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hi Sean, I have a huawei b525 on three network. I got a 4g directional antenna and faced it towards the nearest mast. My speeds improved greatly from 7mbps to 12mbps however in the evening i lose my speeds again to 0.20mbps. I was told if I re-direct my antenna to another mast which is west of the mast Im currently using my speeds would increase more as three have two masts at this location. My antenna is mounted on back of my house and to face it the other direction I would have to move to front of house but cable is only 10 meters and not long enough. My router is in the back of house and can’t move to front. will my antenna work in attic if i face towards that mast?. I mounted it on gable of house but it is now facing straight at house gable wall for me to point the direction I need it for new mast. Im getting speeds of up to between 22 and 32mbps upload. I can put it back of house again on higher pole but it still won’t be clear of roof for clear line of sight to mast. Would my roof block signal?
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Thanks for your fast reply. Can I also ask. When checking comreg for masts I noticed there is mast in nearby town which is 4 km away me in line of sight. I can point antenna there no problem but would it pick up signal. I maybe wrong but I thought I read in another article of yours that masts in towns and urban areas dont send signal far enough. Hence reason I'm attempting to line it up with mast in rural area. The mast I was pointing to which is nearest to me has one mast and that has umts and lte. Another mast which I'm now pointing through gable wall has two masts both list umts and lte. But the one in town also has both listing umts lte. I can point it to town from back of my house as I can see mast tower clear
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It's worth giving the town mast a try, particularly if it's something you can do without taking down the antenna. 4km should be near enough, particularly if there is just one mast with Three in the town.
You can use the Android App huaCtrl to check the signal reading, i.e. try to get the highest positive SINR (signal quality) value, then check how the speed compares.