AMR985 Performance

nickq

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Hi, I've just installed the AMR985 kit and tried it out parked on my drive. So far it is very dissapointing.
When I place the phone in the motorhome and use it as a hotspot I was getting around 40Mbps DL on a relatively poor 4G connection.
So I put the sim into the AMR985 expecting a better signal, this was not the case. In the AMR I was getting around 2Mbps!
I tried a smarty sim and an EE sim, both tried in slot 1 only. I even tried disconnecting the antenna connections to check it was doing something and sure enough the signal dropped from -51dB to -81dB in the AMR GUI.

I checked the 4G band my phone is picking up and it is band 3 which is in the 1805-1880MHz frequency range. I can only assume the AMR is not well suited to this band and was picking up something else. Maybe it will work better in a rural location? I hope so.

Anyway, has anyone else had a similar experience?
I have emailed support so will see what they come up with also.

Thanks, Nick.
 
Update: today it seems to be working well. Strange, but now I'm getting around 30Mpbs both down and up.
I'm getting performance almost as good as a phone which is expected in a good signal area.
Looking forward to trying it where the phone has issues...
 
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