I seem to recall a News program evaluating these "enhancers" and determined
no improved performance.

Jim Marsico
Senior Engineer
Production Engineering
EDO Electronics Systems Group
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        From:   [log in to unmask] [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
        Sent:   Wednesday, May 29, 2002 9:56 PM
        To:     [log in to unmask]
        Subject:        [TN] Cell phone antenna enhancers...

        Hi all!

        Gotta' pretty dumb question...but maybe not so dumb. Here in the
states,
        there seems to be a 3rd party business that has been marketing "Cell
phone
        antenna boosters" that supposedly prevents dropped calls, etc...

        Looking at the pictures that I've seen of these devices, they do
look like
        some sort of RF board, but I'm really skeptical...especially when
they always
        sell for $19.95, and you get a hands free kit for free with them.

        My first question is; why hasn't the OEM learned about, and adopted
this
        technology?

        I know there's a bunch of people on the list that are involved in
cell phone
        manufacturing, and I'd like hear "from the horses mouth" so to
speak, about
        the true effectiveness of these 3rd party devices.

        Are they a bunch of junk?

        If they are, why haven't manufacturers like Motorola, Ericsson, etc.
gone
        after them, or at least alerted the public that they are spending
money for
        nothing when buying this crap?

        Just something I thought about while watching the "boob-tube"
tonight...

        -Steve Gregory-


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