Wireless Extenders zBoost YX050-PCS-CEL Ceiling Mount Omni-Directional Indoor Antenna for YX500 Series and YX600 ProPack Series (White)

by Wireless Extender

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 6.1 x 7.1 inches ; 13.6 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0015EWLI4
• Item model number: YX050
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #21,500 in Cell Phones & Accessories (See Top 100 in Cell Phones & Accessories)
  • #42 in Cell Phones & Accessories > Accessories > Signal Boosters

Product Description

The YX050-PCS-CEL antenna provides enhanced signal strength in all directions (omni-directional) from this ceiling mount antenna. The antenna should be located near the center of the area where improved signal strength is desired. The antenna may be connected directly to the Base Unit or located near the Base unit using the supplied 10’ RG-8x extension coax.

The use of radio distribution equipment that enhances, extends or amplifies a wireless signal may be prohibited without the consent of the wireless carrier upon whose network such equipment will be used. You should consult with your carrier before purchasing such equipment to use with that carrier’s service.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Worth buying, April 4, 2008

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Jay "MIS Guy" (Lancaster, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wireless Extenders zBoost YX050-PCS-CEL Ceiling Mount Omni-Directional Indoor Antenna for YX500 Series and YX600 ProPack Series (White) (Wireless Phone Accessory)

We installed a YX510 PCS/CEL booster in our basement with the outside antenna 2 floors up in the rafters. we tried using the system without this optional celing antenna and then with it.

We found this antenna to boost our internal signal by about 1 bar on the phone plus extended the range another 20 feet in a large meeting room. This antenna however did not assist much in boosting the signal to travel through walls.

We found the increased signal substantial enough to be worth its purchase price.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Boosted signal at least one bar with cubicle office furniture, November 3, 2008

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C. Gano - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wireless Extenders zBoost YX050-PCS-CEL Ceiling Mount Omni-Directional Indoor Antenna for YX500 Series and YX600 ProPack Series (White) (Wireless Phone Accessory)

Added antenna to a Wireless Extenders (1900 MHz YX500/PCS)cell phone booster for an inner office section of our building with lots of cubicle office furniture, it was hard to get a good signal with std ant...with this antenna it boosted by at least one signal bar up to 20 feet away, plus made for a cleaner installation.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great item - minus 1 star for nearly non-existent cable, November 9, 2011

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Skippy the Turtle (Westford, MA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Wireless Extenders zBoost YX050-PCS-CEL Ceiling Mount Omni-Directional Indoor Antenna for YX500 Series and YX600 ProPack Series (White) (Wireless Phone Accessory)

I bought this to go with my WiEx cellphone extender. It turns out that the best and easiest place to mount an antenna was in the middle of the ceiling. This antenna works much better than the omni-directional whip antenna that came with the unit. So I'm very happy with the performance of the unit.

What I HATE about the unit is that the coax cable that connects to the base unit is only about 8-inches long. It's so short in fact that it doesn't even make it through to the next floor above it. Seriously... how difficult and how much would it cost to make the connecting cable 24-inches long instead of only 8-inches. At least with a 24" connecting cable you would have a chance to connect it to something. The ridiculously short 8" cable doesn't even make it through the ceiling far enough to reach the next floor.

The worst thing about the ridiculously short cable is that you won't be able to find a TNC-TNC extender cable anywhere locally. So be prepared to find and order one somewhere on the web. Now you're extending the cable and any RF engineers will tell you that there is more LOSS in a connector than there is in the cable itself. So by being forced to buy a 24" extension cable the connector/connection itself is adding the equivalent loss of about 50' of cable.

Nice antenna. Works fine. But C'mon... give me at least a little bit of cable to work with so that I don't have to buy an entire extension cable just to reach the base unit that's 12" away.