Reddit reviews Proxicast 25 ft Low-Loss Coax Extension Cable (50 Ohm) - SMA Male to N Male - for 3G/4G/LTE/Ham/ADS-B/GPS/RF Radio to Antenna or Surge Arrester Use (Not for TV or WiFi)
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N Male to SMA Male Jumper CableConnect from SMA Equipment to N-Style Antennas25 ft Low-Loss LMR240 Size Coax - 40% Less Loss than RG8X CoaxGold Plated Signal Pins - Heat Shrink on Both EndsCompatible with all SMA-based equipment including modems and routers from Cisco, Cradlepoint, Digi, MoFi, Pepwave, Proxicast, Sierra Wireless and many others
>How exactly would I install or use something like the MOFI 4500?
Basically you get a compatible SIM, install it in the Mofi, configure it, and you're ready to go. Configuration is often as easy as logging into the Mofi and changing the default passwords with the rest being plug and play. If it doesn't fire right up things can get a little fiddly as Mofi documentation is not great.
>Is this what I want? MOFI4500? Is it just a router that picks up the signal from the tower and turns it into a regular router?
Yes that's it, it's basically like a normal cellular hotspot except is has ethernet ports and can use an external antenna. The external antenna is the key part for you, probably.
>Could I attach a stronger directional antenna to it such as This?
Yes you can. Make sure to get a compatible cable (example)
>Also, what would I do about the Verizon sim card? Isn't it possible to get an unlimited one somewhere?
If you don't care about unlimited you can just get one from Verizon. You could buy a hotspot plan and just take it out of their hotspot. Not sure if they would sell you a bare SIM with service, never tried. They will throttle you to 600Kb after 10GB of data.
If you want unlimited then you're into something like Unlimitedville or grey market eBay (example, this is not an endorsement). The grey market sellers are often happy to send you just the SIM versus a whole hotspot. Note the risk with those guys is there is no contract, so if they terminate service and disappear with your money you have no recourse. But, you pay month to month so generally your risk is limited to one month's fees.
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I have one proxicast yagi antenna and 25 foot lmr400 cables and I can not find a signal above -114 RSRP and -19 RSRQ. I tried aiming it where the tower is and tried microcorrecting for atleast a good 6+ hours and I have not found a single spot where it would get any better. I tried mounting the antenna to a 16 foot pole and moved it around various locations and had it hooked to the Nighthawk and that didn't help either. Using my Netgear Aircard mimo works better mounted to a window with aluminum foil which doesn't make sense. I can get -108 RSRP and -14 RSRQ - It's rare to see that but it can. Usually I get -113 RSRP and -17 RSRQ as of late. I see average speeds of 3mbps Down and 0.03mbps Up with the Netgear Aircard and with the Proxicast I get 2mbps Down and the Upload usually won't even finish in speed tests. 2 Times however using the Proxicast I seen 10mbps down and 50 Up which never happened again - I wish I could see this happen again - I left it exactly the same and no results after waiting for hours and resetting and calling At&t and unplugging it and moving the antenna again and rechecking the cables and factory resetting. I'm probably just going to send the stuff back It's so frustrating spending hours upon hours and not seeing any real results. PS. I live in a very poor signal area and seeing 2 bars is really rare in the window - throughout the house and even outside I can't seem to find a signal. I have turned off stream saver. Antenna
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A big problem I have is the latency is so bad when it hops to a lower RSRP and RSRQ - which it will go from -110 to -116 pretty commonly so 60ms turns into 700ms or even higher : (