Wireless Joint

If you can get the eNB ID number from your phone or something, go on cellmapper and put your carrier in, and down in the left side is a 'tower' dropdown list. Put that eNB number in, not the hex, the real number, like mine is 59771 for TMob (VA) and it should take you right to the tower and it ...

Under System/Manually flash firmware is 'Flash new firmware image' and there is a box for 'keep settings' So it looks like I have to download from the MoFi page and manually flash the image instead of auto update? I'll wait until the wife is gone in case it takes a while or I eff up. I did download ...

A firmware update will not change the settings? I'm sure I should do a current backup anyhow.

After a while having the MoFi on, it seems to take forever to log into the device. If I restart it, unplug and re-plug and it finally starts up, then it logs in right away. What is this about?

I don't know what LPDA means to you, but to me it's 'Log Periodic Dipole Array'. Pointed at the sky? Not sure where you got that, but I pointed it at the tower, actually both of them.

And I also have a MiMopanel up about 10' above the roof line, it's about equivalent to the LPDA antennas. If I use ...

Look here https://hamwaves.com/lpda/en/index.html The optimum value for a LP antenna only gives at best 10.5dBi gain. The manufacturers values are way over inflated. Only way to determine if a wider BW channel will give you better download Mbps is to try. It's worth it.

My experience with MoFi 4500 sim7 and tower 7 miles LOS with some trees locally. 2 paddles on 50' LMR400 produced about -115dBm. As I remember speeds were in the 5-10 Mbps range. Replaced paddles with MiMo panel. Signal strength went to -105dBm ±. Speeds went up to 20Mbps. Then I tried 2 cheap ($40 ...

Just for reference. I have a MoFi sim7 locked to B4 TMob. Tower is 7 miles away, pretty much LOS. LTE signal -101 to -108 depending on time of day/wx. Download speeds of at least 20Mb/s sometimes 40 Mbps. This is LTE, what's with 5G? I have a 9dB panel antenna above the roof on 2x50' LMR400 to the ...

Since my last post, couple things. My provider gave me a WiFiX NEXQ6GO with the EM06a modem. Plus the cheap LP came and I installed it. Plus the provider gave me a mimo panel to try.

First the single $40 LP from Amazon on the primary port and the MoFi paddle on the secondary port, both above the ...

That's what I meant, the EP06 won't see 71. Now if someone can figure out a bandscan for the modem.

Oh, wait, the WiFiX doesn't do 71.

OK, I tried CA with B4/66 (AT+QCFG="band",0,20000000000000008). Could not see any CA in the status page, tried B4/71(AT+QCFG="band",0,400000000000000008) because 71 is real strong and 10MHz, same thing, no CA shown on status page during download. I almost think since 4 and 66 are the same freq, they ...

I did see it CA while on 4, forget which band but maybe 2(10M) or 12(5M). Those BW are with the last scan I did with the mofi. But it also listed 66 as 10M. I seem to get conflicting info with the band scans sometimes. I'll try just 4/66 CA and see what it does. First thing today is get tape on the ...

Been using this MoFi sim7 since Aug last year. My provider gave me a WiFiX NEXQ6GO with a Quectel EP06a modem in it. Initially using the MoFi with the 3 paddles on 50' of LMR400 above the roof. Tower is 7 miles away pretty much LOS with some trees, TMob B4 or 66 seems best 20MHz wide. Provider also ...

Yes, I've been to cellmapper, that's how I discovered where my tower is from the enb number 59771. And it makes sense. I do notice things are changing even from last August. But cellmapper is also anecdotal evidence. I have to treat it with a pinch of salt. It's too bad the FCC doesn't make the ...

I told my provider guy about my experiments and he told me he would bring by one of the mimo panels he uses next week some time. But I need some nice weather, I'm not going on the roof in this 30° weather with ice and snow.

I was getting over 1s ping tests with HN. I would sometimes get 30Mbps ...

Well, actually when I got this mofi I was getting about 1-10max Mbps on B71 because that was what was recommended. After a bandscan a while ago, unknown to me it reset to auto select and linked on B4 which was giving me 15-20Mbps, Then I got this LP and now I'm getting 30-40Mb down on B4 or 66, they ...

I just went back and reread the whole thread. It does concern my issues. I have a 'non contract' deal with a local guy, actually his land abuts mine. He's been selling plans for a while, maybe 2018 or so. He says he only sells locally. There's next to no availability of internet here. Hughesnet ...

I talked with an IT guy the other day, he says their company buys 'data' from Verizon, AT&T and TMob. I have no clue how they do it, but I suppose if you offer them enough money and have the infrastructure, they will sell a data phone number to you. I suppose if one is in the industry, there are ...

Look up MVNO, Mobile Virtual Network Operators. That's how it works. I subscribe to one and realize I am secondary to regular TMob subscriber, but so far using about 100GB/mo that costs me $100/mo. it's working for me. I link to a TMob tower about 7 miles away and with a single LPDA cheap $40 ...

I got a cheap $40 LPDA from Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B089VXJV14/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I had the 2 paddles that came with the MoFi up above the roof peak about 6' with 2 50' pieces of LMR400. I took the primary paddle off and replaced it with the LPDA ...

I put the cheap LPDA up this morning and signal went from -113 to -106, still 2 bars but download speed went up to 40Mbps. I could still get the antenna up another 5-8' with the run of cable I have. For $40 I may just buy another and put them both up at the 45° mimo thing and see what happens.

I'm ...

Well, I'll tell you, if I use the paddles on the MoFi where it's located now in my room without the 50' of LMR400 on it, I get -120dBm or less, hardly a signal so it's much better with the paddles over the roof. Just tonight I got the $40 LPDA and measured the SWR on it. I have an AA-600 RigExpert ...

Simple I'm sure. I know these devices are not much liked, but it's what I have and works, I get usually over 15Mbps down. Up is not that important. Good enough for Netflix and casual browsing.

Sometimes when I try to log into the MoFi, it takes forever for the page to load. I have the password ...

I too have a MoFi sim7. It's working for me. TMob with an MVNO, he first locked me to B71 because he thought I was 14 miles from the tower. Turns out the tower is 7 miles and 180° the other way. It is LOS but through about 200yds of local trees, past that it's a clear shot. Since I got the plan, Aug ...

This is interesting. I tested my MoFi sim7 on TMob band 4 that I typically get 20-30Mbps down with the wan on my W10 computer. I measured the DL using my Moto G5plus on the MoFi wifi and I get less than 5Mbps. Then I switch the Moto G5+ to my Asus NT-R66U router which is wan'd to the MoFi, and I get ...

If that drawing is right and you have a peak above your location to the towers in the plains, your best option is to go with the lowest frequency available. Band 12 is low, Band 71 even lower, but only TMobile uses it. You will be blocked from any of the higher frequency bands by that peak if you're ...

If you play around with this link you can get the info you need free, but it takes a bit of work to figure out how to make it work. What you want to do is set your location as the tower with the selected height and then go from there. As you click on areas on the map you can create terrain paths ...

That is not a spectrum analyzer. It's a vector network analyzer. It will measure R±jX if you know what that is. I really doubt if it would do what you are expecting it to do. Like I say it's a network analyzer, not a signal analyzer.

Here's my opinion and that's all it is. Recently found a local guy selling TMobile plans and a MoVi 4500 sim7. He locks the MoFi to band 71 because like you, I'm 11 miles from the TMobile B71 tower. Now I live in the foothills of the Blue Ridge, but according to some info I found https://www ...

I'd like to try some of those other antennas when you get a chance Todd. I doubt a band scan would do much good with my single band antennas, they really only work between 590-700. There's a couple other things I'm thinking about, but as long as I can stream HD, it's not big on the radar. I know ...

I have a RigExpert AA-600 antenna analyzer. It runs R±jX curves from 0 to 600MHz standalone. I use it mostly for ham radio stuff. I found using the software and computer with it it will work up past 1000MHz. You can look up Moxon antenna. It's simply a 2 element folded element yagi to shorten the ...

New here. Got a MoFi SIM7 locked to TMobile band 71. Got the MoFi and monthly service from wcminternet.com. So far so good but I've been playing with antennas. I'm 11 miles from the tower, supposedly LOS but not visible because of trees. Tried the LPDA the guy loaned me, supposedly made for 600MHz ...