Which band is SFR network on in France?

"John Henderson" <jhenRemoveThis@talk21.com> wrote in message
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> brian wrote:
>
> > Have a reception problem in rural France, so want to try an
> > external aerial.
> > I need to know if it is 900 or 1800 MHz to get the right
> > size.
>
> Surely you can buy a dual-band antenna. I have several
> dual-band 900/1800 MHz models.
>
> John

Yes, you can, but the single band ones are far more effective.

According to one specialist I spoke to, the dual band ones are a compromise,
thus far lower performance.

I just want to get the best I can, which will be a dual band one if I can't
establish which band SFR is on.

Brian.

"brian" <brilec.nospam@tesco.net> wrote in
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>> > Have a reception problem in rural France, so want to try an
>> > external aerial.
<snip>
> I just want to get the best I can, which will be a dual band one if I
> can't establish which band SFR is on.

Rural France + SFR = GSM 900 (precisely : ARFCNs 75 to 124)


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Cheers,

Olivier

"Olivier Boudot" <oboudotspam@freeaol.com> wrote in message
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> "brian" <brilec.nospam@tesco.net> wrote in
> news:EoFne.122$a5.85@newsfe6-win.ntli.net:
>
> >> > Have a reception problem in rural France, so want to try an
> >> > external aerial.
> <snip>
> > I just want to get the best I can, which will be a dual band one if I
> > can't establish which band SFR is on.
>
> Rural France + SFR = GSM 900 (precisely : ARFCNs 75 to 124)
>
>
> --
> Cheers,
>
> Olivier

Very many thanks,

Brian.

On Thu, 02 Jun 2005 19:56:18 +1000, John Henderson
<jhenRemoveThis@talk21.com> wrote:

>brian wrote:
>
>> Have a reception problem in rural France, so want to try an
>> external aerial.
>> I need to know if it is 900 or 1800 MHz to get the right
>> size.
>
>Surely you can buy a dual-band antenna. I have several
>dual-band 900/1800 MHz models.
>
>John

You certainly can, but frankly, a singel band antenna is likely to
perform better. A dual band has to work reasonably well on two diverse
frequencies and the fact that one is almost twice the other is close
to a Radio Frequency Engineers worst nightmare come true. Bottom line
is a design that works reasonable well for both will be no where near
optimal for either!