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Nickmb

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    The Magic Box 6 months later

    Hey you guys I have a question. I am try to attach an external antenna to the magic Box device. After taking the cover off I notice there were 2 major and antennas one  back facing out the window and 1 facing Inside. My question is the antenna facing out towards the cell tower to establish a relay connection has 5 wires going in to the central tx.rx  unit.  One wire is labeled antenna. The other 4 wires are labeled ABC and D.  Are the 4 wires label ABC and D related to 4 by 4 mimo. If so would even make sense connecting all these to a single external antenna?  Or what I in reality have to attach four external antennas to each of the 4 wires.  Any help on this matter is greatly appreciate.


     

    The Magic Box 6 months later

    15 hours ago, belusnecropolis said:

    Couple of clips and it pops off.

    That is cool. I plan to do the same.  Would you look for an antenna that is tuned for ban 25 and 41. Would you also think about putting a signal amplifier between the antenna on the roof and the cable run down to the magic Box.  I only ask I did this once before for remote Wi-Fi. I have never tried to perform this for cellular signals. Thanks

    The Magic Box 6 months later

    On 10/4/2017 at 9:05 PM, belusnecropolis said:

    Took a couple days after work but I found the Ninja modem inside this thing. Time to hook up some big 'ol antennae to this puppy.

    Hey i  I was thinking about doing the exact same thing. I could not find any screws on it though it looks like it's just a pressure fit on the outside casing.

     

    The Magic Box 6 months later

    Thanks for replying. If I turn the magic Box off, Using the app LTE discovery My phone toggles between band 25 and band 26. My signal strength is about 106 Dbm.  When I fire up the magic Box during the boot process I get exactly one bar . I was told that is enough with a magic Box to work. It is my understanding that since under normal circumstances I cannot see band 41 the magic Box is actually connecting to donor band 25. I have a new Samsung S8 with the X16 snap dragon modem. It is my understanding that modem can connect to 3 separate bands simultaneously. My fear is that when using the magic Box as you know it simulates band 41 at a strong signal And thus my phone disregards band 25 and 26 which means my over all throughput is reduced significantly. That is only my understanding. Any thoughts on this matter greatly appreciated.

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