybugs.net/wireless/biquad/ . It is very important to get the radiator and reflector connected to coax / coaxial connector. Looking closer at your ...

Played around with it a little last night and realized that I was getting a much worse signal on B25 but my download speeds were still a lot better. So next step, I'm going to build a B25 double biquad centered on 1900MHz to see how well it works. May even try a triple biquad... should be much ...

Hello again,
So I contacted Visible about phone being throttled they of course acted Coy like that wasn't a thing. But said they would try something on their end. Since that has worked great.
It literally has replaced my Verizon phone service just with higher pings.
Already got into a party pay ...

I'm gutting mine and as it turns out the holes inside that hold in the PCB happen to exactly line up with two of the holes on the WE826-T2.

I have a EM7511 in it for band 41. Waiting on a POE bulkhead ethernet and 2.1mm splitter to get her from The Wireless Haven as well as a 2.1mm right angle ...

I have never tried to party pay with others outside the family, but these is a reddit group:

https://www.reddit.com/r/VisiblePartyPay

"I am not against anything you said. Against what visible said. On website says no throttling on device itself. And mine starting doing it for some reason."

All cool man, just did not want you to think I saying total internet replacement option :) Right now I am streaming homeland on hulu and wife ...

Yea, I never said you could replace verizon with visible. There is no comparison except a truly unlimited hotspot. I thought you said you were just trying to get for streaming on a couple of devices.

If they throttle you on the phone, get on chat and they will fix that. Have had to do it a couple ...

Just got this to work. No longer capped at 5 down.
So when set up Visible SIM in a router needed TTL 64. For some reason with the phone tether needed 65. Put this into the firewall custom rules

Saw your post this morning and was just testing my setup. Since I do no use a full time internet ...

SIM Solution, 100GB, 5G, T-Mobile, $50

https://www.t-mobile.com/news/network/5g-just-got-better

Not a bad plan! Saw this announced last week and stopped by a store to ask about it. Maybe because it is new, reps are confused, but told you had to use / buy their crappy little hotspot to use plan ...

Chances are T-Mobile has been "tweaking" band 41 for their 5G venture.

I have heard of pcsforpeople users contacting sprint directly. With all the changes with the merger, it is damn near impossible to get a straight answer. If you do call sprint, you may mention that you have been using band 41 ...

Have a roku and it has netflix, hulu and few others. Streams those fine. Here and there it buffers during prime time, but not bad and not every day. Have not tried amazon prime, it is just all around slow for us no matter what service connected too.

In our area, there is no way visible could be ...

Every model I have tried (not that many), found them to be well made. Speaking with others in the business, they too echo my thoughts. Buy them from Amazon ( https://amzn.to/3gbKwWo ) and you can always easily return if not satisfied

I'm actually looking into stocking these, mostly for remote camera systems, but also to see if they can be upgraded.

Won a pallet action and there were a few of these (J and K models). Played around with the J model (at&t) little bit. Bands 2, 4 and if I recall 12. Sold one to a fleamarket ...

think I may order these antenna parts from The Wireless Haven...

Antenna parts.png

On small mobile screen this morning and cannot see image real good, but make sure you get the right pigtail for your EM7455. The connectors for modem end are smaller than the MC7455. Ask at the store if you are ...

This might be their way to slowing data speed down. In some areas with a cat16 modem, people get some really fast speeds and they end up hogging a lot of tower resources.

ericj205 wrote: Tue Nov 17, 2020 6:19 am looks like I get the best performance locked to Band 4 in this location. I reached 45Mb at 6am this morning.

Looking good!

Look at the red highlighted text. See how that one is so high. Still think there is something up with that. Bad wire or something. That used to the main signal that was that bad before ericj205 switched them to get the main better. If you fix this issue think your speeds will go up. Would consider ...

moved router from huntsville, al to orange beach, al. (5.5 hrs away)

here are results at new location:

at!gstatus?
!GSTATUS:
Current Time: 499 Temperature: 59
Reset Counter: 1 Mode: ONLINE
System mode: LTE PS state: Attached
LTE band: B2 LTE bw: 15 MHz
LTE Rx chan: 875 LTE Tx chan: 18875
LTE ...

I am not sure of the origin and quality of the existing cellular antenna. I wonder if swapping out for a better pair of paddle antennas would improve my signal reception? I saw a pair on The Wireless Haven for 20 bucks, should I try them?

For the speed you are currently getting with visible and ...

Yes I do have different experience for sure. But never used a EM7455 before. Maybe there is a chance that is the difference. Who knows! Thanks for posting that

What EM/MC card are using with Visible?

I have tried a few different models and for some reason they all crap out in less than a day ...

If I leave my em7455 open for all bands, it craps out. Hence the reason of only using verizon bands. Even the other tutorial states that. Maybe you will have different experience.

Just used the spreadsheet to program a group of bands, 2,4,5,13.

Speed test hardwired is 19Mb, wirless its 11Mb.

I guess I am happy with those speeds. Not watching 4k videos or anything. Should I be happy with them?

You might lock one band at a time and test for day each. Find the one that is ...

ok, will follow your advice. Thanks to all who assisted me. I really appreciate everyone's help.

the blue oval with yellow inside is approximate location where this device will be based. Looks like bands 2 and 13?

If so, what exact sequence of commands should I enter?

Did you check out ...

Wonderful news! Glad you got it working.

If I were you, make a backup of my current settings and save to safe place. That way if you can reload working setup at any time.

There is a spread sheet that Jim Helms put together that is best to use https://wirelessjoint.com/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=364 ...

I assume these are the directions I should follow?

https://wirelessjoint.com/viewtopic.php?t=18

Yes, that would be the method I would use. I would do the reflash twice as Jim Helms has recommended and even talks about it in his sleep :)

@gscheb already got the links together for the t-2 ...

I tried multiple sites, all say refuse to connect

Not sure how to proceed. One thing that jumped out at me is "rooter" in the connection user name (your screenshot). That field is normally left blank best I recall.

At this point I would reflash, resetup and try. There have been so many tweaks ...

Approved a post few days ago and got me to thinking, could this have anything to do with the disconnects?

https://wirelessjoint.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=2065#p14276 (pls thank @LTE_WAN for find)

The link provided in post leads to to https://www.criticalstart.com/critical-vulnerabilities-discovered ...

Just checked streaming on Hulu and it is 1080. Having movie night outdoors and projecting to really large screen, looks great.

Hello terryjett,
Am I correct in saying he is connected just without data thru put?
When I look at his report from at!gstatus? looks like it is connected to me.
Do you see that too? If not can you show me where it shows it isn't connected?

You are correct, I was wrong. Damn my eyes are getting ...

Hello again,

Was wondering how you are getting around the 480P video throttling on Visible?

Good question. I have never honestly paid much attention to what resolution the video is in. Have a 60 in Visio and always crystal clear streaming, great details with very little low res drops. If it ...

Great that is all I need is just the tv. Afraid T-Mobile might put the smack down for excessive use. Besides verizon should foot some of the data! Pay expensive cell phone plans and don't go anywhere anymore.

Yea, same here. Took the streaming load off other plans to prevent a smack down.

We ...

Thanks
Have you ever tried the Wi-Fi at all? What I interested in using it for.

Yes. It stays on all the time and connect to it with Roku. Jut do not use it for anything but media is what I should have said :) Not a very powerful box, so just dedicated to that one thing.

I have three of the ...

Using stock, right from the box. It runs a form of Rooter. You can go into advanced menu and set TTL firewall much like we do on the we826.

I tether my Visible phone via USB directly to the gl-mt300n (link removed). I do not use the built-in wifi for much. What I have setup is a 4 port unmanaged ...

I tried the band related commands... here are before and after pics. Not sure what bands my local tower has.

Here are the results from the queries:

at!gstatus?
!GSTATUS:
Current Time: 213 Temperature: 30
Reset Counter: 1 Mode: ONLINE
System mode: LTE PS state: Attached
LTE band: B4 LTE bw: 20 ...

I haven’t flashed anything. That was my first concern since I got this thing used. I have no idea if it ever worked before I got it. That’s why I was asking if there were some initial troubleshooting techniques to determine if it was originally set up correctly. I can check the thing you noted ...

Tried all the above, second box under time sync was not checked so I checked it, saved/applied/reset. No help.

Did the APN early on.

Also tried the following command set in the link above (minus the band related commands in the second paragraph) early on in my efforts.

at!entercnd="A710 ...

Another thing that slipped up in me was did not have me time set correctly in we826. It is at System / System and Sync with Browser. Make sure both boxes ticked under Time Synchronization, then save apply.

Spent couple of hours trying to get connected and that setting along was preventing.

Make ...

The post below has gotten issues solved for many, including myself. It is about using windows instead of a we826, but the commands are still for the EM/MC7455:

https://wirelessjoint.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=669#p4050

I am assuming you have reflashed the firmware already. Has the EM7455 been reset ...

The USB Tethering option on the Visible Blade A3 is grayed out as if it is not allowed or available.

ignore the above comment.

UPDATE, didn't realize I had to plug in USB to router before this allowed me to select "ON" on the ZTE. Got it connected to router and the router recognizes it, see ...

I have experience with visible. Haven't ever connected with a EM7455 though. Have done it with a MC7455. Put a link on another post hoping to maybe hear from terryjett since know he has done it.

From here can only offer three more suggestions

1. do what Didneywhorl suggested and start off fresh ...

AntennaRaul wrote: Fri Nov 06, 2020 12:05 am An LNA is only for an RX system unless it's a very specialized one with an RF bypass. Your Tx will fry the LNA instantly.

Welcome back!

Guess you did not get the PM? Way back when you asked me for my address to send surplus to me:) Anyway, appreciated the offer.

I would like to kindly remind folks to buy from thewirelesshaven.com when possible. I know they do not have everything on ones list of goodies, but check them out before buying from others.

Without thewirelesshaven.com there would be no wirelessjoint.com

Just a friendly reminder...

Dr-BroadBand wrote: Fri Oct 16, 2020 5:30 pm Just found this
Raspberry Pi 4G/LTE Cellular Modem Kit

I like that! Wish they had support for Sierra Wireless modems. Just won bid on small pallet of them

Hey all - I just came across this message board and this post today researching something and figured I'd register and reply.

I solved this issue on my router finally a few month ago and it was an issue of buffer bloat and overload due to MTU settings. By default the MTU setting on the router is ...

Does the SIM work in a phone? Can you surf the net with data plan in phone? I am of course assuming the SIM is not data only.

"Out of curiosity: how to you update the firmware of the EM7511 modem? That I haven't done yet..."

Do not use the 7511, but quick search on forum resulted in this:

https://wirelessjoint.com/viewtopic.php?f=17 ... t=20#p4910

"Could it be / how (un)likely is it that my WE826GO-U is defective? The thing that really bugs me is the fact that a factory reset (and not a simple restart) gets the whole thing running again for a limited time."

This does not sound like a defective router. But that does not mean it isn't ...

This sounds familiar, but my issue was not with at&t. What was happening to me on a sprint plan was not getting assigned IP4 address - only iv6. Long story and never did get it fully working and gave up.

Do not want to lead you astray, so look at networking:

2020-10-13_230059.png

If you see a ...

Very interesting: "It seems the tower that used to have ATT no longer does, it's officially removed from the list of registered antennas on the tower itself."

Where did you get this official list of registered antennas on the tower?

Pretty much got my issue solved. I always run he latest firmware for router and modem.

Once I replaced my power supply with a good 5 amp switching version, the issue seemed to disappear. While I was at it, drove a 12 ft grounding rod just outside and grounded all equipment to it. Have updated ...

Of course, and I'm grateful for all insights.

What I meant was I can tell you are good at troubleshooting and will figure it out:)

Way back in another life when I was a lowly cellular technician, had to track down some real gremlins and spend many nights trying to rid the cell site of them ...

thejohnfist wrote: Thu Oct 08, 2020 9:24 am Only reason I don't believe this is happening is because the tower is on the north side of town, and all the people are south

Got ya. Sure you will figure it out. Only sharing my experience.

Another update - called AT&T and sat for 30 minutes while the person played liaison with whoever CAN actually check towers... Supposedly there's nothing wrong with my tower.

This I really don't understand. How can I go from picking up this tower just fine for many months, and many months before ...

I think I'm going to have to get a prepaid ATT card and pop it in my old Galaxy S7 and drive around and see what the towers actual IDs are.

That is going to be your best bet. Cellmapper is a GREAT service, but you cannot always count on it. Install Cellmapper app on your phone, setup or login ...

Glad you are at least on your way.

I do not know the APN settings for PagePlus, but I would start there to make sure you have that right.

Unfortunately I do not have a Quectel modem, so not help there. Got to get one or two so can understand the commands / settings. Maybe will do that when mad ...

Thanks for your reply.

I’m actually on an iPhone X. The booster is using one Yagi antenna pointed in the only direction I found to produce any signal. It is posted at the end of my RV about 15 feet up off the ground. Oddly enough the boosted service completely cuts out when I go any higher.

I ...

Small update. Replacing PSU had little to no change. Going to move the install to a new location. If this doesn't work I'll consider using it for target practice lol

Well, you have pretty much ruled out the equipment. Sadly this is the process one has to take.

One other thing to try is raising ...

Welcome to the forum!

If I could make a suggestion: break your posts into paragraphs. Much easier for many people to follow/read :)

You did not mention what try of device you are using. Hotspot I assume? Model? Are you using one or two antennas for your home setup? Have a feeling that you are only ...

Do a search on the forum for "PagePlus". There is a lot of information at your finger tips :)

For instance: https://wirelessjoint.com/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=1773&hilit=pageplus

I have never used / activated PagePlus, but from what I gather by those in the know, you activate the SIM in a approved ...

T-Mobile phone sim will work. Have three houses on it. Well technically five. Two of the houses share with another house.
Get post pay plan set TTL 64 and good to go. Use it up big time.

Exactly how to avoid the middle man (resellers)!

I wish T-Mobile was not so congested here. 50% of the day ...

Note: do not take my words as you should avoid any seller of data plans. Use one myself. Only stating what I have learned about them and some of them are down right shady. Best we can do is learn from each other

There are only a handful of "authorized" sellers of data only plans. Most of them were from Sprint, because of the Clearwire deal. Government made them do that and since T-Mobile now owns Sprint, who knows what is going to happen to those type of plans.

Some of the carriers had a few offerings of ...

NoLimitData is the MVNO that I am using today, was using OTR but they dropped T-Mobile.
The only cell tower I have is T-Mobile. Band-71 works the best as for the 600MHz can shoot through the tress better
than the other bands.

ALL MVNO are a little sketchy!! I could play games and try to get an ...

Only thing about that is, it was working fine for north of 6 months after the last modem got fried. I could replace the PSU but seems unnecessary.

Electronic components inside PSU's can become damaged and produce excessive noise. They can still supply the voltage and amperage, but produce ...

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