Understanding Signal Strength

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Troubleshooting

See below for information and pro tips to optimize your Feed Hub's cellular signal.

NATURAL OBSTRUCTIONS

Terrain can heavily influence the strength of a cell signal.  Mountains and hills can reduce or eliminate cellular coverage from other areas, especially in valleys. If your Feed Hub is surrounded by larger trees, it can weaken the signal.  Heavy summer foliage can also interfere with a cellular signal — making it weaker. However, when trees drop their leaves in fall, cellular service will typically improve.

WEATHER

Heavy cloud cover, thunderstorms and heavy snow can all affect cellular signals.  When weather like this is present, it makes it harder for the cellular signal to reach your Feeder.  Even solar flares from the surface of the sun can impact cellular coverage at times.

CELL TOWER TRAFFIC

If your cellular camera is located in a urban area, or close to a busy interstate highway, then there may be times that your local cell tower has many people using the network at the same time.  This heavy cell traffic will interfere with your cellular connection and can even cause the cell signal to be dropped during transmission.

LOW BATTERY

Your cellular camera uses power to not only transmit, but to stay connected with a cellular signal.  When a camera’s batteries are low, it has less power to stay connected.  If the signal was weak to start with, then low batteries can make it even worse.

WEAK SIGNAL AREA

Many of us hunt far from urban areas, which can mean poor cellular signals.  Be sure to check the signal in your location, and only set up your Feed Hub if you are getting a strong signal.  Since cell signals are constantly fluctuating, the signal can fall below what is showing when you test it.  Using your Feed Hub in the strongest possible signal zone will help ensure your signal is sufficient, even when the signal dips slightly.

TOWER CHANGES

The cellular provider your Feed Hub is connecting to may also make changes to their towers and systems that can have an impact on your cell signal.  With auto-connect technology, your Feed Hub should continue to look for the strongest possible signal in these cases.  However, this can be a lower signal than you're used to if the carrier that typically produces the strongest signal in your area is experiencing issues.