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Motorola Droid 2
External antenna jack on Droid 2 ?
Thanks, and best regards-
Pyzon
As to the utility of an antenna jack, this is simply about the physics. The frequencies over which current 3g phone services run are short wavelength and aren't enhanced with external whip antennas. If they were, manufacturers would provide them.
anon99 said:
As to the utility of an antenna jack, this is simply about the physics. The frequencies over which current 3g phone services run are short wavelength and aren't enhanced with external whip antennas. If they were, manufacturers would provide them.
Clearly, you don't understand the physics, then.
If you get an antenna designed to work at the frequencies involved, getting the antenna away further away from physical objects (like the human body) that can block those high frequencies is always beneficial.
Also, if you are using it inside your car, truck, rv, etc, you are inside a giant metal box with a few holes in it. The metal parts will keep the signal from efficiently getting out. If ...
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Sure, you could stick an antenna up on your roof, run coax and plug it into your phone. Thus making your phone no longer mobile. The droid jack is a service port, not an antenna port. According to the engineers at Motorola it is only for testing during manufacturing. It has limited number of insertions and will fail quickly if used for an external antenna port. It would be a stupid place to put an antenna jack. Any apparent benefit is due to induction.
If you need to boost signal, get an external signal booster.