Improve RSRQ

[chrissezhi]

Good afternoon -

Wondering if there is a way to improve cell quality either with current setup or antenna. I have a pair of antennas purchased off of The Wireless Haven. Connected to CBA850.

Current Provider is T-Mobile. With the CBA850 is it possible to upgrade to CAT18 to take advantage of Band71?

Interested if current antennas can be tweaked - for example are they in right orientation/spacing, should I buy a parabolic antenna?

Below is the current results:

AT!GSTATUS?

!GSTATUS:
Current Time: 1507 Temperature: 53
Reset Counter: 1 Mode: ONLINE
System mode: LTE PS state: Attached
LTE band: B12 LTE bw: 5 MHz
LTE Rx chan: 5035 LTE Tx chan: 23035
LTE CA state: INACTIVE LTE Scell band:B2
LTE Scell bw:10 MHz LTE Scell chan:675
EMM state: Registered Normal Service
RRC state: RRC Connected
IMS reg state: No Srv

PCC RxM RSSI: -62 RSRP (dBm): -86
PCC RxD RSSI: -62 RSRP (dBm): -91
SCC RxM RSSI: -80 RSRP (dBm): -96
SCC RxD RSSI: -78 RSRP (dBm): -94
Tx Power: 21 TAC: 7BD4 (31700)
RSRQ (dB): -13.5 Cell ID: 01183016 (18362390)
SINR (dB): 5.2


Antennas:

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Cell Tower Info:

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[Adm1jtg]

This may sound stupid but have you tried using another band/frequemcy. On my setup band 4/66 would net me an average of -14 to -16. I changed in my case to band 2 and now i get -8 to a high of -13

but be aware better signal doesnt always equate to better upload/download speeds

Again using my case for example band 4/66 is 20mhz wide in my area and band 2 is only 10mhz. You will just need to test and see

[thejohnfist]

Definitely try different bands and towers, you have several in the area to try out.