Pleased to see this crap finally tested. I mistakenly bought one about a year ago. My intention was to re coax before using but when I saw what was inside I didn’t bother spending any more time on it. Just on shelf now awaiting a future project as the case might come in. Pleased also that you’re now looking at these Lte 3/4G antennas. Great video content as always.
I've always enjoyed and learned from your videos Andrew and can't wait for the next one. I myself have recently taken up interest in 4g LTE so I am happy to see you have as well.. :)
finally i found your video. im almost buy this thing too. but after remember biquad yagi antenna of your channel, this video make me sure i must build own antenna for match correct frequency and give real gain rather than buy on market
Thank you Andrew, I keep learning and discovering 'art of antennas' I just buy a nanovna2 to trying go deeper in my experiments and I would love to see some review from you :-) Anyway, thank you very very much
Thank you for breaking open and testing an LTE antenna. Chinese engineers achieved their design goal when you clicked the buy button. No takey back. Russian 4G antennas have a good reputation but they stick to the middle bands at 1800MHz. In the U.S. I mostly connect at 800 on the main and 1900 or 2600MHz on the diversity; which makes it difficult to find a good antenna.
@@dazmatic lot of parabolic antenna 4g have that. In AliExpress. Expensive because the antenna really big, heavy and REAL high gain but worth for money
Very good and informative video Andrew thanks! I was looking at one of these "Antennas" today with the idea of purchasing one to see it they were any good...as always...I do my research before buying anything from ebay but especially from China as they have ebay flooded with crap but I suppose if ebay are making money from selling Chinese crap they're happy...too bad about the purchasers of the stuff! Out of interest...which type of coax would you recommend for those bands of interest that the mobile phones use? Again...thanks for a very good video!
Thanks Andrew, very nice to know. I was lucky to find your test on the internet just before I was going to order. It saved me € 20, waiting time and disappointment. What "cheap" external 3G 4G LTE antenna would you recommend, working ok around 2600Mhz. Have you tested any Wireless WiFi Repeater Wifi Extender, is there anyone you can recommend or are they also "nice but fake"
Very interesting video Andrew - I'm really looking forward to your analysis of further 4G LTE antennas. I've found your WiFi antenna videos very interesting but not directly relevant to my purpose of WiFi in a caravan. I bought this exact same antenna for £49.99 on the recommendation of another UA-camr who I thought knew his way around such technology - he's even got an affiliate link to the Amazon listing of this chinese con-job, which advertises it as having a 35dB gain. I know it's the same antenna because I pulled mine apart too after having used it on my Huawei B525s LTE router, which didn't even recognise it as an external antenna when plugged in. I eventually got my money back having complained on much the same grounds as you list in your video. My guess is that this is basically an old superceded narrowband WiFi antenna which has been hacked. I've now bought an Alfa AOA-4G-8F which I'm hoping will work much better.
The antenna you list looks good. Can I use that Alfa you list to plug into a device with two TS-9 connections? I was just about to buy one of these then found this video.
Now I know why mine doesn't "work" ROFL. I can live with the prototype appearance / build quality because it's the element dimensions that are important. BUT ..... the connection of both leads to the same point is just OMFG. And to compound the reckless design, the lossy coax cable tops it off. When I bought mine, a cynical / suspicious mate quipped the 5m cables probly had 2dB/m loss. Jeez - he was not wrong. 😅🤣😂🤪 Now to find some decent cable and do a bit of fiddling.
Hi Andrew. For months I've been driven mad by crawling download speeds and slooooooooowwwww response on my 4G USB Huawei 3372 modem. (Poor reception area). Optus. 990 MHz band. I had bought two of these 'things', one to to plug in to my modem, but the other was for a router. Couldn't be much difference, but internally, there was. I was aiming to have separate antennas, with 5 metres separation. Anyway, after dismemberment, I found significant differences between antenna elements on the pcb. I removed the large rectangular brass elements from each and correctly reattached the coax. BTW - I cut all but a few inches of the 'chinese coax' and used good quality low-loss patch cables to connect to the modem's antennas. At this stage it's a very Heath Robinson looking affair, with each pcb lying on my desk and cables running hither and thither. 😝🤪😜 Now the good bit. ):-] Using Ookla speed test, at 10am (usually next to no performance then), I achieved 4-5 MBit download speed (ok - not much, but that's all I need), But but but... a 15mS ping. What a difference that makes when browsing!!! Is there a way I can post a pic of the contraption for the amusement/enjoyment of everyone else here? Cheers. John C.
I understand why my internal router's antennas receive much better than this external antenna, I will try to change these sheet metal plates with real antennas! thank you !
Hi thanks for your video and the hard work you've put in in making it ...could you please tell me what all would I need to boost my cellular phone network signals inside the house ...thx
I Tryed bending up the last 3/4g antenna but couldn't get it looking good at all. It was very hard to bend the brass welding wire, perhaps my gauge was too big. I'm looking forward to seeing the tests on the 3/4g Yagi projects.
Dr. Sir ..i'm from sri lanka . u'r channel is very very useful..i like to know .. what is the most suitable caox cable for 2300-2600mhz range ..normally i used rg6u coax but it 75 ohm . but i want to use 50ohm cable for my 4g antennas they are price is very high
Can you recommend a good place to buy a decent length of coax cable with SMA connectors already attached? I have a Pontying Antenna for my LTE+ antenna but the cable was cut and I'd like to rebuild it. Great video as usual.
you save me.. i want to buy 4g lte antenna and this was one of my top list... i hope you show us your own build so we can do the same.. and for lte sginal what coaxe cable do you suggest. for best sginal and minimal loss.. ty
I always find 4G antenna frequency interesting. #1 you don't need an external antenna in good signal areas. #2 in bad signal areas, the highest frequencies are the first to drop out. Depending on your provider, look up what are the lowest 4G frequencies they support and then buy an antenna for that range. For instance "4GX" in Australia operates around 750MHz. There are other supported 4G frequencies from same carrier, but they are typically over 1GHz and far from a tower, useless. In low signal areas, choose low frequency, it travels further. Antenna type? Fixed position, a yagi. On the move, an omni "whip" type. Test using a mobile app like LTE Discovery.
Thanks a lot for this review Andrew!!!! Just saved me a few bobs as I was about to order one... Probably the most useful thing would be the coax with the sma connector and even not sure about that... I think I'll go with your biquad designs...
Sir i have actually zero knowledge of antennas,can you plz help me out with one.I was gonna order this antenna untill i saw this video.I will buy a high range antenna or cantenna which you suggest🙂
Thank you very very much Andrew! I have this antenna on my van and have had the results you expressed. tried soldering my own IPEX pigtails on that coax and found the cable center and sheath is copper coated aluminum so as soon as you heat and get that coating off or get to the edge of the cut wire by soldering it won't tin and ruins your soldering iron tip no mater the flux. Now you have fully proven my thoughts by taking it apart and showing me the abomination i thought it was. its coming off the roof of the van in the morning. I already have an Antenna Vector Analyzer now and have built some ground plane antennas to exact frequency with success. Just finished a set of Bi-Quad antennas i have made along with type-N and sma connectors for me to do testing and mounting tomorrow. Subscribed due to this video, 73s from SW1IUK currently residing in Australia. :-)
I have this one, this makes Band 41 (which I originally can receive) weak. But makes LTE Band 3 and 28 stronger. But still it's kinda slow. I might plan to buy an original from Globe ISP (Many are selling original of those online). That have thicker coax and might be better.
I known its a waste. But it would be cool to see the fins cut straight and put back together, see how much it could improve without the horrible sssembly. Thanks for the videos
Eu uso ns minhas antenas cabo rgc213, pois aproveito todo o potencial da antena, muito bom essas informações que vc mostra, eu queria saber a medida desse circuito impresso, excelente! Pagamos caro por antenas chinesas de baixa qualidade!. Abraços!!!
What a mess, it's more of a bad terminator than an antenna. However on the bright side, the VSWR might actually measure as 1.4 or better, since all the forward and reverse power gets wasted in the cheap coax anyway. Interesting look at this thing, I guess they tried to match it for the 1880MHz LTE band used in most of europe.
Pleased to see this crap finally tested. I mistakenly bought one about a year ago. My intention was to re coax before using but when I saw what was inside I didn’t bother spending any more time on it. Just on shelf now awaiting a future project as the case might come in.
Pleased also that you’re now looking at these Lte 3/4G antennas.
Great video content as always.
To bad you didn't have a wall of shame. I have followed you for years and really appreciate the work and testing you do!
Great expose Andrew - - Where would we be without a Network Analyser ???
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Is there a 4g LTE antenna that you recommend for sale on Amazon. I’m using the Mofi - 4GXeLTE V2.router. Thx
I've always enjoyed and learned from your videos Andrew and can't wait for the next one. I myself have recently taken up interest in 4g LTE so I am happy to see you have as well.. :)
finally i found your video. im almost buy this thing too.
but after remember biquad yagi antenna of your channel, this video make me sure i must build own antenna for match correct frequency and give real gain rather than buy on market
Thank you Andrew, I keep learning and discovering 'art of antennas'
I just buy a nanovna2 to trying go deeper in my experiments and I would love to see some review from you :-)
Anyway, thank you very very much
Thank you for breaking open and testing an LTE antenna. Chinese engineers achieved their design goal when you clicked the buy button. No takey back. Russian 4G antennas have a good reputation but they stick to the middle bands at 1800MHz. In the U.S. I mostly connect at 800 on the main and 1900 or 2600MHz on the diversity; which makes it difficult to find a good antenna.
This is true. The UK use 800mhz in a lot of rural areas and I'm struggling to find an antenna that will provide suitable gains
@@dazmatic lot of parabolic antenna 4g have that. In AliExpress. Expensive because the antenna really big, heavy and REAL high gain but worth for money
Very good and informative video Andrew thanks! I was looking at one of these "Antennas" today with the idea of purchasing one to see it they were any good...as always...I do my research before buying anything from ebay but especially from China as they have ebay flooded with crap but I suppose if ebay are making money from selling Chinese crap they're happy...too bad about the purchasers of the stuff! Out of interest...which type of coax would you recommend for those bands of interest that the mobile phones use? Again...thanks for a very good video!
Thanks Andrew, very nice to know.
I was lucky to find your test on the internet just before I was going to order.
It saved me € 20, waiting time and disappointment.
What "cheap" external 3G 4G LTE antenna would you recommend, working ok around 2600Mhz.
Have you tested any Wireless WiFi Repeater Wifi Extender, is there anyone you can recommend or are they also "nice but fake"
Lot of thanks for this valuable and detailed video.. I am sure youtube wont list your videos in recommendation, Dragon daddy wouldnt be happy!!
Very interesting video Andrew - I'm really looking forward to your analysis of further 4G LTE antennas. I've found your WiFi antenna videos very interesting but not directly relevant to my purpose of WiFi in a caravan. I bought this exact same antenna for £49.99 on the recommendation of another UA-camr who I thought knew his way around such technology - he's even got an affiliate link to the Amazon listing of this chinese con-job, which advertises it as having a 35dB gain. I know it's the same antenna because I pulled mine apart too after having used it on my Huawei B525s LTE router, which didn't even recognise it as an external antenna when plugged in. I eventually got my money back having complained on much the same grounds as you list in your video. My guess is that this is basically an old superceded narrowband WiFi antenna which has been hacked. I've now bought an Alfa AOA-4G-8F which I'm hoping will work much better.
The antenna you list looks good. Can I use that Alfa you list to plug into a device with two TS-9 connections? I was just about to buy one of these then found this video.
Now I know why mine doesn't "work" ROFL.
I can live with the prototype appearance / build quality because it's the element dimensions that are important. BUT ..... the connection of both leads to the same point is just OMFG.
And to compound the reckless design, the lossy coax cable tops it off.
When I bought mine, a cynical / suspicious mate quipped the 5m cables probly had 2dB/m loss. Jeez - he was not wrong. 😅🤣😂🤪
Now to find some decent cable and do a bit of fiddling.
Thank you for making us save our money.
Thanks mate, I was gonna purchase this to test and luckily found your video. Saved me $20.
Your welcome and yes its bad
Hi Andrew.
For months I've been driven mad by crawling download speeds and slooooooooowwwww response on my 4G USB Huawei 3372 modem. (Poor reception area).
Optus. 990 MHz band.
I had bought two of these 'things', one to to plug in to my modem, but the other was for a router. Couldn't be much difference, but internally, there was. I was aiming to have separate antennas, with 5 metres separation.
Anyway, after dismemberment, I found significant differences between antenna elements on the pcb.
I removed the large rectangular brass elements from each and correctly reattached the coax. BTW - I cut all but a few inches of the 'chinese coax' and used good quality low-loss patch cables to connect to the modem's antennas.
At this stage it's a very Heath Robinson looking affair, with each pcb lying on my desk and cables running hither and thither. 😝🤪😜
Now the good bit. ):-]
Using Ookla speed test, at 10am (usually next to no performance then), I achieved 4-5 MBit download speed (ok - not much, but that's all I need),
But but but... a 15mS ping.
What a difference that makes when browsing!!!
Is there a way I can post a pic of the contraption for the amusement/enjoyment of everyone else here?
Cheers.
John C.
I understand why my internal router's antennas receive much better than this external antenna, I will try to change these sheet metal plates with real antennas! thank you !
highly educational Andrew. thank you 👍
Glad I've seen this video, I was going to buy it.
What 4G LTE antenna (brand/model) do you recommend?
Hi thanks for your video and the hard work you've put in in making it ...could you please tell me what all would I need to boost my cellular phone network signals inside the house ...thx
excelente buen contenido my brother saludos desde colombia
I Tryed bending up the last 3/4g antenna but couldn't get it looking good at all. It was very hard to bend the brass welding wire, perhaps my gauge was too big. I'm looking forward to seeing the tests on the 3/4g Yagi projects.
Which antenna you recommend? Thank you for the amazing review
Thanks for review.
I almost bought this antenna
Glad I could help
Dr. Sir ..i'm from sri lanka . u'r channel is very very useful..i like to know .. what is the most suitable caox cable for 2300-2600mhz range ..normally i used rg6u coax but it 75 ohm . but i want to use 50ohm cable for my 4g antennas they are price is very high
You might get away with rg-58, it's 50 ohm, popular with ham radio. Pretty cheap.
revisited this video. any idea what i can do with the parts? the cable is rubbish ,the board is crap, but what about the remains?
hich ones have you tested ans would suggest for marine use? cheers
Can you recommend a good place to buy a decent length of coax cable with SMA connectors already attached? I have a Pontying Antenna for my LTE+ antenna but the cable was cut and I'd like to rebuild it. Great video as usual.
you save me.. i want to buy 4g lte antenna and this was one of my top list... i hope you show us your own build so we can do the same.. and for lte sginal what coaxe cable do you suggest. for best sginal and minimal loss.. ty
I always find 4G antenna frequency interesting. #1 you don't need an external antenna in good signal areas. #2 in bad signal areas, the highest frequencies are the first to drop out.
Depending on your provider, look up what are the lowest 4G frequencies they support and then buy an antenna for that range. For instance "4GX" in Australia operates around 750MHz. There are other supported 4G frequencies from same carrier, but they are typically over 1GHz and far from a tower, useless. In low signal areas, choose low frequency, it travels further.
Antenna type? Fixed position, a yagi. On the move, an omni "whip" type. Test using a mobile app like LTE Discovery.
Which 4g antenna would you recommend for three mobile?
Thats the one im using, i installed it in an old satelite dish, it works without the dish but needs to be 20ft up.... looking forward to that yagi....
Sir,please make a powerful long range 4g antenna.I searched your channel but didn't found any 4g antenna you should focus on 4g antenna...Thanks
My favourite channel
Thanks a lot for this review Andrew!!!! Just saved me a few bobs as I was about to order one... Probably the most useful thing would be the coax with the sma connector and even not sure about that... I think I'll go with your biquad designs...
Sir i have actually zero knowledge of antennas,can you plz help me out with one.I was gonna order this antenna untill i saw this video.I will buy a high range antenna or cantenna which you suggest🙂
Thank you for the truth 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Andrew,I was hoping you would drop a video on cellular jammers,3G and 4G to be precise. I feel you are capable
Thank you very very much Andrew! I have this antenna on my van and have had the results you expressed. tried soldering my own IPEX pigtails on that coax and found the cable center and sheath is copper coated aluminum so as soon as you heat and get that coating off or get to the edge of the cut wire by soldering it won't tin and ruins your soldering iron tip no mater the flux. Now you have fully proven my thoughts by taking it apart and showing me the abomination i thought it was. its coming off the roof of the van in the morning. I already have an Antenna Vector Analyzer now and have built some ground plane antennas to exact frequency with success. Just finished a set of Bi-Quad antennas i have made along with type-N and sma connectors for me to do testing and mounting tomorrow. Subscribed due to this video, 73s from SW1IUK currently residing in Australia. :-)
Glad it helped
Finaly thise antenna is good or not for 4g? Thnx
Can’t you built a proper 4g lte antenna for1800mhz with all your knowledge and show us how its done. That would would be good .
What you think about stacked biquad and triple biquad antena ?
Sorry i dont understand.....this is good or bad antenna? :)
Thank you for this video.
Funny got given one these won't bother with it no
w so what's the best 3g 4g antenna you can buy..
Poynting, arguably. Panorama also make decent ones.
@@luc5543 Alfa Network antennas are much better value than the Poyntings, although Alfa only seem to make SISO antennas.
Would love to see you test a Proxicast Omni.
But how does it compare to your rusty nail? But seriously, thanks for another informative video.
I have this one, this makes Band 41 (which I originally can receive) weak. But makes LTE Band 3 and 28 stronger. But still it's kinda slow. I might plan to buy an original from Globe ISP (Many are selling original of those online). That have thicker coax and might be better.
Can you make,biquad double biquad,helical phase array antena for fpv?
Would you be able to show us how to build a 4G antenna please?
I known its a waste. But it would be cool to see the fins cut straight and put back together, see how much it could improve without the horrible sssembly. Thanks for the videos
Even if the antenna works OK at 2 Ghz the long length of coax will have so much loss that it will kill all the signal!
Eu uso ns minhas antenas cabo rgc213, pois aproveito todo o potencial da antena, muito bom essas informações que vc mostra, eu queria saber a medida desse circuito impresso, excelente! Pagamos caro por antenas chinesas de baixa qualidade!. Abraços!!!
Thank you
Good job sir ...
Wonder if this would work with a GOES application? 1688mhz.
flamin eck - how can they NOT get wide bandwidth with a radome that size and at those freqs? You could fit a dustbin in there!
Size isn't everything - lol
A Slim-Jim for 3G 4G LTE might be much better.
Looks like someone just threw some scrap metal together to make it radiate somwhat at plenty of different frequencies.
i have one of these used to boost my 3g/4g signal. I connected to my booster... it didn't make one bit of difference... now i know why. piece of....
What a mess, it's more of a bad terminator than an antenna. However on the bright side, the VSWR might actually measure as 1.4 or better, since all the forward and reverse power gets wasted in the cheap coax anyway.
Interesting look at this thing, I guess they tried to match it for the 1880MHz LTE band used in most of europe.
Спасибо за видео. Это польская антенна, хоть и изготовлена в Китае. Хорошо увидел что у неё внутри. Теперь не буду покупать такую.
High gain antenna and 5m of cheap cable is already a bad start.
just what I need
Will this cause crazy conspiracy nuts to break into my home to burn the antenna down?
I think I have this antenna, it's not very good...
Considering opening it up now.
probably a 3g antenna repurposed?
👍👍👍👍👍
thats why my friend wifi modem doesn't get good signal in 700mhz only in 1800mhz🤔👌👍
I have this. It’s trash. Don’t recommend it. Save your 45 dollars. Go with some thing high brand.
like wats a good 1?
@@NOMAD-LEISURE a directional yagi antenna
спасибо! В русском ютуб нету этого!!!
Its part of the great Chinese rip off….
What 4G LTE antenna (brand/model) do you recommend?