[Scan-DC] No cellphone coverage in new DOT Building?

[Gary - N3JPU]

Probably the extra rebar and such. Many buildings have this issue and a BDA
with radiax or a distributed antenna system (coax or fiber) must be
installed.

Gary Mitchelson
N3JPU Montgomery Co. MD  FM19
http://www.mitchelson.org/ 


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I read a newspaper article (Post, Washington Times, can't recall) saying
that because the new US DOT Building has been built to post-911 standards,
cellphones and Blackberries don't work inside. The building had to be
"modified" somehow to make their use possible.