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    Power booster for cell trail camera?

    Where I hunt, I get 1-2 bars at best. A few years ago I was able to receive pics from my trail cam then nada. The 1-2 bars remained but would not send pics. Same thing with my cell phone. Could text but could not send or receive pics, so I know it wasn't the camera. Even bought a booster antenna and mounted it up a tree to about 15' off the ground, still no luck...

    I continued running that camera and it finally died last year, so I don't have a cell camera anymore and would be in the market for a new one.

    Is there a product on the market or is it possible to hook up a cell booster to a trail camera? I'm not talking about a "booster antenna", but an actual signal booster that requires a power supply like in a vehicle.


    I don't see why it wouldn't work with a 12v booster, battery and solar panel. I don't know anything about boosters and how they hook up.

    Any thoughts....?
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    #2
    Had a similar issue with our covert, turned out that the SD card went bad.

    Have you pulled the SD card to verify it's still taking photos & that it's just not able to send them out?

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      #3
      Originally posted by antonlsu View Post
      Had a similar issue with our covert, turned out that the SD card went bad.

      Have you pulled the SD card to verify it's still taking photos & that it's just not able to send them out?
      Yes. It took an entire year's worth of pics even tho it wasn't sending them. I continued to use the camera just for pictures to be on the SD card to d/l them. Tried several different SD cards as I would swap them out.

      Also tried a new SIM card and still no luck.

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        #4
        What kind of camera is it?

        I know covert makes a signal booster, unaware if skypoint does.. Worth a google

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          #5
          No such thing as a "cell buster" the ones in your car make your antenna more powerful receiver from 0.5 watt to 3 watts like the old bag phones. Think you mean a repeater but what you need the is the external antenna to get better reception of the available signal.

          There is a tread on here a guy listed what you can buy from Amazon to peace one together that is better than the one Covert sells.
          Last edited by justintyme8303; 10-18-2018, 10:09 AM.

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            #6
            Found it I need to build one too.


            Cellular Camera Reception Fix! - TexasBowhunter.com Community Discussion Forums
            https://discussions.texasbowhunter.com/forums/showthread.php?t=582100&highlight=covert
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              #7
              Wilson makes a great booster. We use them on our trucks, shop and in the field. We make our own cell cameras and where signal is weak we add a booster and they work great.

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                #8
                I made a portable booster to carry to the stand with me. It's just a deer feeder battery and a WeBoost Drive in a dry box.
                I haven't used it for a cell camera but it should work well for that too.

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