Phone up the Mast.....

Sumner

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Jan 31, 2009
5,254
Macgregor & Endeavour 26S and 37 Utah's Canyon Country
When we were in the Bahamas at times we had no cell service. All U Get mentioned that they raise their cell phone up the mast.

We started to to the same and got good reception in places where there was none with the phone down below. Sometimes just putting it on top of the dodger made the difference between a very week signal to a very nice one,

Sumner
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1300 miles to The Bahamas and Back in the Mac...
Endeavour 37 Mods...

MacGregor 26-S Mods...http://purplesagetradingpost.com/sumner/endeavour-main/endeavour-index.html
Mac Trips to Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Canada, Florida, Bahamas
 
Feb 14, 2014
7,399
Hunter 430 Waveland, MS
We use this up to 20 miles offshore in an iPhone sized water proof bag.
Run it up the pennant line.
https://www.amazon.com/AT-Velocity-Mobile-Hotspot-Black/dp/B0747TGWWY/ref=sxin_7_ac_d_rm?keywords=at&t+hotspot+device&pd_rd_i=B0747TGWWY&pd_rd_r=11667083-33f9-48f8-a5ed-6a7e74fdb690&pd_rd_w=aP7WX&pd_rd_wg=Qcq3y&pf_rd_p=0bc35c17-1e0d-4808-b361-20ab11b00973&pf_rd_r=JSE7BH5C1T03Q9CNNHKB&qid=1559648913&s=gateway

It is a WiFi router for all our devices aboard and guests can link up too.
Jim...

PS: Cheaper to lose and very durable, banging around up there.
PSS: We added one of these to the water proof bag for weekend use.
https://www.amazon.com/Anker-PowerC...559649691&s=gateway&sprefix=power+ban,aps,376
 
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Oct 2, 2008
3,807
Pearson/ 530 Strafford, NH
The PO of our boat had a booster for phones with an antenna at the top of our mast. I just have to figure out how to utilize that old antenna. Reverse engineering a boat takes time.

Good picture Sumner.
 
Nov 8, 2010
11,386
Beneteau First 36.7 & 260 Minneapolis MN & Bayfield WI
We did the same thing and the Grenadines and in Greece. I found my iPhone XR had a better radio & antenna than my iPad Pro. That was good because while they both have hotspot capability, the iPad has a better screen to work on! :)