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Cell phone antennas and aiming from a fixed base station, part two.
This is a Yagi radiation pattern! One look at this pattern and you should immediately see the difference between a yagi and an omni-beam type of antenna. You should see just how critical it is to have your antenna focused properly. The pattern of the yagi antenna is totally different than the pattern of the omni-beam. It's strength is concentrated in mostly one direction and this is why it is so important to get it focused or aimed correctly! You don't need to have an amplifier to aim a cell phone antenna properly, but it helps. However you can do it without one if your getting even some signal even if very weak. Use your cell phone as a antenna tuner! Once you know the general direction of the nearest cell phone tower, connect your antenna to your phone and aim it in the direction of the tower and watch for signs of signal strength.
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Be patient! Your mobile phone will need to access the nearest network and send information to it and wait for a response. This is necessary to establish whether a stable connection can be found. You only want to move the wireless antenna an inch or two at a time and wait for your phone to seek out the signal and see what it finds. This may take a minute or two to accomplish so wait this amount of time between moving your antenna and just watch your signal bars! If you see a decrease in signal, move your yagi cell phone antenna in the opposite direction and if you see an increase, move it a little more until you get maximum signal strength! For more on this, go to the section titled Cell phone amplifiers or click the link below. Click here to learn more about focusing your wireless antenna. 
A yagi is a type of antenna that will hold and capture a cell phone tower signal really well and provides a more stable type of connection than an omni-beam on buildings and non moving base stations, especially in a remote service area.
Focusing your yagi cell phone antenna is the key! Because this type of antenna does not capture the signal from the cell tower in a 360 degree pattern, it is capable of providing a more stable connection than an omni-beam. This type of antenna must be focused or aimed on the cell tower and fastened down in the position giving the strongest signal possible. This particular antenna operates best in the cell phone low band range. The frequency that is listed in the drawing is optimal for this type of yagi antenna. Although you can get and use a signal frequency detection meter to install these, you already have one! It's in your cell phone! Your cell phone signal strength meter is very capable of detecting and assisting you in focusing or aiming your cell phone antenna at the nearest tower! For a more detailed explanation of how to do this, go to the section titled "remote service". The link below will take you there now. Click here to go to remote service. Click here to go back to the first page of cell phone antennas and aiming or focusing.
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