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Yagi Antenna 11 dBi Wide Band 700MHz-2700MHz Multi RangeCell Phone 3G/4G/LTE Hotspot Compatible - RP-SMA Male to TS9 Cable 2FT connector adapterWide Range Multipurpose Log Periodic Cellular Broadband Signal BoosterCollect the cell tower signal and send it through the cable to an amplifier, cell phone or cellular data card.This unique multi-band directional antenna covers the spectrum from 800 MHz and 1.7 GHz and can be used for cellular frequencies.
Omni-directional antennas radiate in all directions. Since you know where the tower is, using a directional antenna will focus all the radiation towards the tower, which is more efficient. An example of the antenna you would want: https://www.amazon.com/Tupavco-TP545-Directional-Antenna-Adapter/dp/B078W787GR/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3HCAZXW9E9VVG&keywords=ts-9+antenna+lte+band+3&qid=1556910785&s=gateway&sprefix=ts-9+%2Caps%2C144&sr=8-3
The screenshot from your modem shows you are in band 3 LTE, which means your antenna needs to be able to transmit between 1700-1900MHz, or 1.7 - 1.9GHz. You want an antenna that ends in a TS-9 connector as that is what your modem accepts. Since my example is not a MIMO antenna, you want to connect this to the MAIN antenna port on your modem (the one closest to the USB port).
The antenna on your serving cell can be of two different polarities: vertical or horizontal. Try mounting the antenna both "tall" and "flat" to see which configuration gives you the best results.
Your download signal levels (what you see in the modem) are excellent. However, it is still possible that your upload signal levels (from your modem to the tower) are poor, which can affect your throughput. You cannot directly see what your upload levels are since those are visible only on the tower side of the connection. The antenna may help if this is the issue, but I will caution you that given those download signal levels, you may find the antenna will not help. I understand the desire for faster internet though so I don't blame you if you still want to try. Good luck!
I'm wondering if manual band selection is going to help me? Looking at Cellmapper.net, the closest tower is about 13mi away, and has bands 2 and 4. there are two more only a couple miles further that have bands 4, 12, 17, and 30. I don't really know much about any of this, as far as what bands are better, etc.
What yagi antenna's would you recommend? was looking at this one, but sounds like there's issues with it's cable/connection...https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078W787GR/ref=emc_b_5_t
thanks for your reply. I've seen your posts in some other threads.