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Posted: 11/07/09 06:14pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

NanciL wrote:

JoeChiOhki wrote:

Aluminum siding WILL cut your signal strength. The aluminum body acts like a make shift Faraday cage, albeit a very poor one, and reduces the amount of radio signals penetrating the rig. Case in point, I was at the Sumpter Pines RV Park with my camper this past summer, sitting on the picnic table outside the camper, maximum wifi signal strength, inside the camper, down to 2-3 bars.


You need to do a little more electrical engineering study.
A farady cage prevents the entrance or exit of electomagnetic fields.
A cell phone or Wi-fi signal is not electromagnetic.
The aluminum siding should be no difference then the fiberglass.

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All radio waves are electromagnetic waves (I'm an EE).


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Posted: 11/07/09 06:21pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

NanciL wrote:

You need to do a little more electrical engineering study.
A farady cage prevents the entrance or exit of electomagnetic fields.
A cell phone or Wi-fi signal is not electromagnetic.
The aluminum siding should be no difference then the fiberglass.

jack L


Perhaps it is you that should take a refresher course:

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Radio waves have the longest wavelengths in the electromagnetic spectrum. These waves can be longer than a football field or as short as a football. Radio waves do more than just bring music to your radio. They also carry signals for your television and cellular phones.



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Posted: 11/09/09 06:19am Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

My cellular signals are weaker inside my aluminum RV. If the big back window is pointing towards the tower it makes a difference.

I have a metal workshop and usually have to walk outside to carry on a conversation.

I vote for fiberglass.


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We have owned both. The cell phone signal was weaker with the aluminum sided rv, however, we were able to get a signal just not as strong.


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