Cell Phone Booster Installation?

[Geoff Orth]

I have a F-350 pickup w/ a Northland Polar 860 slide-in camper. There is no pass-thru between the truck cab and the camper and the camper is a “cab over” style blocking the roof of the truck. I would like to have an installation that would provide coverage in both the camper (when stopped) and the cab of the truck (when moving). I’m considering either the Smoothtalk Mobile X6, SureCall Fusion2Go 3.0 or WeBoost Drive 4G-X installed in the following configuration:
1) exterior 2″ antenna mounted on the roof of the camper via a 13″ sheet metal shield, coaxial passing thru an existing port;
2) booster mounted in the cabin of the camper;
3) two inside patch antennas connected to the booster via an A/B switch
– one antenna, 4′ cable, mounted inside the camper;
– one antenna, 15′ cable, mounted inside the cab of the truck;
4) the A/B switch would control which patch antenna is active.
Does this seem reasonable? Do you have a recommendation for a A/B switch? Any other suggestions?
Thanks for your help!
Geoff

2006 Ford F-350 crew cab, utility bed, 4WD, DRW
2007 Northland Polar 860

[John Perz]

Weboost doesn’t sell A/B switches, but does sell splitters. I’m guessing that means they think the splitter is a better way to go.

https://www.weboost.com/accessories/splitters

Regards
John
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[Geoff Orth]

You’re correct. Both Smoothtalker and Wilson recommend a splitter. I assumed that there would be a 50% signal loss per channel… its actually only -3dB per channel. They both advise against a A/B switch.

2006 Ford F-350 crew cab, utility bed, 4WD, DRW
2007 Northland Polar 860

[Geoff Orth]

Hmmm… Guess my assumption was correct:

Good Day
Pls note that every 3db is 1/2 the power
Thank you
info@smoothtalker.com

So looking again for a high quality A/B switch.
Geoff

2006 Ford F-350 crew cab, utility bed, 4WD, DRW
2007 Northland Polar 860

[Pete Horneck]

Geoff,
Did you come up with a solution and if so how does it perform?
I have a Weboost and was going to start with the patch antenna at the cab window.

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[Geoff Orth]

No solution and its getting to the end of the season up here, so will deal with it next year. Likely go w/ some variation of what you’re proposing:
1) exterior 2″ antenna mounted on the roof of the camper via a 13″ sheet metal shield, coaxial passing thru an existing port (or thru the refrigerator’s roof vent);
2) booster mounted in the cabin of the camper;
3) an inside patch antennas mounted near the front of the camper’s galley (hoping that it will have enough strength to reach the cab of the truck).
Look forward to hearing how it works for you.

2006 Ford F-350 crew cab, utility bed, 4WD, DRW
2007 Northland Polar 860

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