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DIY Cell Phone Antenna

I made a decision this year that I was not going to get a land line phone (I have very fast cable internet). I have my cell phone, and my fiancee and I can talk for free between our two phones. (Sadly, she is not in the same city with me ). Anyway, after about a year of not having a land phone, I see some issues with it. The first, is if I lose my phone, I can’t contact anyone. I also sadly don’t have anyones phone numbers memorized, so if I lost my phone, I would lose contact with the world. Also, if you happen to not get the best reception in your house or apartment, it can be a real pain. Robert from robert.watkins.net had this same problem. His father bought an expensive antenna booster for his phone. Robert knew there must be a better way, so he researched it on the internet, and he came accross this article. Robert found an old dress pants hanger, the kind that you get from a dry cleaner with the cardboard tube. He then got a section of coax cable. Following the plans from the article that he found, he built his own directional antenna, connected it to a coax, and then found the appropriate connector for his phone. He said it worked great. This is a good project to learn about antenna making. It is not a trivial task. The wires have to be exactly the right length for the frequency of the phone. Anyway, go check out his Robert’s article. [Link]

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