EM7411 or general Sierra antenna/band questions
Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2021 10:26 pm
Greetings LTE aficionados! Just registered, but have been pouring over posts for the past month. Have a new rig from The Wireless Haven of WG1608/Em7411/two 600-3800MHz directionals with T-Mobile. Running 12/24 GoldenOrb. Test bed on deck has been just OK (10-20DL/2UP) and eagerly anticipating mounting gear in the attic which will give the antennas a +30ft advantage in wooded/mountainous terrain, which should happen tomorrow. Modem mostly settles in on B66.
My question (after running dry in research): is there a way to query/display the contributions given by the primary vs secondary antennas? I can't find a damn thing to query antenna performance from the modems perspective. Should I be evaluating results by alternately disconnecting each antenna lead and displaying Network Status for the delta ?
Another side frustration – is there a way to scan visible bands from the modem's detection? Quectel seems to have this ('Scanbands' in MoFi). Do I need to band-lock one-at-a-time and display measurements to determine various values and CA candidates? All this in anticipation of my final mounting/positioning of antennas on chimney column.
One more: B66 upload is crap compared to B71; like 1.5Mbs vs 8Mbs, but the download is stronger w/B66. Two TMO towers little over a mile away and they are almost lined-up from my house, but (downhill 800+ ft) are not line of sight. Should I bandlock onto B71 and watch down/up speeds over time?
Thanks much
My question (after running dry in research): is there a way to query/display the contributions given by the primary vs secondary antennas? I can't find a damn thing to query antenna performance from the modems perspective. Should I be evaluating results by alternately disconnecting each antenna lead and displaying Network Status for the delta ?
Another side frustration – is there a way to scan visible bands from the modem's detection? Quectel seems to have this ('Scanbands' in MoFi). Do I need to band-lock one-at-a-time and display measurements to determine various values and CA candidates? All this in anticipation of my final mounting/positioning of antennas on chimney column.
One more: B66 upload is crap compared to B71; like 1.5Mbs vs 8Mbs, but the download is stronger w/B66. Two TMO towers little over a mile away and they are almost lined-up from my house, but (downhill 800+ ft) are not line of sight. Should I bandlock onto B71 and watch down/up speeds over time?
Thanks much