Proxicast 4G/5G External Magnetic Antenna - 7 dBi Loaded Coil with SMA & TS9 Connectors Compatible with AT&T Nighthawk, Verizon Jetpack, Cradlepoint, Pepwave, MoFi, Digi, Sierra (ANT-124-95G-2PK)

I use these antennas with a Verizon hotspot while livestreaming sports games. I was looking to improve my connection reliability in fringe areas. These improved my connectivity immensely. In one location, I had historically seen 20% packet drops on my stream, but after connecting these (same location), the packet drops went to zero. (This is over a two hour stream each time.). I would highly recommend.

Important note: I use these mounted outside - toThe roof of whatever (always parked) vehicle I am in or carried with me if I am hiking out to a spot to work.Pros: I am often in a remote forest with one bar of LTE on my phone - messages had to be sent as texts, not able to get photos, certainly no able to browse the web. The Verizon MiFi alone was a bit of an improvement, but it was slow & a disappointment. These antenna really made a huge difference for me & made the MiFi a workable solution to being able to work from here - it wasn’t before.I can stream YouTube vids, I’m in that remote locale right now writing this using the Amazon app, I can check email with attachments and download documents from the cloud. I just tried to FaceTime, and it was not a problem, which was a bit of a surprise. Haven’t tried to Zoom, not sure how that would go.Magnets work for me, I don’t keep them installed permanently, I move them around depending on where I am in the forest where I am working, so I haven’t subjected them to staying on under any extreme conditions. I just put them on the roof of the vehicle I am in, don’t have to fuss much to get them to do their thing.Con: the only con for me is the connections to the MiFi ports are not at all secure. They seemed okay at first, but after a month or so, they just fall right out from the slightest movement. It’s a huge PITA, and managing the long cords is also a pain - I also realize that a lot of folks probably set this up and leave it, so my usage might be atypical since I am taking the antenna out a lot. It’s annoying they fall out so easily, but the reception I get is such a huge improvement that I would purchase it again without hesitation.

I ordered the 2-pack Proxicast 4G/5G Wideband Spiral Magnetic Antenna 6-8 dBi with SMA & TS9 Connectors. It arrived yesterday without the TS9 adapters. I processed the return for exchange. The replacement arrived today, also without the TS9 adapters. I'm glad I waited to return yesterdays box. Now I can return both. Ridiculous.

Used with a Mifi 8800L Jetpack. in a rural environment. Usually obtained 1 to 2 bars. Antenna installation now provides 3 bars most of the time.

Worked well enough to improve signal. Not completely a game changer, but noticeable improvement on mofi 4500 and subsequently net gear nighthawk. The magnets are solid not super strong but they'll stay put in most situations.

I bought these antennas because I have a Netgear LM1200 inside my network cabinet. The built in antenna does not work that great when it's inside the metal cabinet. I bought these antennas and added it on top of the cabinet so that it can get a better signal outside of the cabinet. The included cables are really long but are were great in my case since I used about 6-7feet of it running it from on top of the cabinet through the bottom opening. I am able to get about 90/90mbps full bars LTE with these antennas which is not bad considering the cabinet is inside my garage and not in a wide open area.

I compared signal bars and speed tests with and without the antennas installed.There was no performance gain with the Proxicast Antennas on two different cell towers in my area.These Proxicast Antennas didn't work as expected and were returned.Take these findings with a grain of salt, because the NETGEAR LB1120 might not be a device that works well with this type of dual antenna array.I don't own any other devices that might work okay with these Proxicast antennas. Due to the TS9 type connectors, I was unable to test the SWR of these antennas on my NanoVNA.

Went on a cruise to Alaska, and as we all know, there is not good cell phone reception.I was not prepared to pay the fees to connect to the ships "internet".Too many guests degrading the system to a crawl. I heard too many complaints already.I connected the Proxicast to a Hotspot I had available.The antennas helped me getting a good signal, the other passengers were struggling find, or could not get signal at all. I connected the magnetic based antennas on the balcony, and the extra long wires ensured the hotspot was in the cabin at all times.I had reliable Internet access, 70% of the time. On the open ocean there is no signal, only a satellite cell phone would have helped.This system paid for itself after the first Gigabyte of data I send and received.