@S1GAR wrote -
from the looks of things i will be best either using ports 3 & 4 or using the splitters and ports 1 & 3 off one cable and 2 & 4 off another.
i am using https://www.cellmapper.net/ for the mast locations but does anyone have anything better?
the coverage, it will be in location LL54 5TW. i can get full 5g on the beach 500 meters away and 4 bars of 4g outside the caravan but its pants inside!
As you say the External Antenna you are looking at is 2x2 Mimo (4/5G) so all you can really do is use the 2x2 Mimo on one of the Antenna Port Pairs of the Router (so either 1 & 2 or 3 & 4) you have to see which Port Pairs gives you best results. I was hoping to get my hands on one of these Routers for evaluation testing so I could identify exactly which Ports did what and put this thing to bed once and for all, but it never happened, so that's all on hold for the time being. I do have my suspensions now that out of the 4 Antenna Ports, 2 of the Ports could be for Upper 5G Bands Only (3.5ghz Band 78) and the other 2 Ports could be for 4G Bands as an NR SA Anchor, but in reality the only real way forward for now is to use a Full Band 4/5G Antenna that is 4x4 Mimo configured, that way your covered for all the possibilities. Ive actually already got a a brand new Poynting 4x4 MiMo All Band 4/5G Antenna sitting in a box that I was going to use for the testing, I chose the Poynting over the Polish one that has been discussed on here due to its smaller size as the Polish one is massive.
On the Cable Splitters, personally I wouldn't use them, doing this is just going to impair the Antennas Design and Performance and you just cannot magic something like a 2x2 Designed Antenna to perform like a 4x4, but more important from a Tech point of view it just doesn't work that way by T Piecing an Antenna into 2 separate Transmitters plus you are feeding an Transmitter Output Port into another Receiver Input Port, but that's your call end of the day.
On the Cellmapper, thats probably the best Freebie one to use, as EE will not tell you their Mast Locations, but remember Cellmapper relies on User Intervention to keep it up to date, so if need be you could always become a Free Member and start to add to the Mapping your self as you Drive around the Area. There are some better Mast Location App like MastData but they rely on paid Monthly Subscriptions as its more of a Tool for Pro Users, so yea just stick with Cellmapper.
On your Post Code Area, looks like there are no 5G Masts in your location, so you probably picking up some 5G across the Sea (RF Signals Travel quiet well over Water) if I was to hazard a guess I would say your picking 5G from some 5G Masts in the Anglesey or Liedwigan Areas North of you.
