07-04-2018, 02:03 AM
Wow It has been a while.
I was at Four mile quarry off of 140 near Klamath falls, Or. for a month, did quite a bit of testing but I have to tell you that the speed test results bounced all over the place. So I think it's better to just explain what was and wasn't working.
Just sitting on the counter all of my Verizon devices were cooking to the point that the booster was actually turning down the power meaning the bars went up but the speed test went down. I had no problem using the 3G hotspot to connect my security cam to the internet and broadcast to my phone anytime I was away from the trailer. It broadcast in 1080P. Uploads to you tube with the 7730L unboosted were fast and unstopping. There were two towers on both sides of the quarry and close. I knew I had hit one of them when pointed at one gave me a -72 LTE signal.
The AT&T Mobley and my AT&T freedompop phone were connecting to one of three towers a short distance away to the south. They do not show on the maps but did on network cell info lite on the phone. On the counter both devices showed a HSPA and HSPA+ signals (3G and 4G). Using the Omni directional antenna in the booster the Mobley stayed on 4G and occasionally. Using the directional antenna kicked the Mobley up to LTE. Speeds were okay but nothing like Verizon.
Sprint was the only device to connect to the tower in Klamath falls 28 miles away but only after using the directional antenna on the booster for a few bars of LTE. I did not run a lot of test with it but for the distance it was a usable signal.
T-Mobile was the only service that I could not get to connect and like all the carriers they have a tower in Klamath falls. I believe that had I taken the hotspot in town and ran test that I would have found that they were not using band 12 because I have picked that up from a greater distance than the 28 miles to town.
The quarry is a nice place to stay. I had a spot on the mouth of a peninsula making it appear as if I had a lake to the left and right. Every morning I had my coffee with a perfect reflection of the tree covered shoreline and a snow capped mountain in the distance. I was never bothered by rangers in a month and knew of some that stayed there long term. Odessa campground up the road is much the same. The downside is that it is a huge local draw usually on the weekend with lots of music and ATV's. I have to say for as much bitching you hear about RV'rs and trash that the locals treated it like a dump. Nearly every group I saw trashed out their site and left it like someone else would pick it up. Sad really for such a beautiful spot.
Next up is just outside of Sisters, Or. I won't have time for booster testing.
I was at Four mile quarry off of 140 near Klamath falls, Or. for a month, did quite a bit of testing but I have to tell you that the speed test results bounced all over the place. So I think it's better to just explain what was and wasn't working.
Just sitting on the counter all of my Verizon devices were cooking to the point that the booster was actually turning down the power meaning the bars went up but the speed test went down. I had no problem using the 3G hotspot to connect my security cam to the internet and broadcast to my phone anytime I was away from the trailer. It broadcast in 1080P. Uploads to you tube with the 7730L unboosted were fast and unstopping. There were two towers on both sides of the quarry and close. I knew I had hit one of them when pointed at one gave me a -72 LTE signal.
The AT&T Mobley and my AT&T freedompop phone were connecting to one of three towers a short distance away to the south. They do not show on the maps but did on network cell info lite on the phone. On the counter both devices showed a HSPA and HSPA+ signals (3G and 4G). Using the Omni directional antenna in the booster the Mobley stayed on 4G and occasionally. Using the directional antenna kicked the Mobley up to LTE. Speeds were okay but nothing like Verizon.
Sprint was the only device to connect to the tower in Klamath falls 28 miles away but only after using the directional antenna on the booster for a few bars of LTE. I did not run a lot of test with it but for the distance it was a usable signal.
T-Mobile was the only service that I could not get to connect and like all the carriers they have a tower in Klamath falls. I believe that had I taken the hotspot in town and ran test that I would have found that they were not using band 12 because I have picked that up from a greater distance than the 28 miles to town.
The quarry is a nice place to stay. I had a spot on the mouth of a peninsula making it appear as if I had a lake to the left and right. Every morning I had my coffee with a perfect reflection of the tree covered shoreline and a snow capped mountain in the distance. I was never bothered by rangers in a month and knew of some that stayed there long term. Odessa campground up the road is much the same. The downside is that it is a huge local draw usually on the weekend with lots of music and ATV's. I have to say for as much bitching you hear about RV'rs and trash that the locals treated it like a dump. Nearly every group I saw trashed out their site and left it like someone else would pick it up. Sad really for such a beautiful spot.
Next up is just outside of Sisters, Or. I won't have time for booster testing.
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