Are your calls with the parents cut short? Or are you struggling to make out what your friends are saying over the line? Poor cellular signal affects call quality, hindering communication, connections, and even relationships. Choppy calls, mangled texts, and dropped connections in the middle of storytelling can put a damper on things. They make communication and socialization much more difficult than it already is, especially for those with phone call anxieties. Many factors play into poor and weak cell signals, from the location of your home to building materials.
Cell phones rely on network towers to upload, download, and transmit data sent to and from cells. Any obstacles blocking or reducing that connection create signal barriers that can affect your cell signal, texts, data connection, and calls. Cellular signal boosters provide a specific systematic solution that extends signal reaches, securing connections and improving signal strength and quality. They capture, amplify, and reemit signals to your desired location, providing your home with upgraded cellular signals. In order to achieve this three-step process, cell signal booster kits consist of three main components paired with some accessories.
Outdoor Antenna
Connection with network towers plays a crucial role in the success of cellular signals. They cover various grounds all over the country, connecting devices to their appropriate network plans, from Rogers to Virgin Mobile. Outdoor antennas' main function relies on bridging the gap between you and network towers by capturing and directing cellular signals to your local area. Their signal casts create direct passageways for traveling radio waves, increasing your chances of sending and receiving data signals. They typically get mounted on the roof and are best placed away from chimneys and signal-interfering building materials.
Unlike indoor antennas, outdoor antennas feature weather-resistant properties. Their build withstands storms, high winds, and various other factors nature throws in their direction. For the most optimized results, mounted outdoor antennas sit in cell towers' direct line of sight. Two main types of outdoor antennas exist—directional and omni-directional. Both provide varying signal casts and reaches, differing in their benefits and use.
Directional Antennas
Directional antennas, also known as Yagi antennas, send and receive signals cast in a single direction. They reach long distances and move signals from point to point, from the tower to themselves, and vice versa. Their directed connection with cell towers eliminates interfering signals from other towers and devices, in turn strengthening your signal connection.
Omni-Directional Antennas
As their name suggests, omni-directional antennas capture and transmit signals in all directions. What they lose distance-wise, they make up for in range. Like directional antennas, omni-directionals mount onto rooves and work best with a direct line of sight of cell towers.
Signal Amplifier
Once the outdoor antennas capture radio waves from nearby cell towers, they send the signals to the next main component of a booster kit, the amplifier. Amplifiers, boosters, and extenders come in varying names, but the terms all refer to the same tech. They increase the frequency rates of incoming radio waves through amplified gain, strengthening and enhancing the signals' properties.
Amplified gain refers to the input and output voltage differences. Typically, amplifiers on booster systems provide a signal gain between +50 to +70 dB, increasing the total frequency decibel of cellular signals. On average, cellular signals from towers rate anywhere between -30 to -110 dBm. Signal scores closer to zero and above -60 dBm provide you with decent to high-quality calls and connectivity.
Amplifiers are the main station of operation on a booster kit. They create the magic that transforms your signals into enhanced versions allowing you to connect, conduct, and receive optimized calls, texts, and data networks.
Indoor Antenna
Indoor antennas complete the booster's three-step process. They directly connect with a booster's amplifier. They take the newly boosted signals and transmit them into your home. Unlike outdoor antennas, indoor antennas come in more variations offering a wider spread of options and customizations for your space. The most popular indoor antennas include the dome, whip, and panel antenna. Some indoor antennas also come combined with the booster itself, providing a two-in-one component. Choosing the right antenna for your space depends on your home and needs.
Indoor antennas vary in signal casts and frequency compatibility, providing a mix of coverages. Like directional and omni-directional antennas, their range and distances differ. Things to consider that affect the type of indoor antenna best suited for your home include:
Number of floor levels
Number of rooms
Home square footage
Desired amplified gain
Number of desired covered devices
Home structural design
Desired mount options and compatibilities
Various factors affect the type of indoor antenna suited for your space, from the structural aspects of your home to your desired functionality. Certain antennas also only work with specific counterparts like certain boosters, cables, and mounts, affecting the other components of your signal boosting kit.
Cables and Accessories
Although not major components of a cellular booster kit, cables and accessories still play prominent roles in a signal boosting system. Like other equipment and mechanics that work alongside radio waves, cell signal boosters use coaxial cables, also known as radio guides (RG). These specific cables consist of a conductor core surrounded by a conducting shield, allowing converted voltages of radio waves to pass through them. Coaxial cables come in varying forms and characteristics. Other accessories that enhance signal boosters include various antenna mounts and lightning surge protectors.
Whether you live in a secluded home on a lakeside, in a small rural community, or in a highly populated area, cell booster kits maximize and optimize your local cellular signal connection. They provide you with improved signal quality and strength, ensuring your calls with loved ones, friends, and family stay on the line and transcribe loud and clear.
SureCall Boosters creates cell signal booster kits featuring all the main necessary components, paired with compatible counterparts, offering ideal cell phone boosters for homes (Canada). Installing a cell phone booster not only improves your phone user experience. They also enhance your home and life. Staying connected with those you care about ensures you maintain strong relationships, no matter the distances, and keeps you connected. Plus, in emergencies, connecting and receiving quality and strong calls can ensure your health and safety.
