Cell Phone Antenna

Mobile or "cell" phones work through a system of radio waves and towers or antennas to transmit calls. Since cell phones rely on radio waves, and radio waves travel though the air, completing calls can, at times, be unreliable. Like other radio transmissions, cell phone calls can be interrupted by severe weather, large buildings, or other objects between you and the nearest cell tower.

A number of factors can interrupt or prevent the completion of a call. Even when a carrier offers coverage in a certain geographic area, you may not be able to complete a call due to limitations in network architecture (where antennas are located), capacity (how many callers are using the airwaves/antenna at a given time), and topography (your surroundings.

When a carrier fails to hand off a call in progress as a consumer travels from one part of the carrier's network to another, it is called a "dropped call." A dropped call usually occurs when you are on the move and there are too few (or no) antennas in the area where you are traveling; the network architecture is limited. If there are no available antennas for you to use, your call has nowhere to go, so it gets dropped by the system.

Generation 2 Cell Phone Antenna Boosters can help out when it comes to those "dropped calls" by increasing the power to your cell phone by extending your antenna power which in turn will give you a better reception.

Cell Phone Antenna 

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