o2 LTE frequencies
on 08-02-2016 01:31
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on 08-02-2016 01:31
I'm in the Northwest of England. Following some googling I've come to the conclusion LTE / 4G is served by O2 round here, on the following frequencies:
852MHz - 862MHz uplink, 811MHz - 821MHz downlink in the 800mhz FDD band 20
.. or maybe
around 1713MHz & 1808MHz in the 1800MHz paired band
Am I correct, are these the correct figures to base buying decisions and antenna design considerations on?
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on 08-02-2016 12:06
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on 08-02-2016 12:06
If it works I'll send you a Blue Peter Badge....:smileywink:
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on 08-02-2016 15:23
why don't you use a kite?
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on 08-02-2016 16:28
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on 08-02-2016 16:28
@Anonymous wrote:why don't you use a kite?
It would blow away
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on 08-02-2016 17:17
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on 08-02-2016 17:17
@MI5 wrote:
Higher frequencies can carry more traffic and will penetrate buildings better so all swings and roundabouts.
I Thought the lower the frequency the better the bulding penetration and lower capacity higher frequencies had greater capacity and poor building penetration?
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on 08-02-2016 17:19
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on 08-02-2016 17:23
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on 08-02-2016 17:23
@Anonymous Remember that you need the antennas to be wide band as the divice will be using mimo so each will be recieving and transmitting so a wide band design will be better and most also use cross polarisation between the 2 antennas for full mimo effect.
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on 08-02-2016 18:22
I wasn't sure if O2 actually did use cross-polarisation / MIMO? A question I'll have to look into..
I'm now wondering whether I'd be better with a pair of 6-element collinears cut as best as possible for the centre of the LTE frequencies of interest.. say 835MHz
http://martybugs.net/wireless/collinear.cgi
Would they be likely to be more wideband?
Not as directional as Yagis, but still with some gain and the possible added benefit of being slightly better for getting the 3G towers at all points of the compass? (although the 3G frequencies would be totally wrong for the antennas I guess)
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on 08-02-2016 18:38
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on 08-02-2016 18:38
If tuned to Center frequency it may not have a wide enough bandwidth and good Vswr to prevent damage to the transmitter. (Worth checking the impedance required as well)
I can say I have used an external mimo antenna purchased from eBay (also covered 3G frequencies) on the o2 e8278 dongle and the performance was really good form 5 mb to 25mb download speed
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on 08-02-2016 18:44
ooh.. have you got more details?
There are so many on ebay, it's hard to know which are any good and which just have a pair of SMA connectors, connected to nothing, with sheets of toilet paper inside the antenna lol
It would be good to be able to purchase something that someone else has actually had some form of positive experience with!
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on 08-02-2016 18:51
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on 08-02-2016 18:51
Mine requires ts9 connectors so cannot give exact details but was one of many advertised made by eternal comms find one that matches your dongle
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